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In addition to an extensive line-up of presentations, panel discussions and working groups, this year’s World Agri-Tech Innovation Forum featured 60 start-ups and early-stage ag-tech companies pitching their innovative concepts. The pitches featured technologies oriented to all aspects of agriculture from administration to agronomy to processing. Alora earned a place on the world-renowned accelerator, IndieBio, in San Francisco in 2019.
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1 year ago Read more at Seed World

Xinhua interviewed the play's main character, Canadian actor Mark Rowswell. He has shared interesting behind-the-scenes stories and thoughts on the role of theater in bridging cultures.
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1 year ago Read more at Xinhua

Australia supermarket prices soar above world average. Australians pay up to 41% more for meat, up to 45 per cent more for dairy. Bread costs Australians as much as 73% more and seafood 66% more. The Greens’ divestiture bill will go to the Senate on Wednesday.
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1 year ago Read more at 7NEWS

Graham Arnold will aim to balance the freedom to experiment that the Socceroos have earned in the current stage of World Cup qualifying with the need to bank as many FIFA ranking points as possible. Australia’s spot in the next stage of qualifiers with two matches – away to Bangladesh and home to Palestine – left to spare.
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1 year ago Read more at The Age

This year, Larry Fink has moved from climate change to funding the ageing population. BlackRock invests the retirement savings of millions in the US and around the world and manages $15 trillion of other people’s money.
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1 year ago Read more at Sydney Morning Herald

Ten of our beloved rooftop bars nabbed a spot on the list, the result of an intensive study by Mandoe Media. The company analysed 703,289 online customer reviews from 997 bars across 135 global cities to come up with a definitive grading of the 200 best elevated watering holes on the planet. Fitzroy's very own Naked in the Sky, a rooftop haunt that boasts one of the best views of the city skyline and a perennial
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1 year ago Read more at Time Out

Yarra Global Share Fund has undershot MSCI All Countries World Index (ACWI) by 3.2 per cent over a year. In the past six months, the fund returned 16.7 per cent after fees versus the benchmark’s 11.9 per cent. Nikko has pounced on stocks at the smaller end of the market which have been overlooked due to the market’s “obsession” with tech over the past year.
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1 year ago Read more at The Australian Financial Review

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story helmer Gareth Edwards is directing the new Jurassic World movie, currently eyeing a July 2, 2025 release. The 30-year-old dinosaur franchise began with Steven Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster JurassiC Park, based on Michael Crichton’s novel. It spawned a pair of sequels, including 1997’s The Lost World.
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1 year ago Read more at Rural Radio Network

Benjamin Netanyahu seemed determined to clash with as many parties as possible this week. Here's the 'harvest" of the last two days: a serious crisis with the United States, which refused to veto a UN Security Council resolution.
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1 year ago Read more at Haaretz

Portland Sea Dogs, Wicked Whoopies, and Maine Whoopie Pie Festival, have achieved the World Record for the “Longest Line of Whoopien Pies” on June 9, 2023 in Portland, Maine. The official record included 2,121 whoopie pies, stacked in a line in the design of a giant quiopie pie. This feat marked the first record of its kind to be acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records.
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1 year ago Read more at WGME