Members of the government and lawmakers of the ruling new democracy party applaud Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis (left) after his speech on a vote of no confidence against the government in Athens on Jan 27, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) ATHENS – The Greek parliament paved the way for banning political parties whose leaders have […]
In this file photo dated Apr 2, 2022, Pakistani UN peacekeepers from United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo carry the remains of their comrades during a memorial service in Goma, eastern Congo. (PHOTO / AP) GOMA — The Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday blamed M23 rebels for an attack on […]
Police officers stand near the bodies of alleged al Shabaab militants who have been killed after the siege at the Mogadishu Municipality Headquaters in Mogadishu on Jan 22, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) BOSASO – At least 34 people have been killed in clashes in Somalia's northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public […]
Firefighters are seen during a fire in Puren, Araucania region, Chile on Feb 4, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of wildfires blazing though Chile caused the government to extend an emergency order to another region on Saturday, as a scorching summer heat wave complicates efforts to control fires that have claimed at least […]
A man puts out a fire in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on Feb 3, 2023. (PHOTO / AFP) SANTIAGO – Dozens of raging wildfires in Chile claimed at least thirteen lives and torched some 14,000 hectares (35,000 acres), authorities reported on Friday, as a summer heatwave sweeps across the southern hemisphere country. Eleven people, […]
OUAGADOUGOU – The bodies of 28 men killed by gunfire have been found in the northwestern Burkina Faso town of Nouna, prosecutors said on Monday. An investigation has been launched into the killings which were discovered on Dec 30 and 31, prosecutors said in a statement that did not provide any details on the possible […]
Travelers check the status of their flight as they arrive at the United Airlines Terminal 1 ahead of the Christmas holiday at O'Hare International Airport on Dec 22, 2022 in Chicago. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON – Over 4,400 flights have been canceled over a two-day period as a powerful winter storm hits the United […]
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the nomination process of the top African National Congress (ANC) officials in the 55th National Conference of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the Nasrec Expo Centre in Johannesburg, South Africa, Dec 18, 2022. (SUMAYA HISHAM / REUTERS) JOHANNESBURG — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected […]
This Sept 26, 2013 file photo shows historic front pages from US newspapers on the assassination of President John F Kennedy at the Newseum in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON – The US National Archives on Thursday released thousands of documents related to the 1963 assassination of then-President John F Kennedy, acting shortly […]
In this Oct 12, 2022 file photo, migrants sail after boarding a smuggler's boat on the beach of Gravelines, near Dunkirk, northern France, in an attempt to cross the English Channel. (SAMEER Al-DOUMY / AFP) DOVER, England – A small boat loaded with migrants heading for British shores from France capsized in the freezing waters […]
KARIYA, JAPAN, Dec 13, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DENSO Corporation today announced it has been selected as an “A-List” company in the assessment of environmental initiatives conducted by international nonprofit CDP(1) for its excellent efforts in the areas of climate change and water security, as well as information disclosure. This is the […]
In this file photo dated Sept 23, 2022, British Prime Minister Liz Truss (left) and then-Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng visit Berkeley Modular, in Northfleet, Kent, Britain. (DYLAN MARTINEZ / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) LONDON – Liz Truss, prime minister of the United Kingdom, on Wednesday defied calls to resign after almost all the […]
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 […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 19, 2021, a nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's Janssen COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic hosted by The Tournament of Roses in partnership with the Pasadena Public Health Department at Tournament House in Pasadena, California. (ROBYN BECK / AFP) MOSCOW / UNITED NATIONS – Updated COVID-19 boosters […]
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 […]
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Health Diana Atwine (center) confirms a case of Ebola in the country, at a press conference in Kampala, Uganda, Sept 20, 2022. (HAJARAH NALWADDA / AP) KAMPALA – An outbreak of Ebola has been declared in Uganda after health authorities confirmed a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain, […]
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, Sep 5, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – HK DECOMAN Technology Limited (“DECOMAN”) is now expanding its footprint in Korea to capture the opportunities of growing demand for its services. With the Taiwan expansion begun in January, this is the second APAC market DECOMAN entered in 2022. Coworking space at the […]
This picture taken on Aug 6, 2022 shows the entrance of the building where Belgian Walter Henri Maximilien Biot, husband of German consul Uwe Herbert Hahn, died on Aug 5, 2022, in the apartment they shared in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (ANDRE BORGES / AFP) RIO DE JANEIRO – A Brazilian court on Friday freed […]
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 […]
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 […]