LOST HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In a sprawling plant in the heart of California’s farmland, millions of shells rush down a metallic chute and onto a conveyor belt where they are inspected, roasted, packaged and shipped off to groceries around the world. Pistachios are growing fast in California, where farmers have been devoting more land…
President-Elect Donald J. Trump won the White House based partly on his promises to rein in immigration, with targeted policies that range from sending criminals to their home countries to more sweeping ones like mass deportations. During the campaign, Trump pledged to end the Temporary Protected Status that allows workers from select countries to come to…
Farmer Liu Bingyong used to make a tidy profit selling milk but is now leaking cash — the victim of a dairy sector crisis that embodies several of China’s economic woes. Milk is not a traditional mainstay of Chinese diets, but the government has long pushed people to drink more, citing its health benefits. The…
An elderly man in Hong Kong has been hospitalised after suffering a bee sting during a group hike along the Shing Mun Forest Track. The 75-year-old man, surnamed Au, was hiking towards Shing Mun Reservoir with four friends on Friday when the bee stung his ring finger as they reached Needle Hill. His friends filed…
Traces of a rare butterfly species have been found in Hong Kong for the first time in over a decade, with experts expecting more of the insects to appear. The Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve said on Sunday that one of its surveyors had found eggs of Libythea myrrha, also known as the club beak, at…
Traces of a rare butterfly species have been found in Hong Kong for the first time in over a decade, with experts expecting more of the insects to appear. The Fung Yuen Butterfly Reserve said on Sunday that one of its surveyors had found eggs of Libythea Myrrha, also known as the club beak, at…
A consultant commissioned by the Hong Kong government has recommended that authorities prioritise the creation of the 338-hectare (835-acre) Sam Po Shue wetland park as it establishes conservation areas in the Northern Metropolis, while warning that two of three other parks in the area may be smaller than expected. The report, released by the Agriculture,…
Joe Biden’s 50-year political career is one of the longest and most consequential in U.S. history. Along the way, Biden has often found the direction of his public life shaped by issues of race and by his handling of issues of particular concern to Black Americans. During a 2016 Democratic presidential debate, then-Sen. Kamala Harris…
Another monkey died at the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens on Saturday, taking the total to 10 amid an outbreak of an infectious disease. Authorities said the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department would conduct a necropsy to determine whether the cause of death of the common squirrel monkey was the same as earlier cases….
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