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STUDENTS CAUGHT UP IN TUNISIAN BORDER BLACK AFRICAN EXPULSIONS SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Humanitarians have claimed that sub-Saharan university students were part of mass border expulsions by Tunisian security forces in July as universities within the north African country note reduced registrations by black African students.
Tunisian humanitarian association Enfants de la Lune’s https://www.facebook.com/XPtunisie…
PORTUGAL DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS OF EUCALYPTUS AND CORK
Portugal is developing innovative textile and garment applications of eucalyptus and cork, natural resources that abound in the country, while looking to ensure these new fibres comply with new sustainability and circularity requirements in Europe.
António Braz Costa, general director at the Portuguese Technological Centre for Textile and Clothing (Centro Tecnológico Têxtil e Vestuário – CITEVE) and the affiliated Centre for Nanotechnology and Smart Materials (Centro de Nanotecnologia e Materiais Técnicos, Funcionais e Inteligentes – CeNTI) told Twist International, that the Portuguese sector is now meeting a 10-year-old goal of boosting its production of textile fibres from wood sources.…
UNIFOR AND FORD STRIKE CANADA PATTERN SETTING DEAL FOR BIG THREE AUTO MAKERS
Ford and Canadian auto workers union Unifor have struck a tentative deal for a three-year contract, heading off the risk of a Canada-wide strike. The agreement covers all Ford operations in Canada and was made last night (Tues Sept 19) and followed the extension of talks for 24 hours beyond a Monday 11:59pm deadline, when the last Unifor/Ford deal expired.…
NORTH AMERICAN AUTO SECTOR INNOVATES TO SOLVE TECHNICIAN SHORTAGE
The North American automotive sector is innovating to overcome a sharp shortage in technicians repairing and maintaining vehicles for dealerships, fleets and repair shops, making training more accessible, targeting women and veterans and – in Canada – recruiting overseas talent.
In the US, the TechForce Foundation, a non-profit guiding auto techs into training and jobs, warned there were 56,214 unfilled positions across America carried over from 2021 to 2022 (1).…
PERU UNIVERSITY HONOURED BY UN FOR ITS INNOVATIVE SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME
A Peru university has been honoured by the UN for a groundbreaking sustainability programme, that imparts practical environmental skills to students, which they then practice in the community. Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola (USIL), Peru, based in the capital Lima, was a winner of the Next Generation Learning and Skills section of the International Green Gown Awards 2023, supported by the UN’s Higher Education Sustainability Initiative (HESI).…
US DECARBONISATION POLICIES BOOSTS DEMAND FOR AMERICAN BIOBASED OILS AND FATS
An increasing push for decarbonisation in North America is opening more opportunities for the production and sale of soybean oil, canola oil and other bio-based fats and oils.
Rising demand from the domestic energy sector is increasingly leading the US oilseeds, oils and fats industry to re-valuate the value of their products as feedstock for renewable fuels and biodiesel.…
SOUTH AFRICA UPS ITS AML GAME TO GET OFF THE FATF GREY-LIST
South Africa, added to FATF’s grey list this February (2023) (1), is overhauling its AML regime to escape this listing and better address financial crime and terrorist financing in Africa’s largest economy. The country’s FIU, the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC), is confident about progress and “optimistic” it will be removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey-list before its next mutual evaluation review, maybe beginning next year (2024).…
UK AUSTRALIA FREE TRADE DEAL OFFERS WOOL TRADERS CHANCE TO EXPAND YARN CHOICES FOR TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS
The wool and textile sectors of Australia and the UK will be closely assessing the impact of the UK-Australia Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which came into force on May 31 (1). The agreement, one of the first major trade deals stuck by the UK following its Brexit from the European Union (EU) in 2020, includes a significant reduction and removal of tariffs in trade between the two.…
LLM MODELS POSE SERIOUS RISK TO AML – REGULATORS AND OBLIGED ENTITIES MUST PREPARE
AML vendors are keen to promote the benefits of artificial intelligence (AI) in fighting ML and TF, helping obliged entities detect and block dirty money flows. But every technology can also be wielded by bad actors, and AI is no different.…
CLOUD PLM SOFTWARE TOOLS EVOLVE TO HELP BRANDS TO COMPETE
Cloud PLM (product lifecycle management) software solutions are growing in number and functionalities to meet fashion clients’ needs as brands strive to improve their cost savings, sustainability and transparency.
PLM software helps to manage goods and associated data from production to disposal.…