UPM has unveiled UPM PharmaSure for pharmaceuticals, UPM Vetro for wine and spirits, and UPM Endurance for oil and industrial chemicals, delivering tailored adhesive performance for each end-use.The purpose-built solutions are part of the UPM Raflatac label material offering. The company says that demanding label applications require adhesives beyond the capabilities of general-purpose solutions. Different environments carry varying technical requirements, regulatory contexts, and consequences when a label fails.Christian Szameit, senior VP Global Markets at UPM Adhesive Materials, says: “With demanding label applications, adhesive selection is a critical decision. Our purpose-built adhesive solutions help our customers choose the right performance for…
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With bear sightings and attacks being reported across Japan, Environment Minister Hirotaka Ishihara on June 9 urged residents in municipalities where bears have been spotted but not yet captured, including Utsunomiya, Fukushima, and Matsumoto, to “put their safety first” in their daily activities. Speaking at a press conference after a Cabinet meeting, he also called on the public to review the Environment Ministry’s six rules for avoiding encounters with bears. Ishihara said residents in affected areas are facing considerable anxiety and disruption to their daily lives, and pledged to strengthen countermeasures through closer cooperation between the national and local governments.…
Dubai Bites at 77 Tottenham Court Road seeks permission to serve hot food until 1.30am every day. Photo: The Fitzrovia News. Voug Ltd has applied to Camden Council for a licence to sell late night refreshment at 77 Tottenham Court Road, on the corner with Tottenham Street in Fitzrovia. Permission is sought to sell hot food to customers until 1.30am every day of the week. The business is described as a restaurant and occupies the ground floor and basement. Camden Council requires premises supplying hot food and hot drink between 11.00pm and 5.00am to hold a licence to trade, under…
Representatives from countries and regions, including the United States, Canada, and the Republic of Korea, pose for a group photo during the fourth International Workshop on Methane Observation and Quantification in Hong Kong on June 8, 2026. (JESSICA CHEN / CHINA DAILY)A newly launched satellite camera, dubbed the “eye in space”, is set to beam back its first measurements of carbon dioxide and methane from China’s Tiangong Space Station in two weeks, giving global climate efforts a powerful new tool to help meet carbon-peaking and carbon-neutrality targets.Developed by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and recently delivered…
A drone photo taken on June 9, 2026 shows a view of the Chongqi Highway-Railway Bridge over the Yangtze River between east China’s Shanghai and Jiangsu. A key project of the Shanghai-Chongqing-Chengdu high-speed railway, the Chongqi Highway-Railway Bridge was successfully closed here on Tuesday. It has a total length of 4.09 kilometers and a main span of 400 meters. Once opened to traffic, the bridge will reduce the travel time between Shanghai and Qidong of Jiangsu from two and a half hours to less than half an hour. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng)A drone photo taken on June 9, 2026 shows a view…
Why UAE summers trigger more acne, even indoorsAcne doesn’t take a summer break. According to Dr. Bara’a Saleh, Circadia skincare partner practitioner, breakouts often intensify in UAE summers due to multiple overlapping factors, and not just sun exposure. “Acne often worsens during UAE summers due to the heat, humidity, sweat and indoor lifestyle changes that affect the skin, even in teenagers who spend most of their time indoors.”But one of the most overlooked triggers is what happens when the body constantly shifts between extremes. “Another contributing factor is the constant transition between the outdoor heat and air-conditioned indoor environments. This…
Sheng Songwei, director of the Offshore Energy Research Center at the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, and Dirk Fransaer of the Royal Academy of Belgium participate in a side-event discussion. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] The ninth Global Sustainable Technology and Innovation Conference opened on Monday at the Flemish Parliament in Brussels, bringing together scientists, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and investors from around the world to explore innovative solutions for sustainable development. Under the theme “From Innovation to Impact: Empowering Sustainable Transformation”, this year”s conference focuses on six key areas — energy, food, water, health, cities, and finance — and seeks to accelerate…
Skip next section ‘Organized factory of hate’: India rebukes Pakistan at UN06/09/2026June 9, 2026’Organized factory of hate’: India rebukes Pakistan at UNIndia launched a scathing attack on Pakistan, condemning directions given to Pakistan’s government agencies to refer to militant groups operating in the country as “Fitna al-Hindustan.” India’s representative at the UN called the step anan attempt to institutionalize anti-India rhetoric. “Coming up with official notifications, directing Pakistan’s government agencies to start referring to groups inside its own borders as ‘Fitna al Hindustan’ is nothing but officially sponsored misinformation and disinformation dressed in religious terminology,” said Harish Parvathaneni, India’s permanent representative…
Singapore-based insurtech company Igloo has launched Igi, an AI travel insurance assistant in Indonesia that guides customers through the full purchase journey within a single conversational interface. Early results showed that users who engaged with the assistant were 44 percent more likely to complete a purchase compared to those using the website alone, the firm said in a statement on Tuesday. Unlike post-purchase support tools, Igi is an autonomous sales agent capable of handling the complete purchase journey end to end, from destination selection and plan comparison to personalized recommendation, payment, and policy issuance. Users in the hybrid conversational and…
Chemicals introduced to help repair and protect Earth’s ozone layer may have created an unexpected environmental problem. According to a new study, some of the substances that replaced ozone damaging chemicals are now responsible for spreading large amounts of a persistent “forever chemical” across the globe. Researchers led by Lancaster University estimate that CFC replacement chemicals and certain anesthetics caused about a third of a million tonnes (335,500 tonnes) of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) to be deposited from the atmosphere onto Earth’s surface between 2000 and 2022. The findings suggest the problem is still growing. Because some of these replacement chemicals…