August 2022 – Asia Excite

Ethiopia announces completion of third filling of mega-dam

August 14, 2022

In this file photo taken on Feb 20, 2022 A general view of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Guba, Ethiopia. (AMANUEL SILESHI / AFP) ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopia announced the successful completion of the third filling of its mega-dam on the Blue Nile. "It is with great pleasure,...

International

UN troop rotations in Mali to resume on Monday

August 14, 2022

This file photo taken on Aug 2, 2018 shows a German soldier from the parachutists detachment of the MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali) searching for IED (improvised explosive device) during a patrol on the route from Gao to Gossi, Mali. (SEYLLOU / AFP) DAKAR - Troop...

International

Odinga ahead in Kenya’s presidential race, results show

August 14, 2022

Recently elected MPs and governors from Azimio party, led by presidential candidate Raila Odinga, gather at their campaign headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, Aug 13, 2022. (MOSA'AB ELSHAMY / AP) NAIROBI - Veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga led Kenya's presidential race, official election results showed on Saturday, pushing Deputy President William...

International

Salman Rushdie still hospitalized as attack suspect pleads not guilty

August 14, 2022

Hadi Matar, 24, center, listens to his public defense attorney Nathaniel Barone, left, addresses the judge while being arraigned in the Chautauqua County Courthouse in Mayville, NY, Aug 13, 2022. (GENE PUSKAR / AP) Acclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized on Saturday with serious injuries a day after he was...

International

Four Latin American nations back Peru’s Castillo amid crisis

August 14, 2022

Peruvian President Pedro Castillo delivers a speech during a meeting with members of the self-defense committees, the so called "peasant patrols" who act as law-and-order enforcers in parts of rural Peru, at the Government Palace in Lima on Aug 10, 2022. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA - The governments of...

International

Italy emerges as hotspot for West Nile fever outbreaks

August 13, 2022

A pedestrian, wearing a mask with the italian flag on it, stands in a street of Rome on Dec 23, 2021. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP) ROME - Italy is emerging as a hotspot in Europe for the new outbreak of the West Nile virus, as the death toll on Friday...

International

WHO gives new names to variants of monkeypox virus

August 13, 2022

A pharmacist administers a dose of Imvanex, a vaccine to protect against Monkeypox virus, at a pharmacy in Lille, northern France, on Aug 10, 2022. (FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) GENEVA - The World Health Organization has announced new names for variants of the monkeypox virus that are currently in...

International

First Africa-bound grain ship arrives in Ukrainian port

August 13, 2022

This photograph taken on July 31, 2022 shows a grain combine harvester collecting wheat near Novoazovsk, Ukraine. (PHOTO/AFP) KYIV - The first Africa-bound grain ship since the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February docked in Pivdennyi port on Friday, Ukraine's infrastructure minister said. ALSO READ: Refused by buyer, first Ukraine grain vessel...

International

Sierra Leone president says protests aimed to overthrow the govt

August 13, 2022

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio arrives for an EU Africa summit at the European Council building in Brussels on Feb 17, 2022. (JOHN THYS / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) FREETOWN - Sierra Leone's president, Julius Maada Bio, said on Friday that this week's anti-government protests, which led to the...

International

Mexico’s president draws ire after navy plane flies in mascot

August 13, 2022

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador speaks during a joint press conference offered with his Salvadoran counterpart Nayib Bukele (out of frame) at the Presidential House in San Salvador on May 6, 2022. (MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) MEXICO CITY - President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is facing a flood of...

SEAPRWire

KLT, begins its advancement overseas with ‘Pulsarlube BT’, the Bluetooth automatic lubricator for remote lubrication management

August 13, 2022

Seoul, Korea, August 13, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – KLT drawing attention with the automatic lubricator, Pulsarlube BT, announced that it would focus on expansion to overseas countries such as Poland, China, and Hungary in full swing. To extend the life of machines, it is important to precisely manage the lubrication...

International

Mexico’s president draws ire after navy helicopter flies in mascot

August 13, 2022

International

Mexico apologizes for 1911 massacre of Chinese in Torreon

August 13, 2022

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City on April 20, 2021. (PEDRO PARDO / AFP) MONTERREY, Mexico - Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador issued a formal apology on Monday for the 1911 massacre of 303 Chinese...

International

Canada confirms over 25,000 new COVID cases in one week

August 13, 2022

A healthcare worker dons a bouffant cap as staff treat patients suffering from coronavirus disease at Humber River Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 29, 2021. (COLE BURSTON / AFP) OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada on Friday confirmed 25,204 new COVID-19 cases for...

International

Eleven dead in mass shooting in Montenegro

August 13, 2022

Emergency service personnel stand by near the scene of a shooting in Cetinje, in Montenegro, on Aug 12, 2022. (SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP) CETINJE, Montenegro - Eleven people, including two children and a gunman, were killed in a mass shooting in Montenegro on Friday, and six others were injured, a...

International

Novelist Salman Rushdie on ventilator after New York stabbing

August 13, 2022

Neighbors from across the street look on as local police and the FBI block the area around the home of Hadi Matar on Morningside Avenue on Aug 12, 2022, in Fairview, New Jersey. Police identified Matar, 24, as the man who rushed a stage in western New York and stabbed...

International

Justice dept: FBI seized top secret documents at Trump’s home

August 13, 2022

An aerial view of former US president Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate is seen, Aug 10, 2022, in Palm Beach, Florida. (STEVE HELBER/AP) FBI agents in this week's search of former US President Donald Trump's Florida home removed 11 sets of classified documents including some marked as top secret, the Justice...

GlobeNewswire

A Step Forward in Human-Robot Collaboration: Han’s Robot Opens A New Era of Intelligent Collaborative Robots

August 13, 2022

SHENZHEN, China, Aug. 12, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- Wang Guangneng, general manager of Han's Robot, said that repetitive, mechanical, and dull work had left us no time to take care of our family and real life. Collaborative robots came into being to solve this issue, allowing robots and...

International

UN humanitarian agencies face record funding gap this year

August 13, 2022

A picture shows a woman walking in front of the hospital in Gao, Mali on Oct 14, 2020. (MICHELE CATTANI / UNOCHA) GENEVA - UN humanitarian projects face a record funding gap this year, with only a third of the required $48.7 billion secured so far as global needs outpace...

ACN Newswire

Oz Forensics, AppsFlyer and OutSystems have made the most strategic move to capitalize on Philippines’ fintech market

August 13, 2022

MANILA, Aug 12, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Southeast Asia's most renowned FSI event, World Financial Innovation Series (WFIS), is now ready to disrupt Philippines' fintech market with its inaugural edition in the country. To give an estimate of the country's burgeoning market, the first half of 2021...