Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of public patriotic and youth organizations at the Battle of Stalingrad Museum and Panorama in Volgograd on Feb 2, 2023, during commemorations for the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory at the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II. (PHOTO / AFP) MOSCOW / KIEV – Russia's response […]
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Airlines scrap 4,400 US flights as winter storm disrupts travel
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 […]
Peru’s Castillo faces criminal charges as Boluarte takes helm
A supporter of ousted president Pedro Castillo clashes with police during a protest in Lima, Peru, Dec 8, 2022. (FERNANDO VERGARA / AP) LIMA – Peru's former president Pedro Castillo faced a first court hearing on Thursday over his arrest on charges of rebellion and conspiracy, as his successor issued her first pronouncements from the […]
IAEA chief leaves Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Photo taken on Aug 22, 2022 shows the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. (PHOTO/XINHUA) KYIV – International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi and some members of his delegation left the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP) in southern Ukraine on Thursday, the country's state-run nuclear energy operator Energoatom said. "Currently, there are five representatives of the […]
Sudan leader Burhan reshuffles army leadership
In this file photo dated April 13, 2019, Sudanese soldiers flash the victory gesture as they sit in the back of a pickup truck mounted with a turret nearby a scene of gathering demonstrators during a rally demanding a civilian body to lead the transition to democracy, outside the army headquarters in the Sudanese capital […]
Jiayin Group Inc. to Release Second Quarter 2022 Unaudited Results on Thursday, August 18, 2022
SHANGHAI, China, Aug. 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Jiayin Group Inc. (“Jiayin” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: JFIN), a leading fintech platform in China, today announced that it will release its financial results for the second quarter 2022 before the U.S market opens on Thursday, August 18, 2022. The Company will conduct a conference […]
The Telegraph: Tom Tugendhat to run for next UK PM
A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit shows Conservative MP for Tonbridge and Malling, Tom Tugendhat, speaking during an extraordinary session of parliament called to discuss the collapse of the Afghan government in the House of Commons in London on Aug 18, 2021. (AFP / PRU) LONDON – British […]
New COVID-19 wave seen in many EU countries
A man gets tested with an antigenic test for COVID-19 in Paris on July 6, 2022. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) GENEVA / STOCKHOLM / JOHANNESBURG / LONDON / OTTAWA / THE HAGUE / CAIRO / BOGOTA – Europe is facing a new wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly-transmissible BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron, said the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on […]