People write messages in memory of their beloved ones, on the National COVID-19 Memorial Wall, in London, on March 28, 2022. (TOLGA AKMEN / AFP) LONDON / WASHINGTON – A public inquiry into Britain's response to and handling of the COVID-19 pandemic got underway on Tuesday, with a promise it would get to the truth, and […]
A young womann from the Turkana community waters goats from a shallow well dug into a dry riverbed at Eliye springs on the western shore of Lake Turkana in Turkana county, Kenya on Sept 28, 2022. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP) LODWAR, Kenya – In a dry river bed in Kenya's arid northwest, pastoralists dig ever-deeper […]
Toyota City, Japan, Sep 24, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Toyota has decided to end vehicle production at its Saint Petersburg plant in Russia. On March 4 we had to suspend manufacturing operations at our plant in Saint Petersburg due to the interruption in supply of key materials and parts. Since then, we […]
TOKYO, Sep 23, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The TOYOTA GAZOO Racing World Rally Team makes its first trip to Rally New Zealand determined to compete for the top positions when the event’s popular gravel roads return to the world stage for round 11 of the 2022 FIA World Rally Championship on September […]
An employee of Uniper Energy Storage inspects the above-ground facilities of a natural gas storage facility at the Uniper Energy Storage facility in Bierwang, southern Germany on June 10, 2022. (LENNART PREISS / AFP) LONDON – Europe's problems in sourcing oil and gas this winter after a dispute with Russia may be exacerbated by a […]
A man closes his eyes as he receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Miami Beach, Florida, on Aug 4, 2021. (MARTA LAVANDIER / AP) WASHINGTON – Charles Gill, 41, a teacher in Pennsylvania, had COVID-19 a few months back. While many of his friends only had symptoms for a few days, his have lingered a […]
EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager gives a press conference in Brussels, on Sept 6, 2022, to announce Eu's veto against US life sciences company Illumina’s acquisition of biotechnology company Grail. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) BRUSSELS – From laptops to fridges to mobile apps, smart devices connected to the internet will have to assess their cybersecurity […]
Men walk next to a convoy of trucks part of the World Food Programme (WFP) on their way to Tigray in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) NAIROBI – Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on […]
TOKYO, Sep 12, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today results from a post hoc analysis of three randomized, pivotal, Phase 3 studies (EMBRACE trial/Study 305, Study 301 and Study304) evaluating the efficacy of eribulin mesylate (marketed as HALAVEN) versus other chemotherapies (Treatment of Physician’s Choice [TPC], capecitabine, and vinorelbine, […]
A customer shops at a supermarket in Millbrae, California, the United States, Aug 10, 2022. (PHOTO / XINHUA) Economic wager driven by anti-China policies leaves no winners, experts say The US government's policies toward China are putting the country on the wrong track, according to China watchers who stress that a decoupling of the top […]
Somali children who fled drought-stricken areas stand by their makeshift shelters at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Sept 3, 2022. (FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH / AP) GENEVA/MOGADISHU – Hundreds of children have died in nutrition centers across Somalia, the UN children's agency (UNICEF) said on Tuesday, a day after […]
A picture taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris.(ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) PRAGUE – The EU's foreign policy chief on Wednesday urged bickering nations to settle their differences on restricting travel for Russian citizens, saying Europe must remain united vis-a-vis […]
Pedestrians use the Simon Bolivar International Bridge to cross between San Antonio, Venezuela (behind) and Cucuta, Colombia at sunrise on Aug 8, 2022, along the border which Venezuela partially closed in 2015. (MATIAS DELACROIX / AP) CARACAS – Colombia's new ambassador-designate to Venezuela, Armando Benedetti, arrived here on Sunday for normalizing diplomatic relations between the […]
People navigate through flooded roads after heavy monsoon rains, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, Aug 24, 2022. (PERVEZ MASIH / AP) KARACHI, Pakistan – Historic monsoon rains and flooding in Pakistan have affected more than 30 million people over the last few weeks, the country's climate change minister said on Thursday, calling the situation a "climate-induced humanitarian […]
An ambulance arrives at the facilities of the Reclusorio Norte where former attorney general Jesus Murillo Karam is due to appear in court over the disappearance of 43 students from the Ayotzinapa normal school, in Mexico City on Aug 24, 2022. (RODRIGO OROPEZA / AFP) MEXICO CITY – A Mexican judge ruled there was sufficient evidence […]
A nurse holds a vial containing the monkeypox vaccine at a vaccination clinic run by the Mecklenburg County Public Health Department in Charlotte, North Carolina, US, on Aug 20, 2022. (NELL REDMOND / AP) LONDON – A reliance on vaccines in short supply and questions over their best use are hampering efforts to curb the […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a joint press conference with the Turkish National Defense Minister at the Joint Coordination Center established in Istanbul for the safe shipment of grain products from the Black Sea region in Istanbul on Aug 20, 2022. (YASIN AKGUL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday appointed […]
ONTARIO, CA, Aug 22, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – UREEQA teamed up with renowned cigar manufacturer La Flor Dominicana for an exclusive, limited-edition NFT drop. And so far, it’s been a tremendous hit. La Flor Dominicana’s Golden NFT release is validated by UREEQA, resulting in one of the most unique and secure NFT […]
Hadi Matar, 24 (center) arrives for an arraignment in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, New York on Aug 13, 2022. (GENE J. PUSKAR / AP) MAYVILLE, NY- The man accused of stabbing novelist Salman Rushdie last week in western New York pleaded not guilty to second-degree attempted murder and assault charges on Thursday and […]
In this Jan 24 file photo, medical staff carry out from an ambulance a person at the COVID-19 infected patients section at the Pokrovskaya hospital in Saint Petersburg. (OLGA MALTSEVA / AFP) LOS ANGELES / MEXICO CITY / ZAGREB / MOSCOW – Russia reported 33,106 new daily coronavirus cases on Wednesday, authorities said, the highest figure since […]