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The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP), held an online training on the production of fish feed, in the midst of a price hike in the market that has encumbered the production of fish farmers. Head of the ministry’s Research and Human Resource Agency Sj arief Widjaja, noted in a statement here on Saturday as quoted by Antara, that feed was a key component in fish farming, as 60-70 percent of the production costs are allotted for feed. However, owing to limited feed producers that only some regions have it, the price of the commodity in the market is still steep. Hence, the ministry has encouraged the public to produce fish feed to help farmers in lowering the production cost for feed//ANT

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The United States is using the case of a senior Chinese telecoms executive, who was arrested in Vancouver on a US warrant 18 months ago, to create friction between China and Canada, China's envoy to Canada said on Thursday (Jun 11). The Chinese envoy to Ottawa, Cong Peiwu, told Reuters in a telephone interview, that the US has been taking advantage of Canada, and the US is the troublemaker of China-Canada relations. Huawei Technologies Co's Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou, a Chinese citizen and daughter of Huawei's billionaire founder Ren Zhengfei, was arrested on a bank fraud warrant issued by US authorities. Meng says she is innocent. Asked whether he thought Canada's judiciary was independent, Cong pointed to comments US President Donald Trump made in December 2018, which he said showed the Meng case was "a political incident rather than a simple judicial case//Reuters

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Finland's government said on Thursday Jun 11, it will lift coronavirus-related restrictions on leisure travel to and from neighbouring Baltic and Nordic countries, but excluded Sweden, prompting indignation in Stockholm. Minister of Interior Maria Ohisalo told reporters, the epidemic situation in Sweden does not enable giving up the restrictions yet. For tourists to and from Denmark, Iceland and Norway, as well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, where the infection rate is similar to Finland's, restrictions will be lifted on June 15, Ohisalo said. Meanwhile, The Swedish government said the Nordics are one of the most interconnected regions and jointly represent the world's 11th largest economy. A spokeswoman for Sweden's Minister of Interior Mikael Damberg told Reuters, that There is indignation over the situation, not least in border areas. Sweden has not closed its borders in the Nordics. Sweden has adopted fewer restrictions than its neighbours and by June 10, Sweden's COVID-19 deaths were 4,717 - four times the number in the other Nordic countries combined//CNA/Reuters

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Amid the nationwide protests over racism and police brutality, US Senator Kamala Harris may have found the powerful and lasting moment that eluded her failed presidential bid but could now land her the No. 2 spot on the Democratic ticket.Harris,  the only black woman serving in the US Senate, has marched in the streets and sponsored new police reform legislation on Capitol Hill. She has been a forceful proponent of sweeping social change and a fierce critic of President Donald Trump. The 55-year-old senator from California also has become a key ally for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, poised to challenge the Republican president in the Nov 3 US election, at a time when race has been thrust to the forefront of the campaign. With Biden, 77, facing pressure within his party to choose a black woman as his running mate, Democratic donors, strategists and those close to his campaign said in interviews they think Harris is increasingly the likely pick//Reuters