EU flags are seen outside the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, Jan 6, 2023. Eleven European Union countries urged "great caution" in relaxing the bloc's state aid rules in a bid to support Europe's green industry in a global race, saying that risked damaging competition inside the bloc, a document showed. (PHOTO / XINHUA) BRUSSELS […]
Peru's President Dina Boluarte speaks during a press conference at the Presidential Palace in Lima on Feb 10, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte pledged a crackdown on "narcoterrorism" on Monday, speaking at the funeral of seven police officers gunned down in an area where drug traffickers operate in alliance with […]
A firefighter works, as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Quillon, Chile, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO — Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853 acres) of forest in Chile, destroying houses and threatening farms and forests as the South American nation faces a summer heatwave across southern and central […]
A firefighter works, as a wildfire burns parts of rural areas in Quillon, Chile, Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) SANTIAGO — Wildfires have consumed more than 750 hectares (1,853 acres) of forest in Chile, destroying houses and threatening farms and forests as the South American nation faces a summer heatwave across southern and central […]
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (left) poses for a media with Chile's President Gabriel Boric during a ceremony at the La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile, Jan 29, 2023. (PHOTO / AP) SANTIAGO DE CHILE – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a new, expanded commodities partnership with Chile on Sunday during a tour of South […]
A Tunisian voter casts their ballot in the second round of parliamentary elections on Jan 29, 2023, in the capital Tunis. (PHOTO / AFP) TUNIS – Tunisia opened polls on Sunday for run-offs in a parliamentary election that drew only 11 percent turnout in the first round last month. With political parties boycotting the vote, […]
In this Oct 30, 2022 photo, a boy fishes as police border guards on a boat patrol along the Evros River that forms a natural border between Greece and Turkey, on Sunday. The EU ministers recently discussed visa restrictions to repatriate more migrants non-eligible for asylum. (PHOTO / AP) STOCKHOLM – European Union migration ministers […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gestures at the government house in Buenos Aires, Argentina, as he gives a joint statement with Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez on Jan 23, 2023. (GUSTAVO GARELLO / AP) BUENOS AIRE – Brazil and Argentina are in early talks to establish a shared unit of value for bilateral trade […]
Young migrants gather among container-accommodations at the former Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, Germany, on August 8, 2022. (CARSTEN KOALL / AFP) BERLIN – Germany's population swelled to an all-time record number of at least 84.3 million inhabitants at the end of 2022, due to record net immigration, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Thursday. […]
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaking at the Despatch box during Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) in the House of Commons in London on Jan 11, 2023. (JESSICA TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) LONDON – Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government will on Monday announce new proposals […]
A picture taken on March 3, 2016, shows the Mosul Dam on the Tigris River, around 50 kilometres north of the Iraqi city of Mosul. (SAFIN HAMED / AFP) SHANGHAI — Nearly 50,000 large dams worldwide could lose more than a quarter of their storage capacity by 2050 as a result of sedimentation build-ups, eroding […]
TALLINN, EE, Jan 9, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Elcogen, the European manufacturer of clean energy technology that delivers affordable green hydrogen and emission-free electricity, is pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Korea Shipbuilding and Offshore Engineering (“KSOE”), a member of Hyundai Heavy Industries Group (“HHI Group”), […]
Passengers use Kings Cross station in London, on January 2, 2023, ahead of strike action on National Railways this week. (ISABEL INFANTES / AFP) LONDON – A winter of widespread strikes facing Britain has dealt a blow to people's daily life as well as the country's already struggling economy, showing no sign of stopping at […]
Panoramic view of the city of Caracas, on Sept 12, 2022. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) MADRID – The Spanish government has appointed a new ambassador to Venezuela, signalling a thaw in relations that comes two years after Madrid vacated the post to protest over what it said was the absence of free elections in the […]
SINGAPORE, Dec 28, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Thoughtful Media Group Inc (“Thoughtful Media” or “TMG”), the Thailand-based social commerce-focused, premium digital advertising network of Society Pass Incorporated (“SoPa”) (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia’s (SEA) next generation, data-driven, loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces the acquisition of More Media, a leading Indonesia-based creative […]
TOKYO, Dec 22, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Astellas Pharma Inc. (TSE: 4503), Eisai Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4523), Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (TSE: 4568) and Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited. (TSE: 4502/ NYSE:TAK) today announced that the four companies have agreed the collaboration to reduce environmental burden in the field of pharmaceutical packaging. Based […]
Peru's President Dina Boluarte attends a ceremony to commemorate the Day of the Peruvian Army and the anniversary of the Battle of Ayacucho, in Lima, Peru Dec 9, 2022. (PERU'S PRESIDENCY / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) LIMA – Peruvian President Dina Boluarte, who is leading a transitional government following the ouster of her predecessor, will replace […]
In this picture taken on Sept 27, 2022, internally displaced flood-affected people wade through a flooded area in Dadu district of Sindh province. (RIZWAN TABASSUM / AFP) In a year marked by yet more climate-linked floods, hurricanes and droughts, governments and companies were forced to look more closely at the financial risks and their exposure […]
In this May 4, 2016 photo, the sculpture "non violence" of Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reutersward can be seen at Hotorget in Stockholm. (JONATHAN NACKSTRAND / AFP) STOCKHOLM – With 60 people killed in shootings in Sweden so far this year, 2022 will become the deadliest year since these statistics were compiled in 2016, Swedish […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a General Assembly meeting commemorating the 40th anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec 8, 2022. (ESKINDER DEBEBE / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – As the […]