An aerial view of the site of the forest fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 6, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Chilean firefighters were battling to hold back forest fires on Monday as authorities said hot and dry weather would continue this week, potentially exacerbating what are already the deadliest blazes […]
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Biden declares emergency in California as storms continue
A tree collapsed and ripped up the sidewalk damaging a home in Sacramento, California, Jan 8, 2023. (KATHLEEN RONAYNE / AP) LOS ANGELES – US President Joe Biden has declared an emergency in California as winter storms continue to pummel the most populous state in the country on Monday. According to a statement released by […]
Peru: At least 17 dead in anti-government protests
A wounded demonstrator is ushered into the hospital's emergency room in the highland city of Juliaca, Peru, on Jan 9, 2023. (STRINGER / AFP) LIMA/JULIACA – At least 17 people were killed in clashes with police in southern Peru, the country's human rights office said on Monday, the deadliest day so far of protests demanding […]
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ blizzard kills at least 27 in western NY
An ambulance passes an abandon car during a winter storm that hit the Buffalo region, in Amherst, New York, US, Dec 26, 2022. (BRENDAN MCDERMID / REUTERS) BUFFALO, New York – A blizzard that paralyzed western New York over the Christmas weekend has killed more than two dozen people, local officials said on Monday, as […]
Appeals court: US can’t mandate federal contractors COVID jabs
A lone protester stands outside the US Supreme Court as it hears arguments against the Biden administration's nationwide vaccine-or-testing COVID-19 mandates, in Washington, US, Jan 7, 2022. (JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS) WASHINGTON / CIUDAD JUAREZ / LOS ANGELES / MOSCOW – A US appeals court on Monday said the White House could not require federal contractors […]
Peru’s new leader offers early election as seven die in protests
Peru's new President Dina Boluarte waves after making a statement at the government palace in Lima, Peru on Dec 8, 2022. (FERNANDO VERGARA / AP) LIMA – Peru's new president offered lawmakers a plan to bring elections forward by two years on Monday, after the ouster of her predecessor last week sparked protests that have […]
Election-eve lawsuits target US ballot rules
This file photo taken on Dec 4, 2021 shows the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (DANIEL SLIM / AFP) MARIETTA, Georgia – Hours before US midterm voters head to the polls on Tuesday, courts were hearing a handful of last-minute lawsuits that could govern election rules and the counting of ballots in battleground states. […]
4 killed in drone strikes in Kiev
This photo taken on Feb 25, 2022 shows an empty street in Kiev, capital of Ukraine. (LU JINBO / XINHUA) KIEV/MOSCOW – At least four people were killed in a wave of drone strikes at a residential building and power facilities in the Ukrainian capital on Monday morning, Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram. […]
Venezuelan rescuers search for missing as flood death toll grows
GP5PHDJSC5KLTO5PTHUPVCKZ5U.jpg LAS TEJERIAS, Venezuela – Venezuelans in the town of Las Tejerias, in the country's Aragua state, on Monday waited amid a rising death toll as rescuers searched for the more than 50 missing persons who were swept away on Saturday by devastating floods following heavy rain. READ MORE: UN names special envoy to handle […]
Hopes riding on grain shipment from Odessa
First sailing from Ukrainian port after deal heralded as step to ease food crisis The Razoni, carrying 26,000 tons of corn, leaves the port of Odessa bound for Tripoli, Lebanon, on Monday. (OLEKSANDR GIMANOV / AFP) The departure on Monday of a grain shipment from the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa, the first since […]
Niu Technologies to Report Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results on Aug 15, 2022
BEIJING, July 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Niu Technologies (“NIU” or “the Company”) (NASDAQ: NIU), the world’s leading provider of smart urban mobility solutions, today announced that it will report its financial results for the second quarter 2022 before the market opens on Monday, Aug 15, 2022. The corporate presentation and financials spreadsheets […]
US appeals court vacates federal jab mandate pending hearing
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine at a walk up vaccination site in San Francisco, California, US, on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. (DAVID PAUL MORRIS / BLOOMBERG) PARIS / LOS ANGELES / ADDIS ABABA / WASHINGTON – A US appeals court panel said on Monday it would convene a full panel to […]