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Dive Brief: The price of a dozen large eggs at the wholesale level has fallen to $0.84, a decline from its peak of more than $5, according to USDA’s most recent egg market report. The speed of this decline came as a bit of a surprise to industry analysts, said Kevin Bergquist, Wells Fargo’s Agri-Food […]

Comment on this storyComment The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States in 1865, with one exception: compulsory labor in prisons. “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States,” it reads. Nearly 160 years later, the United […]

Two crew members from China COSCO Shipping Corp carry out search and rescue operations on May 17 after a Chinese deep-sea fishing vessel capsized in the central Indian Ocean. [Photo/VCG] A capsized Chinese deep-sea fishing vessel sank on Wednesday in the Indian Ocean, with seven bodies recovered so far and 32 missing, the Ministry of […]

LANGKAWI, Malaysia — Malaysia has signed more than 40 agreements worth $2.2 billion for confirmed and potential defense acquisitions, including for light combat aircraft, armed drones and maritime patrol aircraft, at the ongoing Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace, or LIMA, exhibition here. The largest of the contracts was a deal for 18 Korean Aerospace Industries […]

The negotiations are important for Indonesia as an ASEAN member country to expand market access for both goods and services. Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has continued to strengthen economic cooperation through the ASEAN-Canada Free Trade Agreement (ACAFTA) negotiations to anticipate the impacts of the ongoing global economic slowdown. “The […]

Aussie TV star Michelle Stephenson reveals the reason why she refuses to travel to holiday hotspot Bali: ‘They trash these countries’ By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 20:25 EDT, 24 May 2023 | Updated: 20:52 EDT, 24 May 2023 Australian radio and TV star Michelle Stephenson has revealed why she won’t travel to holiday […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government will participate in the 111th Session of the International Labour Conference (ILC) from June 5–16, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. The ILC is an annual conference that establishes and adopts international labour standards and is a forum for discussing key social and labour questions. At the 111th ILC Session, five […]

A new global study shows that both conservation and farming production can improve when women farmers are more involved in decision-making. The study, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, aimed to look at the effectiveness of paying farmers monetary incentives to protect the environment but found that such payments are not necessarily reliable; […]

Ponorogo, East Java (ANTARA) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has expressed full support for efforts made by the Ponorogo district government, East Java, to make Ponorogo a part of the global creative cities network. “We should all be proud of Ponorogo’s efforts to achieve UCCN (UNESCO Creative Cities Network status),” […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated the archive of the first Indonesian President Sukarno’s speech at the UN General Assembly in 1960 as a Memory of the World (MoW). “Based on the plenary session of the UNESCO Executive Board on May 10-24, 2023, the archive of Sukarno’s […]