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Local‐scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical West African parklands Bees

Local‐scale tree and shrub diversity improves pollination services to shea trees in tropical West African parklands

1 INTRODUCTION An estimated 96% of flowering plants in the tropics benefit from animal‐mediated pollination (Ollerton, Winfree, & Tarrant, 2011). On a global scale, there is concern about decline of pollinating insects, particularly bees, although most evidence for pollinator decline comes from North America and Europe. Despite their cultural, nutritional and…
bubmag
May 25, 2020
Loyal dog waits at a Wuhan hospital for three months after his owner dies from covid-19 Animal Protection

Loyal dog waits at a Wuhan hospital for three months after his owner dies from covid-19

Loyal dog waits at a Wuhan hospital for three months after his owner dies from covid-19Seven-year-old dog Xiao Bao waited patiently for his owner at Wuhan hospitalStaff at Wuhan Taikang Hospital in Central China's Hubei Province fed Xiao Bao Xiao's owner died five days after being admitted, the dog waited three monthsHere’s…
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May 25, 2020
Out of the house: Democrat Biden makes first public appearance in weeks World War 2

Out of the house: Democrat Biden makes first public appearance in weeks

By Trevor HunnicuttNEW CASTLE, Delaware (Reuters) - Former Vice President Joe Biden on Monday made his first public appearance outside his Delaware home since quarantining himself due to the coronavirus pandemic 10 weeks ago, visiting a nearby veterans memorial to mark the U.S. Memorial Day holiday.Biden, the prospective Democratic presidential…
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May 25, 2020
Bayer reaches deal to settle 85,000 cancer lawsuits over Roundup weedkiller Oxycodone

Bayer reaches deal to settle 85,000 cancer lawsuits over Roundup weedkiller

Chemicals and pharmaceuticals company Bayer has reached verbal agreements to resolve a substantial portion of an estimated 125,000 US cancer lawsuits over use of its Roundup weedkiller, according to people familiar with the negotiations. The deals, which have yet to be signed and cover an estimated 50,000 to 85,000 suits,…
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May 25, 2020
Kim Jong-un Resurfaces for Meeting on ‘Nuclear War Deterrence’ Korean Peace Talks

Kim Jong-un Resurfaces for Meeting on ‘Nuclear War Deterrence’

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un resurfaced once again this weekend to chair a meeting on the country’s nuclear weapons program, state media announced on Sunday. State television showed footage of masked regime officials greeting Kim as he entered the meeting of Central Military Commission to discuss enlarging North Korea’s armed…
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May 25, 2020