Economy
IKEA starts selling renewable energy to households in Sweden – Reuters
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture brand, is branching out into selling renewable energy to households, starting with home market Sweden in September.
Shipping difficulties escalate causing worst delays in year – Angling International
Shipping problems have escalated still further after a series of recent outbreaks of COVID-19 in some of China’s busiest ports, causing the worst shipping delays in years.
The situation has impacted virtually every sector from fishing tackle to furniture to food products and has raised concerns about shortages during the winter holiday season.
According to a report by Reuters, the biggest problem is in the Guangdong province in southern China, an area heavily populated by manufacturers.
Environment
U.S. declares first Western reservoir water shortage, triggering cuts – Reuters
U.S. officials for the first time on Monday declared an official water shortage for the massive Lake Mead reservoir, triggering supply cuts to parts of the drought-stricken Southwest, as 10 Western governors appealed for federal drought disaster aid.
The shortage will reduce water apportionments to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico for the year beginning in October, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, an Interior Department agency, said in a statement.
Researchers Transfer a Human Protein Into Plants to Supersize Them – Smithsonian
With an eye toward feeding the world’s growing population in a sustainable way, researchers from China and the U.S. may have found a clever solution—in the form of supersizing crops. Transplanting a human protein, known for promoting growth, into crops may engender larger, heavier and more bountiful plants, boosting agricultural yields by a whopping 50 percent, according to the new study in Nature Biotechnology. While the results are promising, experts say that more research needs to be done to test their agricultural mettle and ensure that the gains are replicable.
Health
India’s Ivermectin Blackout – ZeroHedge
There is a blackout on any conversation about how Ivermectin beat COVID-19 in India. When I discussed the dire straits that India found itself in early this year with 414,000 cases per day, and over 4,000 deaths per day, and how that evaporated within five weeks of the addition of Ivermectin, I am often asked, “But why is there no mention of that in the news?”
Yes, exactly. Ask yourself why India’s success against the Delta variant with Ivermectin is such a closely guarded secret by the NIH and CDC. Second, ask yourself why no major media outlets reported this fact, but instead, tried to confuse you with false information by saying the deaths in India are 10 times greater than official reports.
‘China’s Fauci’ probed for plagiarism after questioning Covid policy – France 24
A top doctor in China’s fight against the coronavirus is under investigation for plagiarism, weeks after making a social media post questioning the country’s zero-tolerance strategy to control the pandemic.
Beijing has basked in its success in bringing to heel a virus that first emerged in the central city of Wuhan in late 2019, but was virtually extinguished through hard lockdowns, closed borders and massive test and trace campaigns.
But the Delta variant has breached China’s defences, with record local infections in dozens of cites — albeit still in low numbers — prodding authorities to reintroduce travel restrictions, mass testing and hyperlocal lockdowns.
Zhang Wenhong — a leading doctor described by state media as “China’s Fauci”, after the top US infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci –- has since said countries have to find a way “to learn to live with it”.
Covishield: WHO flags fake jabs in India, Africa – BBC
The World Health Organization (WHO) said it has identified counterfeit versions of India’s primary Covid vaccine, Covishield. The doses were seized by authorities in India and Africa between July and August, a WHO statement said.
It also said the vaccine’s maker, Serum Institute of India, confirmed that the doses were fake. The WHO warned that fake vaccines “pose a serious risk to global public health”.
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