February 1, 2023 – Asia Excite

Report: UK, EU reach post-Brexit deal for N. Ireland

February 1, 2023

In this file photo taken on Dec 31, 2020, traffic passes a billboard for Irish unification outside Newry, Northern Ireland near the border with Ireland. (PHOTO / AFP) LONDON - Britain and the European Union have struck a customs deal that could help end post-Brexit wrangling over Northern Ireland, The...

International

UK set for biggest strike in years by teachers, civil servants

February 1, 2023

This Jan 23, 2023 photo shows ambulance workers hold cardboard signs and flags of the UK's trade union UNISON as they take part in a rally at a picket line outside the Docklands Emergency Operating Centre, Newham Dockside, in London. Up to half a million British teachers, civil servants, train...

International

EU to lay out green industry plan to remain competitive

February 1, 2023

In this photo taken on Jan 18, 2023, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a debate on the conclusions of the latest European Council meeting, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (PHOTO / AFP) BRUSSELS - The European Commission will present plans on Wednesday to...

International

US rights body calls for stronger reproductive protections

February 1, 2023

This July 25, 2022, photo shows abortion-rights protestors march between the Indiana Statehouse and the Indiana State Library where US Vice President Kamala Harris was meeting with Indiana legislators to discuss reproductive rights in Indianapolis. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Wednesday called for countries in the Americas...

SEAPRWire

Equinoz’s ‘Cybernetics’ Was Sold Out in 4 Minutes on playNomm NFT Marketplace

February 1, 2023

NFT auction on playNomm for a pre-drop event of NFT Korea Festival. Artwork was sold out at its highest buyout of US$ 16,937 in 4 minutes. Seoul, Korea, February 01, 2023 – (SEAPRWire) – On January 31st, on NFT marketplace playNomm (CEO, Sung-Uk Moon), Equinoz’s, one of Superchief Gallery NFT artists, artwork recorded...

SEAPRWire

ChromaWay and the Inter-American Development Bank Collaborate to Improve Property Registration using the Chromia Blockchain

February 1, 2023

According to a recent report published by the IADB, the LAC PropertyChain pilot shows that “complex property transactions can be sufficiently modeled, coded, and processed on a distributed blockchain network.”. The report goes on to explain how the technology can alleviate problems that currently plague real estate transactions in Latin...

ACN Newswire

ACROMETA Group Appoints Veteran Investor Mr. Levin Lee as Executive Chairman

February 1, 2023

SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - ACROMETA Group Limited [SGX: 1CH1] today announced that with effect from 30 January 2023, it has appointed Mr Levin Lee Keng Weng as Executive Chairman and Director of the Board. Mr Lee brings with him a wealth of experience in...

ACN Newswire

RHTLaw Asia strengthens Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice through merger with ChangAroth Chambers

February 1, 2023

SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Singapore headquartered regional law firm RHTLaw Asia has merged with ChangAroth Chambers LLC to strengthen its Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice with the addition of Appropriate Dispute Resolution veteran Mr Anil Changaroth and his team. Mr Changaroth has been appointed...

ACN Newswire

GenTwo Continues Growth Story, New Inflows of Over US$1 Billion

February 1, 2023

ZURICH, SWITZERLAND, Feb 1, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - The international securitization specialist GenTwo celebrates its 5th anniversary and looks back on a fast-paced development. In 2022 the number of new products increased by 60% and international business doubled. The business momentum of GenTwo and its subsidiary GenTwo...

ACN Newswire

Society Pass (Nasdaq: SOPA) Engages ThinkEquity to Facilitate Stock Repurchase Program of Up to US$2 Million Commencing on 01 February 2023

February 1, 2023

SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Society Pass Incorporated ("SoPa") (Nasdaq: SOPA), Southeast Asia's (SEA) next generation, data-driven, loyalty, fintech and e-commerce ecosystem, today announces that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program authorising the repurchase of up to US$2 million of its...

JCN Newswire

Compact CO2 Capture System Receives “Awards for Excellence” at the 2022 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards

February 1, 2023

TOKYO, Feb 1, 2023 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) received the "Awards for Excellence" at the 2022 Nikkei Excellent Products and Services Awards sponsored by Nikkei Inc., for its compact CO2 capture system developed for wide range of industries. The awards ceremony was held...

ACN Newswire

Truescope Acquires US Firm Universal Information Services

February 1, 2023

SYDNEY, AU, Feb 1, 2023 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Australian media intelligence company, Truescope, has strengthened its position in North America by acquiring leading agency, Universal Information Services (UIS).Todd Murphy, Truescope President, North America & John Croll, Truescope Co-founder and CEOFounded in 2019 and now operating in Singapore,...

International

Ecuadorian, Colombian presidents seek closer ties, cooperation

February 1, 2023

In this photo taken on Jan 31, 2023, Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left) and Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso (right) shake hands during the XI Binational Cabinet in Tulcan, Ecuador. (PHOTO / AFP) QUITO — Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso met Tuesday with his Colombian counterpart Gustavo Petro in the northern Ecuadorian...

International

Trump’s fundraising for presidential bid sees modest start

February 1, 2023

In this image from video provided by the New York State Attorney General, former President Donald Trump listens during an Aug 10, 2022, deposition, in New York. Trump's fundraising for his presidential bid gets off to a modest start. (PHOTO / AP) WASHINGTON – Donald Trump's bid for the Republican...

International

Ukraine exports 19m tons of foodstuffs under grain deal

February 1, 2023

Cargo ship Super Bayern (center), carrying Ukrainian grain, sails at the entrance of Bosphorus, in the Black Sea off the coast off Kumkoy, north of Istanbul, on Nov 2, 2022. (PHOTO / AFP) KIEV / MOSCOW - Ukraine's Black Sea ports have shipped 19 million tons of foodstuffs since August...

International

Exit from bloc takes toll on overseas students

February 1, 2023

The number of students from the European Union studying in the United Kingdom has fallen by half since Brexit, newly published figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA, have revealed. The data coincides with the third anniversary of the UK finally leaving the 27-member bloc at the start...

International

Britain’s Sunak defends Brexit as outlook dims

February 1, 2023

A bartender works at a pub in Cambridge on Jan 24. British consumers are battling an escalating cost-of-living crisis. (PHOTO / REUTERS) LONDON — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday defended Brexit, insisting that leaving the European Union had brought significant achievements and offered a "huge opportunity", as the...

International

Mars researchers cuddle up to ‘Teddy bear’ find

February 1, 2023

This image from NASA released on Jan 25 shows a formation on Mars that resembles a bear. (PHOTO / AFP) LOS ANGELES — Move over, Yogi and Paddington. There is a new bear in town. Or on Mars, anyway. The beaming face of a cute Teddy bear appears to have...

International

Costlier drugs hit hard in US

February 1, 2023

Prices have risen on almost 1,000 drugs in the United States in the first three weeks of January, the most increases in January since at least 2011, according to a nonprofit organization that tracks drug prices. The price increases on 985 drugs ranged from 1 to 26 percent, with median...