HONG KONG, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – HKVAX, an Asian startup focused on developing a compliant virtual asset exchange, has been nominated for KPMG’s “2020 China Leading Fintech 50”, alongside other notable fintech companies such as Futu, Ping An and CCB Fintech. HKVAX is focused on developing a compliant trading environment for virtual […]
HONG KONG, Feb 1, 2021 – (亞太商訊) – 早前汽車板塊一路飆升，個股領漲大市，行業前景備受看好。連老牌工業股嘉利國際(01050.HK)亦忍唔住出手，進軍電動車及充電樁市場行業。據嘉利國際最新業務發展公告，其落實在泰國增設自動化生產線，初步投資額約為1,200萬美元，預…
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501) has announced the launch of “Hitachi Industrial Edge Computer CE series Embedded AI model”, that was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation. The product, an integration of Intel’s AI technology and Hitachi’s highly reliable control system design and manufacturing technologies, is a new […]
Osaka, Japan, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Takex Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Suita City, Osaka Prefecture / President and CEO: Kumi Okada), the company engaged in the research and development of bamboo for about 34 years since the development of a sanitizer by using bamboo extract in 1987, announces that it has conducted a […]
HONG KONG, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Asia Pacific Silk Road Investment Company Limited (together with its subsidiaries, “the Group”; stock code: 0767.HK) is pleased to announce that the resolution of changing company name has been passed at its special general meeting. Subject to the approval of the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda, […]
SINGAPORE, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Moonstake has entered into a strategic partnership with Stake Technologies, which develops the Plasma Network, the world’s first successful connection to Polkadot’s testnet parachain. Through this partnership, Moonstake and Stake Technologies will work together to expand the Polkadot ecosystem. Also, both pirates will proactively discuss potential implementation […]
2021-01-31 HKT 18:03″ title=”Lakers forward LeBron James shares a laugh with the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum during LA’s 96-95 win in Boston. Photo: Reuters”> Lakers forward LeBron James shares a laugh with the Celtics’ Jayson Tatum during LA’s 96-95 win in Boston. Photo: Reuters Anthony Davis scored 27 points to fuel the Los Angeles Lakers, who […]
HONG KONG, Feb 1, 2021 – (亞太商訊) – 全球領先的陸地石油鑽機生產商宏華集團有限公司（股票代碼︰196.HK，以下簡稱“宏華”）欣然宣佈于近期成功研發全國首套電驅連續油管和全國首個“一鍵聯動”自動化機具系統，並於近期新簽兩套電驅連續油管訂單，實現科研與商業化多點開花。…
LONDON, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – WARC, the global authority on marketing effectiveness, has today launched the 2021 WARC Prize for MENA Strategy, a search for the best strategic thinking from the region’s marketing industry that has driven results. Jury Chair: Peter DeBenedictis, Microsoft Now in its fifth year, this case study competition […]
Toyota City, Japan, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Lexus announced today its 2020 global sales results as described below. Global sales for January-December 2020 totaled 718,715 units (a 6% decrease from the previous year). Sales for January-June totaled approximately 304,000 (a 16% decrease from the previous year) due to the spread of COVID-19, […]
TOKYO, Feb 1, 2021 – (JCN Newswire) – Eisai Co., Ltd. announced today that Eisai Korea Inc., Eisai’s subsidiary in South Korea, has launched the Parkinson’s disease treatment Equfina (safinamide mesilate, “safinamide”). This is the first launch of Equfina in the Asian region excluding Japan. The estimated number of patients with Parkinson’s disease is approximately […]
Tokyo / Hamburg, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Olympus Corporation (Director, Representative Executive Officer, President and CEO: Yasuo Takeuchi) today announced the launch of a new comprehensive educational platform designed to provide healthcare professionals (HCPs) all over the world with learning opportunities and training to put their skills into practice and keep them […]
2021-02-01 HKT 08:53″ title=”Liverpool’s Mo Salah puts the ball past West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski during their English Premier League match at London Stadium. Liverpool won 3-1. Photo: Reuters.”> Liverpool’s Mo Salah puts the ball past West Ham’s Lukasz Fabianski during their English Premier League match at London Stadium. Liverpool won 3-1. Photo: Reuters. Mohamed Salah […]
2021-02-01 HKT 08:48″ title=”Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoing in a 4-2 win at Cadiz. Photo: Reuters.”> Atletico Madrid’s Luis Suarez celebrates after scoing in a 4-2 win at Cadiz. Photo: Reuters. Lionel Messi underlined his worth to Barcelona by scoring a sensational free-kick on Sunday but Atletico Madrid are in charge of La […]
This photo taken on Nov 10, 2019 shows an Iranian flag flying at Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant. (ATTA KENARE / AFP) DUBAI / TEHRAN – Iran’s foreign ministry on Saturday rejected any new negotiations or changes to the participants of Tehran’s nuclear deal with world powers, after French President Emmanuel Macron said any new […]
