Kenyan and Ugandan truckdrivers boycott South Sudan roads to protest killings

Kenyan and Ugandan truckdrivers boycott South Sudan roads to protest killings

South Sudan is bracing for a sharp rise in consumer goods prices after more than 3,000 drivers from Kenya and Uganda went on strike to protest spiralling insecurity on roads that link the frontier town of Nimule to the capital Juba, and towns further north. The protest follows a spate...

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Science espionage: China in a corner as US ‘varsities tighten rules on research

Science espionage: China in a corner as US ‘varsities tighten rules on research

The US government is converging on a long-awaited set of rules designed to protect American science from theft by foreign spies. A series of announcements this year describe steps that US universities and researchers must take when reporting foreign financing and collaborations to US science funders. But university groups say...

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English is big and baggy, a good language of science, but precision is tough

English is big and baggy, a good language of science, but precision is tough

English is the international language of science, for better or for worse, but most of the world’s scientists speak it as a second language. We shoulder an extra career challenge: not only must we gain command of our science, but we must also be able to write to professional standards...

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