A bill advancing through Parliament could pave the way for a boom in gene-edited crops and livestock British lawmakers could soon relax restrictions on genetically altered foods, with new legislation proposing more gene editing be allowed on certain crops, while insisting they will not constitute “genetically modified organisms” (GMOs), which are subject to heavy regulation.

Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s mandate to lead Uzbekistan has been confirmed in a landslide victory Uzbekistan’s incumbent president, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, was re-elected to another term in office on Sunday, the election authority of the Central Asian nation reported, having counted most of the votes.

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