A team of representatives from the Joint Coordination Center inspects on the first grain-laden ship leaving Ukraine on the northwestern entrance of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 3, 2022. (TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTRY / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Wednesday the appointment of Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti of […]
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Ukraine seeks to extend grain deal by at least 1 year
Cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea await to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov 1, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) KIEV — Ukraine is interested in extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative by at least one year, the Infrastructure Ministry reported Monday. "Strategically, we should achieve not only speeding up inspections on […]
Retention Cloud Leader CleverTap Launches CleverTap for Startups
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and MUMBAI, India, Nov 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – CleverTap, the modern, integrated retention cloud today announced the launch of CleverTap for Startups (C4S). Through this initiative, CleverTap will offer a full stack retention platform to all budding digital-native brands, in order to help them personalize and optimize all […]
Russian fertilizer to be shipped out ‘to avoid food insecurity’
Asl Tia, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on Bosphorus to Marmara sea, in Istanbul, on Nov 2, 2022. (OZAN KOSE / AFP) GENEVA / KIEV / ISTANBUL / MOSCOW – A breakthrough has been made on hundreds of thousands of tons of Russian-made fertilizer blocked in European ports, which is vital to avoid a […]
Russian forces to retreat behind Dnieper River
An old woman walks in the Kherson region village of Arkhanhelske, Ukraine on Nov 3, 2022. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) MOSCOW/KYIV/UNITED NATIONS/TEHRAN – Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered Russian troops to leave the right (western) bank of the Dnieper River and strengthen defense against Ukrainian offensives on the left bank. Shoigu announced […]
Türkiye: 6 grain vessels leave Ukraine after Russia restores deal
Kavo Perdika, a cargo vessel carrying Ukrainian grain, sails on Bosphorus to Marmara sea, in Istanbul, on Nov 2, 2022. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the traffic of vessels carrying Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products resumed on Nov 2, 2022 after a phone call between the Turkish and Russian defence ministers. (OZAN KOSE / […]
Erdogan, Zelensky discuss resumption of grain export deal
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky react while giving a press conference following the talks with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Lviv on Aug 18, 2022. (DIMITAR DILKOFF / AFP) ANKARA/KYIV/MOSCOW – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday discussed resuming the implementation of […]
Russian, Turkish leaders discuss grain export deal via phone
Cargo ships anchored in the Marmara Sea await to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Türkiye, Nov 1, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a phone conversation on Tuesday to discuss the implementation of a deal on the export of grain from the […]
Ukraine resumes foodstuff shipments via seaports
An aerial photograph taken on Oct 31, 2022 shows a cargo ship loaded with grain being inspected in the anchorage area of the southern entrance to the Bosphorus in Istanbul. Cargo ships loaded with grain and other agricultural products left Ukrainian ports on Oct 31, 2022 despite Russia's decision to pull out from a landmark […]
Ukraine suspends grain export for ‘corridor blockage’
The ship Navi-Star sits full of grain since the start of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine as it waits to sail from the Odesa Sea Port, in Odesa, Ukraine, July 29, 2022. (DAVID GOLDMAN / AP) KYIV/ISTANBUL – Ukraine had suspended foodstuffs exports due to blockage of the "grain corridor," the country’s infrastructure minister […]
UN chief seeks to save Ukraine grain deal
In this file photo dated Sept 9, 2022, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during a joint press conference with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (not pictured) at the Foreign Ministry in Islamabad.(GHULAM RASOOL / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has decided to alter his travel plans to focus his […]
Clamor grows louder against discredited ‘spy case’ prosecutor
Scientists among those pushing for 'China Initiative' figure to be shut out A sign stands outside the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice Building, May 5, 2022, in Washington. (Patrick Semansky / AP) Calls are growing louder for US President Joe Biden to withdraw the nomination for a senior legal post of an assistant US […]
Seventh Belt and Road Summit draws to successful close
HONG KONG, Sep 2, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The seventh Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), concluded yesterday (1 September). Continuing in the tradition of being a formal, substantial and high-quality event, the […]
Seventh Belt and Road Summit opens today
HONG KONG, Aug 31, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The seventh Belt and Road Summit, jointly organised by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), opened today (31 August). This year’s event lasts two days and runs in a hybrid physical and […]