Day: November 28, 2017

Up-and-coming researchers honoured for breakthrough discoveries at 7th annual Mitacs Awards

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Achievements include innovations to prevent cancer from spreading, helping athletes sleep better, and improving heavy oil recovery process Five researchers from across Canada were recognized for their innovative efforts to transform the lives of Canadians. Their contributions include research to stop cancer from spreading, helping elite athletes overcome sleep disturbances, and making Canada’s heavy oil recovery process more efficient. The innovators were recognized at the 7th annual Mitacs Awards, which honours the work of outstanding participants in Mitacs’ research and training programs. Following remarks by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic…

Union and government reach agreement on Tunisia food prices

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The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) reached an agreement with the government on Monday to freeze the price of basic foodstuffs in the country. “It was agreed not to increase the prices of basic foodstuffs,” explained UGTT Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi during a joint press conference with government spokesman Iyad Dahmani. “The Prime Minister stressed that the status of public institutions will be considered separately and will be restructured to play their social and economic role.” Describing the meeting with the government as “more than positive,” Taboubi noted that it was…

AGRICULTURE Tunisia to reinforce its presence in Japan’s olive oil market

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In Tunisia, the Fund for the Promotion of Conditioned Olive Oil (FOPRHOC) will initiate a scheme to increase exports of olive oil to Japan, to satisfy 5% of the Asian nation’s demand. This was announced by Abdessalem Loued, president of the Chambre syndicale nationale des exportateurs d’huile d’olive. This scheme should help boost export revenues which are currently estimated at 1 million dinars per year and tap into an annual consumption of about 59,000 tons of oil. In addition to this program, Aziza Htira, CEO of the Exports Promotion Centre (CEPEX) indicated…

Boyd County students making global connections

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Maddie Bolt and her fellow students at Boyd County High School are learning a lot these days about how students just like them, thousands of miles away, have a lot in common with their counterparts here in the United States. Students in the Boyd County classroom of social studies teacher Lindsay Bryan are participating in The Global Nomads learning experience. It is a virtual exchange program that connects the students this semester with kids in Tunisia. A Greenup County High School class recently featured by The Daily Independent is also…

Abraaj buys Tunisie Telecom from Dubai Holding-Tunisian minister

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Private equity firm Abraaj Group has bought from Dubai Holdings’ telecoms arm its 35 percent stake in state-controlled Tunisie Telecom, a Tunisian minister said on Monday. In 2006 Dubai Holding’s Emirates International Telecommunications (EIT) bought the stake for $2.25 billion, according to its website. “The UAE’s Abraaj became a new partner in Tunisie Telecom to succeed Dubai Holding which sold its 35 per cent stake,” the Tunisian Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Anwar Maarouf, told parliament. “The entry of the new partner contributes to the development of the company’s…