January 21, 2023 – Asia Excite

Over 60 women, children freed in Burkina Faso after kidnapping

January 21, 2023

Burkina Faso army officers patrol near a French armored vehicle parked in Kaya, capital of Burkina Faso's north-central region on Nov 20, 2021. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) OUAGADOUGOU - Sixty-six women and children kidnapped by armed assailants in northern Burkina Faso last week have been freed, national broadcaster Radiodiffusion...

International

Sunak fined by police for failing to wear seat belt

January 21, 2023

In this file photo dated Dec 9, 2022, Britain's Prime Minister Rishi Sunak reacts during his visit to Royal Air Force RAF Coningsby, near Lincoln, eastern England. (JOE GIDDENS / POOL / AFP) LONDON - British police fined Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Friday for failing to wear a seat...

International

Brazil defense minister: Military not directly involved in Brasilia riots

January 21, 2023

File photo of Brazilian future Defense Minister Jose Mucio. (EVARISTO SA / AFP) BRASILIA - Brazil Minister of Defense Jose Mucio said on Friday that the country's armed forces were not directly involved in the riots by supporters of far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro who stormed government buildings calling for...

ACN Newswire

TVS Motor Company’s Chairman Sir Ralf Speth conferred with University of Warwick’s Honorary Doctorate

January 21, 2023

Singapore, Jan 21, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Sir Ralf Speth, Chairman of TVS Motor Company, has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in the field of Science (Doctor of Science, honoris causa) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. The honorary degree was conferred by the University...

ACN Newswire

Fosun International Expects One-off Negative Impact to be Cleared and Businesses to Bound Back in 2023

January 21, 2023

HONG KONG, Jan 21, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - On 20 January 2023, Fosun International Limited ("Fosun International" or "Fosun", HKEX: 00656) issued a profit warning announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, mentioning that based on the information available to the Board and the latest unaudited consolidated...

International

Venezuela accuses US of distorting human rights issues

January 21, 2023

People raise a new Venezuelan flag on the dome of the Federal Legislative Palace before a session for the installation of the National Parliament for the legislative period 2023-2024 at the Federal Legislative Palace in Caracas, on Jan 5, 2023. (FEDERICO PARRA / AFP) CARACAS - The United States has...

International

US Treasury: G7 agreed to review price cap on Russian oil

January 21, 2023

Oil pumping jacks, also known as "nodding donkeys", in an oilfield near Neftekamsk, in the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, on Nov 19, 2020. (ANDREY RUDAKOV / BLOOMBERG) WASHINGTON - Group of Seven officials have agreed to review the level of the price cap on exports of Russian oil in March,...

International

Germany postpones decision on Leopard tank delivery to Ukraine

January 21, 2023

This file photo taken on October 17, 2022 shows German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (center) lowering his head as he walks past a Leopard 2 main battle tank of the German armed forces Bundeswehr during a visit of German Bundeswehr's troops during a training exercise at the military ground in Ostenholz,...

International

Peru grapples with ‘nationwide chaos’ as protests spread

January 21, 2023

Riot police takes position during a protest against the government of President Dina Boluarte, in Lima on Jan 20, 2023. (ERNESTO BENAVIDES / AFP) LIMA - Tensions flared again in Peru on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in capital Lima in anti-government demonstrations that are spreading across the...

International

Somali army kills 100 al-Shabab fighters in foiled attack on base

January 21, 2023

Demonstrators attend a rally against the Al-Shabaab jihadist group in Mogadishu on Jan 12, 2023. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU - Somali National Army (SNA) forces killed 100 al-Shabab extremists in a foiled attack on a military base in Galcad town in central Somalia on Friday, the government said. The...

International

Brazil police carry out raids against suspects in Brasilia riots

January 21, 2023

Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, sit in front of police inside Planalto Palace after storming it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 8, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people suspected of involvement in the Jan 8 storming of...