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Saturday December 23rd, 2017 evening edition

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Clearing your closet of last season’s gently worn clothes and donating them to an aid group probably makes you feel pretty good.

After all, you may be helping someone in need and breathing life into items that might otherwise decompose in a landfill.

The used items have created a robust market in East Africa and thereby a decent amount of jobs.

But experts say the vast amount of these imports have devastated local clothing industries and led the region to rely far too heavily on the West.

The goal is to stop relying on imports from rich nations, boost local manufacturing and create new jobs.

Suppliers like Global Clothing Industries, for example, solely send and ship used clothing, shoes and other items overseas.

For a ban to work, Brooks suggests introducing it gradually, and taxing secondhand clothing imports to help subsidize local production efforts. »

Here's why the Mad Max: Fury Road sequel is delayed

Authored by digitalspy.com

Given the massive and unexpected success of 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road, the sequels seemed pretty much inevitable.

However, any prospective sequels will not be revving up anytime soon, chiefly because Miller is suing Warner Bros. over unpaid earnings.

Just hit 'Like' on our Digital Spy Facebook page and 'Follow' on our @digitalspy Twitter account and you're all set. »

#MeToo, say victims of sexual harassment in Japan:The Asahi Shimbun

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Japanese women are breaking their silence about sexual abuse and harassment and joining the #MeToo movement that is mushrooming in the United States and elsewhere.

Mikiya Ichihara, a director and leader of a theatrical group, is also facing sexual harassment accusations by several women who spoke up on Twitter.

Chino is hoping the movement will educate young Japanese women to realize that the harasser is at fault and not the victim. »

First step toward CRISPR cure of Lou Gehrig’s disease

Authored by news.berkeley.edu

This step toward a CRISPR cure for human ALS will be reported Dec. 20 in the journal Science Advances.

The neurons allow the brain to control muscles, so loss of this connection means loss of muscle control.

There, the gene was translated into the Cas9 protein, a molecular scissors that cut and disabled the mutant gene responsible for ALS. »