Workers clear snow at Gyeongbokgung palace in central Seoul on Jan 28, 2021. (ED JONES / AFP) SYDNEY / NEW DELHI / TEHRAN / BAGHDAD / JERUSALEM / TOKYO / BEIRUT / ULAN BATOR / YANGON / WELLINGTON / RAMALLAH / SINGAPORE / SEOUL / MANILA / ANKARA / HANOI – South Korea will extend […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) shakes hands with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev before a meeting with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region's future at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 11, 2021. (MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) MOSCOW – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev on […]
In this March 29, 2002 file photo, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the alleged mastermind behind Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl's kidnap-slaying, appears at a court in Karachi, Pakistan. (ZIA MAZHAR / AP) KARACHI, Pakistan – The family of US journalist Daniel Pearl, who was kidnapped and beheaded in Pakistan in 2001, plans to appeal […]
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speak during a press conference about the charges laid over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption, in Wellington on Nov 30, 2020. (PHOTO / AFP) New Zealand’s government welcomed a harsh assessment of its efforts to reduce carbon emissions, saying it was willing to do more to achieve its […]
“In crisis management, be quick with the facts, slow with the blame.” The golden rule in public relations rings true in Hong Kong, especially when the city is struggling with the double whammy of the COVID-19 pandemic and an economic recession. The ongoing “ambush-style lock-downs” implemented by the health authority in restricted areas over a […]
Recently some people debated the existing method of selecting the chief executive (CE) again, claiming that election is the only way to prove the “legitimacy” of the CE, or the government for that matter. However, it has long been shown through international as well as Hong Kong’s own experience that election is not a reliable […]
MELBOURNE, Feb 1, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – Recently, a famous Korean BBQ restaurant on Elizabeth Street in the CBD of Melbourne, Australia, took in a new member to deliver food in the store. That is PuduBot, the iconic delivery robot from Pudu Robotics. PuduBot has been well received by the locals since its introduction […]
Bikers drive past a signboard welcoming the new government of Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in Yangon, Myanmar, Jan 29, 2021. (THEIN ZAW / AP) YANGON – Myanmar’s military on Saturday said it would protect and abide by the constitution and act according to law, in a move that could allay concerns in the […]
Farmers sit on a blocked highway as they take part in a protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh state border in Ghazipur on Jan 30, 2021. (SAJJAD HUSSAIN / AFP) SINGHU, India – India blocked mobile internet services in several areas surrounding New Delhi on Saturday as protesting farmers […]
People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk on a street in Tokyo, Japan, Jan 27, 2021. (KOJI SASAHARA / AP) BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN / ISLAMABAD / RIYADH / TASHKENT / HANOI / SINGAPORE / BANGKOK / NEW DELHI / ULAANBAATAR / RAMALLAH / MANILA / JAKARTA – Three new […]
In this image made from UNTV video, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, president of Afghanistan, speaks in a pre-recorded message which was played during the UN General Assembly's special session to discuss the response to COVID-19 and the best path to recovery from the pandemic, Dec 3, 2020, at UN headquarters, in New York. (PHOTO / AP) […]
In this March 29, 2015 photo, then US Secretary of State John Kerry (1st left), then US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz (2nd left) and Robert Malley (3rd left), then member of the US National Security Council, meet with Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (3rd right), Head of Iran Atomic Energy Organization Ali Akbar […]
2021-01-31 HKT 05:41″ title=”Gabriel Jesus bagged the only goal at the Etihad, but it was enough to give Man City all three points. Photo: AFP”> Gabriel Jesus bagged the only goal at the Etihad, but it was enough to give Man City all three points. Photo: AFP Manchester City opened up a three-point lead at […]
2021-01-31 HKT 05:34″ title=”Though Gu grew up in the United States and skied most of her childhood on the US team, she will compete for the home team at the Beijing Olympics. Photo: Shutterstock”> Though Gu grew up in the United States and skied most of her childhood on the US team, she will compete […]
2021-01-30 HKT 23:19″ title=”Callum Wilson seals the points for the Toon Army with his second goal late on. Photo: AFP”> Callum Wilson seals the points for the Toon Army with his second goal late on. Photo: AFP Callum Wilson eased the pressure on Newcastle manager Steve Bruce as his late double sealed a vital 2-0 […]