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COVID-19: WHO official urges non-discriminatory entry curbs

January 11, 2023

Quarantine support members walk on an international flight arrival floor at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Dec 1, 2021, as Japan suspended all new flight bookings into the country in response to the Omicron COVID variant. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) COPENHAGEN/LONDON – A senior official of the World Health Organization has...

International

Trucks snarl Bolivia farm region as blockades hit business

January 4, 2023

People ride motorbikes as demonstrators block a road following the detention of Santa Cruz governor and right-wing opposition leader Luis Fernando Camacho, for whom prosecutors are seeking pre-trial detention in connection to the 2019 political unrest, in Pailon, near Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia, Jan 3, 2023. (AGUSTIN MARCARIAN...

International

Two trains collide in Spain’s Catalonia region, several injured

December 7, 2022

A wounded person is helped by medical emergency after two trains collided in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region, in Montcada i Reixac, near Barcelona, Spain Dec 7, 2022. (NACHO DOCE / REUTERS) MADRID - Two trains collided on Wednesday morning in Spain's northeastern Catalonia region and several people were lightly injured,...

International

Nigerian gunmen kidnap 60 in latest attack in the northwest

November 25, 2022

A father is reunited with his two children in Katsina, Nigeria, Dec 18, 2020. More than 300 schoolboys kidnapped last week in an attack on their school in northwest Nigeria have arrived in the capital of Katsina state to celebrate their release. (SUNDAY ALAMBA / AP) MAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Nigerian gunmen...

International

UN: Humanitarians ready Tigray relief convoys as war stops

November 4, 2022

In this file photo taken on July 02, 2021 captive Ethiopian soldiers walk towards the Mekele Rehabilitation Center in Mekele, the capital of Tigray region, Ethiopia. (YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) UNITED NATIONS — Humanitarians in northern Ethiopia seek the green light to resume aid convoys following the peace accord announcement...

International

Putin ends call-up of reservists for conflict

November 2, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced late on Monday that Russia's "partial mobilization" drive is over, easing concerns that Moscow would attempt to call up more reservists than promised for its "special military operation" in Ukraine. Although Putin has not signed any decrees yet, he spoke hours after the Russian Defense...

International

UN envoy: Peace can only be achieved through coordinated action

October 27, 2022

Photo taken on Oct 26, 2022 shows a view of a UN Security Council meeting on the situation in the Great Lakes region at the UN headquarters in New York. (ESKINDER DEBEBE / UN PHOTO via XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS - It is only through coordinated, coherent and harmonious action that...

SEAPRWire

Hydrogen Aviation Valley Kosice Initiative Kicks off

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022

KOSICE, SLOVAKIA, October 05, 2022 - (SEAPRWire) - During the European hydrogen week, the Technical University in Kosice welcomed an initial working meeting aimed at presenting the vision of a regional hub of European importance Hydrogen Aviation Valley Kosice. The organizers of the event and the main partners of the initiative led by...

International

African Union invites Ethiopia’s warring parties to peace talks

October 5, 2022

A man crosses near a destroyed truck on a road leading to the town of Abi Adi, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 11, 2021. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI - The African Union has invited Ethiopia's government and rival Tigray forces to peace talks in South...

International

Kremlin announces results of Ukraine referendums

September 29, 2022

Members of an election commission count ballots after voting during a referendum at a polling station in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine, Sept 27, 2022. (PHOTO / AP) MOSCOW/KYIV — The Kremlin on Tuesday announced the results of referendums held in four regions to determine whether they want to become part of...

International

WHO seeks sharpened response to virus outbreaks

September 1, 2022

Photo taken on Jan 22, 2020 shows an exterior view of the headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland. (LIU QU / XINHUA) COPENHAGEN — The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe called for urgent strategies and tools on Tuesday to control and eradicate COVID-19, monkeypox...

International

Residents: Fighting flares for 2nd day in northern Ethiopia

August 26, 2022

Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia on May 8, 2021. (BEN CURTIS / AP) NAIROBI – Fighting flared for a second day in northern Ethiopia, residents said on Thursday, an outbreak...

International

Russia: Zaporizhzhia recovers from Ukraine-claimed power-off

August 26, 2022

This file photo dated May 1, 2022, shows a Russian soldier guarding an area of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in territory under Russian military control, southeastern Ukraine. (PHOTO / AP) KIEV/MOSCOW - A Ukrainian official said on Thursday that the Zaporizhzhia region has been left without power supply, but...

International

Fighting erupts along border of Ethiopia’s Tigray region

August 24, 2022

In this May 8, 2021 file photo, Ethiopian government soldiers ride in the back of a truck on a road near Agula, north of Mekele, in the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia. (BEN CURTIS/AP) NAIROBI - Fighting between forces from Ethiopia's rebellious northern region of Tigray and central government forces...

ACN Newswire

Meet the 5G Ecosystem at BYOND MOBILE

August 4, 2022

BANGKOK, Aug 4, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Looking ahead to 2030, humans hope for an improved quality of life that requires a wide range of 5G connected digital services. Decreasing traffic congestion, producing green energy, using robots for dangerous work, making health computable, using farm management systems...

International

Situation in Kharkiv tense as Russian forces regroup

May 25, 2022

This May 23, 2022 photo shows a view of a shelled section of the Barabashovo market in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine. (BERNAT ARMANGUE / AP) KYIV/ MOSCOW – The situation in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region is tense, following the regrouping of Russian forces, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Monday, citing...

ACN Newswire

One more innovative step towards sustainability: Don Agro has started to use sediments from the bottom of lakes to fertilize arable land

January 3, 2022

SINGAPORE, Jan 3, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Don Agro International Limited (the "Company" or "Don Agro") and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group"), one of the largest agricultural companies based in the Rostov region of Russia, is pleased to announce the launch of a joint pilot project with...

International

NGO: At least 48 people killed in tribal conflict in Sudan

December 8, 2021

Sudanese demonstrators lift national flags as they block a road with bricks and burning tyres during a rally in the capital Khartoum, on Dec 6, 2021, to protest a deal that saw the Prime Minister reinstated after his ouster in a military coup in October. (PHOTO / AFP) KHARTOUM -...

ACN Newswire

Don Agro International achieves 8.9 thousand tonnes growth in crops harvested, driven by land bank acquisitions and implementation of innovative technologies

November 24, 2021

SINGAPORE, Nov 24, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Don Agro International Limited (the "Company" or "Don Agro") and its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group"), one of the largest agricultural companies based in the Rostov region of Russia is pleased to announce that it has achieved a 8.9 thousand tonne...