Monthly Archives: September 2022

Cultivated Biosciences wants to make plant-based dairy ‘feel’ more like the real McCoy

The vegan food market was pegged as a $27 billion industry last year, a figure that’s expected to more than double within a decade. This hasn’t gone unnoticed by the major food and beverage incumbents such as Nestlé, which launched a plant-based dairy line under the Wunda brand last year, while rival Unilever has been…

Agritech company Cropin launches its cloud platform to digitize the agricultural industry

Backed by investors including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and CDC Group, Cropin is set on digitizing the agricultural industry. Today, the company announced the launch of Cropin Cloud, a cloud platform with integrated apps. Founded in 2010, Cropin’s other products are live in 92 countries, it is partnered with over 250 B2B customers…

Trump once tried to pay his attorney’s legal fees with a horse, according to a New York Times reporter’s upcoming book

The anecdote about former President Donald Trump’s offer of a horse to an attorney is contained in David Enrich’s upcoming book. Frances De Jong / EyeEm via Getty Images; Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Trump once tried to pay an attorney’s legal fees with a horse, per David Enrich’s upcoming book. The offer comprised…

New Hampshire Libertarian Party draws criticism for posting photo of Ukraine’s Zelenskyy with a Hitler mustache

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was democratically elected into office in 2019, is Jewish. Ukrainian Presidency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images New Hampshire’s Libertarian Party has come under fire for tweeting a photo of Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The photo was edited to depict the Ukrainian president with a mustache similar to Adolf Hitler’s. Organizations that speak out…

Russia says it will not resume natural-gas flows via a key pipeline to Europe until the ‘collective West’ lifts sanctions against the country

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images The Kremlin said gas flows to Europe via Nord Stream 1 would resume if sanctions are lifted. The Kremlin’s comments were the sharpest so far linking gas supplies with sanctions. On Friday, Gazprom shut down gas flows via the key pipeline indefinitely, citing technical issues. The Kremlin has…

An occupied region of Ukraine is delaying a vote to join Russia amid Kyiv’s counteroffensive to take it back

Kirill Stremousov, deputy head of the Russian-backed Kherson administration, said the referendum would be held “in any weather.” STRINGER/AFP via Getty Images Moscow-installed officials in the captured city of Kherson have delayed a sham vote to join Russia. Pro-Kremlin official Kirill Stremousov said the vote would be put on “pause” due to security issues. The…