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BY ROBERT STOKES IN MÁLAGA

THIS year I have abandoned my premium brand sun screen in favour of a Deliplus private label product sold by the Spanish supermarket group Mercadona for around EUR 5.00, saving around EUR 12.00 into the bargain.…

BY KITTY SO

THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is opposing a decision to create an international limit on the use of ractopamine, a fattening agent for pigs and cattle, arguing the substance should not be used at all because of potential health risks to humans.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

THE LAST decade has seen significant developments, initiatives and legislation towards integrating biofuels and other environmentally-friendly fuel alternatives into transport and the aviation sector. But while renewable fuels are projected to have a significant stake in fuelling aircrafts going into the future, traditional kerosene jet fuel still maintains a tight grip on the industry.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

UNITED Nations children’s agency UNICEF has made a ground-breaking decision on international organisation audit transparency, becoming the first UN agency to publish all its internal audits. UNICEF will create a special "accountability and transparency" section at its website for these reports.…

BY ANDREW KURETH, IN WARSAW

MAJOR international nuclear-energy technology providers are signing a wave of agreements with Polish energy companies and research institutes to curry political favour as they compete in the race for the tender to supply Poland’s first nuclear power plant, set to come on line in 2023.…

BY CARMEN PAUN, IN RIO DE JANEIRO

AGRICULTURE ministers worldwide are digesting the details of the agreement struck at the United Nations (UN) Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which stressed the need for livestock production systems to be more sustainable.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS, MARIA KOROLOV AND GREG PRESTO, IN WASHINGTON DC

THE GROCERY wholesaling industry in the United States may be the biggest, most diverse, and most mature worldwide – but years of explosive growth hitting the recession has stunted the market.…

BY MARK ROWE

THE ARAB world maybe liberalizing, amidst sometime violent struggle, but the world still awaits a Central Asia spring. Five former Soviet states straddle this region – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kyrgyzstan – and all, to varying degrees, are struggling to develop internationally-recognised financial reporting standards, business ethics and commercial regulation.…

BY LEAH GERMAIN, IN EDMONTON

EXPERTS, industry and provincial and municipal governments met this month [June] to discuss progress and improvements to a set of detailed guidelines for planning, defining, and integrating intelligent transportation systems specifically for Canada’s needs. ‘The ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture for Canada 2.0’ is the country’s second such set of detailed guidance.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

THE ACTING administrator of the USA’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has revealed the three airports testing new NextGen digital communications systems, linking air traffic controllers with aircrew. Working within NextGen’s DataComm project are Memphis International Airport and FedEx; Newark Liberty International Airport and United Airlines; plus Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Delta Airlines.…