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Last November (2020), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that cannabidiol (CBD) liquids for e-cigarettes that were lawfully produced in a European Union (EU) member state are not narcotics and can be sold in any other EU country. The ruling was welcomed by the EU CBD sector, which has said it helps open-up the European market to products that often fall into a legal grey zone due to their origins in hemp, or cannabis with little or no intoxication effects.…

A high-tech medical simulation centre in Tunisia has found a winning solution to teaching technical clinical procedures online, meeting student and professional training needs during the Covid-19 pandemic, while opening up opportunities for remote learning and medical research across Africa. The Honoris Medical Simulation Centre (1), in the capital Tunis, part of the Honoris United Universities network of African higher education institutions (2) was opened just 14 months before the pandemic struck in earnest, on November 10, 2018.…

Libyan universities are looking to boost research capacity targeted at economic sectors that will be vital as the country attempts to recover from seven years of civil war running since 2014. A tentative peace has been holding so far this year, with an interim government planning elections for this winter.…

Brazilian textile company Dalila Têxtil, based in the southern city of Jaraguá do Sul, in Santa Catarina state, became a global name after creating fabrics capable of destroying the protective outer layer of the Covid-19 virus. The company’s anti-viral finishing uses silver particles to attract the virus, causing it to bind to sulphur groups on the surface around the virus, creating a reaction that stops the virus from binding to the host cell and blocks its replication.…

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has proposed a new standard allowing eligible subsidiaries to reduce their disclosures and still comply with IFRS. The new rules could apply to subsidiaries not themselves listed on a stock exchange and which are not financial institutions.…

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In a highly technical textile sector segment such as the manufacture of compressed garments, the use of detailed standards to guide production is not just useful in guaranteeing quality output, it can help manufacturers and brands’ marketing. Where products are associated with international, regional, national and private standards, this builds confidence in consumers, promoting sales.…

The illegal wildlife trade is one of the world’s biggest money earners for criminals and is now coming under serious attention from the international anti-money laundering community.

Advocates for curbing the illegal wildlife trade (IWT) by ‘going after the money’ have been pushing for years for the trade to be included in anti-money laundering (AML) measures.…

Urban dwellers relocating to the England and Wales countryside during the Covid-19 pandemic are driving up land prices and even leading to the return of gazumping, according to land agents. Lifestyle buyers looking for farmhouses and land in scenically attractive areas are increasing demand and prices for land without much agricultural merit.…

INNOVATIVE knitwear and their supplier companies will be able from this month (July) to explore applying for research funding from the European Union’s (EU) Horizon Europe programme, which has a budget of around EUR95.5 billion. This spending will continue until 2027, with companies generally needing to form international consortia, developing research on knitted products, knitting machinery, finishing and yarn projects, to secure funding.…

A trade war over airplane manufacturing subsidies between the USA and UK, which has led to 25% additional duties being levied on British knitwear exports to America, appears to have been resolved. The EU and the USA have suspended for five years retaliatory duties that both sides have imposed on each other’s exports in the long-running ‘Airbus’ subsidy dispute.…