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Our story in focus this week is about a new study that shows fish have the capacity to turn into addicts. As part of the six overlooked stories in this week’s episode, we will also touch on stories that range from how a university in South Korea is using toilets to generate power on campus, to how Facebook and another U.K based company called Liquid Technologies plan to build a 2,000 KM fibre optic network from the Democratic Republic of Congo to Rwanda.  #CurrentAffairs #News #Trout 

Our story in focus this week is about the cargo ship that burnt off the coast of Sri Lanka. So much debris and dangerous chemicals have been released from the ship, that it is now on track to be the one of the worst environmental disasters. As part of the seven overlooked stories in this week’s episode, we will also touch on stories that range from how an artist made real US$18,000 from imaginary art, the executive from the Make-A-Wish foundation that embezzled money, and to new that scientists may have now sequenced the entirety of the human genome. #Podcast    #CurrentAffairs  #SriLanka #XPressPearl Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week is about the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  As part of the nine overlooked stories in this week’s episode, we will also touch on stories that range from Amnesty Internationals new report that sheds light on how Indigenous people in Peru are exposed to toxic substances to a massive data leak from a Japanese dating app. #Podcast  #MountNyiragongo   #Volcano Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week celebrates Tanitoluwa Adewumi who is now the national chess master in the United States. As part of the eight overlooked stories in this week’s episode, we will also touch on stories that range from the spacecraft the China landed on Mars, to the longest pedestrian suspension bridge that has now opened in Portugal. #Podcast  #TanitoluwaAdewumi  #Chernobyl  Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week, is about how some unethical scammers reused COVID test swabs in Indonesia and potentially affected thousands of people.  Among other stories we will also highlight the new Zulu King in South Africa, Chinese rocket debris that is set for uncontrolled descent back to earth, South Africa’s decision to end the captive lion industry, a New Zealand vigilantes’ effort to get potholes fixed using controversial street art, and a farmer in Belgium who unintendedly re-drew an international border. #Podcast  #Blogger #NasalSwab #Indonesia Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week discusses how German officials have reached an agreement with Nigerian representatives to return a portion of the artifacts known as Benin Bronzes that were stolen during the colonial era.  Among other stories we will also highlight ongoing protests in Colombia, a new basic income scheme in Sudan, a change in how data related to domestic violence is being collected in India and the story of a very caring husband. Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week is on a new study that was commissioned by the Rwandan Government  that looks into the role France may have played in the 1994 genocide.  Among other stories we will also highlight the severe drought in Mexico, a fire on Table Mountain in South Africa, and a Malaria vaccine that has been hailed as a potential break through. Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our story in focus this week is on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, where ash from a volcano that recently erupted has essentially left the island without water. Among other stories, we will also touch on news that Japan plans to dump the stored water from the 2011 Fukushima nuclear incident into the ocean, wonder about the ethical considerations behind news that human cells were recently grown in the embryos of monkeys, balance Chinas road to net-zero energy against their decision to build a massive dam to get there, and Amazon’s decision to cancel its planned Lord of the Rings game. Bummer Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

This week’s episode covers the story of a mother who was reunited with her long-lost daughter after 20 years. The circumstances of the reunion was so incredible, it can easy be confused for a movie. We also discuss the new rules from Google that limits how applications can scan your phone, the Kenyan who smashed a marathon record, the massive human trafficking operation stopped by an INTERPOL-led operation and the largest, working, Nintendo Switch ever built. Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

In this week’s episode we touch on the largest intra-African trade transaction completed through blockchain, the ongoing crisis in the town of Palma in Mozambique, a promising vaccine for HIV and we celebrate recent good news that Asteroid Apophis will not hit the earth for another 100 plus years, and not in 2068 as previously thought.   Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our feature story is about the patent Microsoft filed to revive loved ones as chatbots. Yes, chatbots. We live in interesting times.  We will also discuss the launch of Tunisia’s first satellite, a new watch that costs as much as a small house, and the bereavement bill or, legislation, that has recently become law in New Zealand.   Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia 

Our first story this week discusses how Nestle has plans to replace sugar in some of their chocolates with the pulp of the cocoa fruit.   Among a few other stories, we also discuss the ongoing dispute between Somalia and Kenya related to land barriers, a 3D printed school and the worst driver in the history of Poland.  Visit the blog (https://taplink.cc/tunukamedia) for pictures and references. © 2021 TunukaMedia