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Inflation-fueled strikes in Britain take huge economic toll

January 4, 2023

Passengers use Kings Cross station in London, on January 2, 2023, ahead of strike action on National Railways this week. (ISABEL INFANTES / AFP) LONDON – A winter of widespread strikes facing Britain has dealt a blow to people's daily life as well as the country's already struggling economy, showing...

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High inflation-fueled strikes in UK damage economy

January 3, 2023

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Thousands of UK ambulance staff to stage more strikes in January

December 23, 2022

Nurses participate in a protest outside the St. Thomas' Hospital in London, on Dec 15, 2022. (KIN CHEUNG / AP) LONDON - Thousands of British ambulance workers will stage two further strikes on Jan 11 and 23 in an escalating dispute over pay and staffing, the Unison trade union said...

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British nurses walk out again, threaten further strikes in pay dispute

December 20, 2022

Nurses participate in a protest outside the St. Thomas' Hospital in London, on Dec 15, 2022. (KIN CHEUNG / AP) LONDON - Nurses in Britain went on strike for the second time this month on Tuesday, and their union threatened to escalate a dispute over pay by setting out further...

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US divided over college admissions policy

December 12, 2022

Top court hears challenges brought against two universities Students rally outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on Oct 31 before hearings in two cases that could decide the future of affirmative action in college admissions. (J. SCOTT APPLEWHITE / AP) National debate in the United States on the role...

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Global water crisis sparks calls for more action

November 16, 2022

A woman fills up water containers at a tap in a camp for internally displaced people in Baidoa, Somalia, on Nov 9. (GUY PETERSON / AFP) Experts, leaders and social groups at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, have called for action on water adaptation and resilience...

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Report: World’s dash for natural gas endangers climate goals

November 11, 2022

A jetty is seen at the construction site of the Uniper Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Jade Bight in Wilhelmshaven on the North Sea coast, northwestern Germany on Sept 29, 2022. (FOCKE STRANGMANN / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - Countries scrambling this year to source more natural gas...

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Green business to reduce 26 million tons of CO2 by 2060: Pertamina

November 7, 2022

JAKARTA, Nov 7, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Pertamina is expecting its green business of new and renewable energy (NRE) to be able to meet its target of reducing 26 million tons of CO2 by 2060, higher than its 2030 target of 11 million tons of CO2 reduction."Pertamina...

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UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication

October 18, 2022

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, on Oct 17, 2022. (XIE E / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for urgent global action to reverse the negative trend in poverty eradication. "As we mark the International Day...

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UN chief suggests rapid action force to help Haiti

October 10, 2022

Patients with cholera symptoms sit in an observation center at a cholera clinic run by Doctors Without Borders in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Oct 7, 2022. (ODELYN JOSEPH / AP) UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has proposed that one or several countries send "a rapid action force" to help...

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COP27: UN chief urges countries to prioritize climate action

October 4, 2022

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to reporters at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct 3, 2022. (XIE E / XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all countries to make climate action the global priority. The UN chief told journalists at the UN headquarters...

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‘Time is up’: Nations trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN

September 24, 2022

Vanuatu's president, Nikenike Vurobaravu addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 23, 2022. (BRYAN R. SMITH / AFP) UNITED NATIONS - Countries on the front lines of the climate crisis are fed up. During the annual gathering of...

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‘Time is up’: Countries trapped in climate crisis raise alarm at UN

September 24, 2022

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ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. Announces Strategic Cooperation with Nanyue Health

August 10, 2022

BEIJING, Aug. 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- ZW Data Action Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) ("ZW Data" or the "Company"), an integrated online advertising, precision marketing, data analytics, and other value-added services company, today announced that it entered into a letter of intent with Nanyue Health, a digital medicine...

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ZW Data Action Technologies Inc. Partners with Forbes Global Alliance to Jointly Launch NFT Products

July 26, 2022

BEIJING, July 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- ZW Data Action Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) ("ZW Data" or the "Company"), an integrated online advertising, precision marketing, data analytics, and other value-added services company, today announced that it entered into a cooperation agreement with Forbes Global Alliance (“FGA”), to build...

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Britons sweat on prospect of summer rail misery

July 6, 2022

People holds placards as they attend a RMT union train strike rally outside King's Cross railway station, in London, June 25, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP) Britain's summer of strikes could be on the verge of becoming even bigger and harder-hitting after train drivers warned that the results of a...

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WIMI Hologram Academy: Human Action Simulation System Based on Virtual Reality Technology

July 5, 2022

HONG KONG, July 05, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) -- WIMI Hologram Academy, working in partnership with the Holographic Science Innovation Center, has written a new technical article describing their exploration of Human Action Simulation System based on virtual reality technology. This article follows below: To improve the scientificity and quality...

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Strikes cripple Britain’s railways, unions warn of more to come

June 24, 2022

Workers and members of the RMT union stand on a picket across the street from Victoria railway station in London on June 21, 2022. (MATT DUNHAM / AP PHOTO) LONDON – Strikes crippled Britain's rail network on Thursday as union bosses, train operating firms and the government faced off over...

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EU approves security, defense plan of action in next decade

March 23, 2022

European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell speaks during a press statement at EU headquarters in Brussels, Feb 27, 2022. (STEPHANIE LECOCQ, POOL PHOTO VIA AP, FILE) BRUSSELS - The European Union's foreign and defense ministers on Monday approved the bloc's security and defense plan of action which, among others,...

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IPCC report sounds alarm on climate change for next 20 years

March 2, 2022

In this undated photo, houses lay between the Senegal River and the Atlantic Ocean beach that has been affected by erosion in Saint Louis, Senegal, Nov 3, 2021. (LEO CORREA / AP) GENEVA - The planet is facing multiple unavoidable climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming...