This handout picture taken and released on Jan 10, 2023 by BNPB (National Disaster Management Agency) shows a damaged house after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit deep under the ocean off Indonesia and East Timor, in the Tanimbar islands in Maluku. Another earthquake with a 7.0 magnitude struck off Indonesia's North Sulawesi province on Jan 18, 2023. […]
Vehicles are stranded in the snow on an express way in Muikamachi, Niigata prefecture, northern Japan, Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. (PHOTO / AP) TOKYO — Japan's weather agency on Wednesday predicted that the La Nina weather phenomenon will conclude by the end of this winter with weather patterns returning to normal. There was a 70 […]
A girl is seen at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on June 20, 2021, World Refugee Day. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GAZA — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the […]
A girl is seen at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on June 20, 2021, World Refugee Day. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GAZA — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the […]
This video grab taken and released on Aug 9, 2022, by the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos shows the Soyuz-2.1b rocket carrying the Khayyam satellite blasting off from a launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. (RUSSIAN SPACE AGENCY ROSCOSMOS / AFP) TEHRAN – Iran and Russia on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand space […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 26, 2022, Mohammad Eslami, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) speaks at the 66th General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria. (THERESA WEY / AP) TEHRAN – President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said Wednesday […]
The Tianzhou 4 cargo spacecraft delivers supplies to the space station under construction in this artist's rendering. (GUO ZHONGZHENG / XINHUA) Even before the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin and Sputnik, space was an area of cooperation, as well as competition or conflict. This was so during the Cold War, and is also the case […]
This photo released by Roscosmos Space Agency Press Service shows the International Space Station on March 30, 2022, photographed by the crew of a Russian Soyuz MS-19 spaceship after undocking from the station. (ROSCOSMOS SPACE AGENCY PRESS SERVICE VIA AP) TOKYO – Japan's space agency admitted on Friday that one of its research teams "fabricated" […]
Shareholders arrive to attend a shareholders meeting for Japanese advertising agency Dentsu in Tokyo on March 30, 2017. (JIJI PRESS / AFP) TOKYO – Tokyo prosecutors raided the headquarters of ad agency Dentsu Inc and an events company on Friday, part of a widening scandal into corruption during the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. The companies are […]
In this artist rendering released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, on April 20, 2015, the space explorer named SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) lands on the moon. (THE JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY VIA AP) TOKYO – Japan's space agency on Tuesday said it has given up on a plan to land […]
A girl is seen at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on June 20, 2021, World Refugee Day. (PHOTO / XINHUA) AMMAN — The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) urgently […]
Luxembourg and Zurich, Nov 13, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – European Depositary Bank (“EDB”), the Luxembourg- based provider of banking, paying agency, depositary and custody solutions, and innovative securitization specialist GenTwo, announce their partnership to provide GenTwo with paying agent and banking services for third party investors globally. Zurich-based GenTwo creates securitization platforms […]
Employees wait for customers at a counter displaying a notification saying that the sale of medicinal syrup is temporarily halted at a pharmacy in Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct 20, 2022. (TATAN SYUFLANA / AP) JAKARTA – Indonesia's food and drug agency said on Monday it had revoked licenses for syrup-type drug production by two local […]
Employees wait for customers at a counter displaying a notification saying that the sale of medicinal syrup is temporarily halted at a pharmacy in Jakarta, Indonesia on Oct 20, 2022. (TATAN SYUFLANA / AP) JAKARTA – Indonesia's food and drug agency said on Monday it had revoked licenses for syrup-type drug production by two local […]
Malang, East Java, Indonesia, Oct 25, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The National Food Agency (NFA) has started a campaign to promote eating healthy and delicious food by providing recommendations for the composition of foods on the plate in order to reduce waste. Head of the National Food Agency (NFA), Arief Prasetyo (ANTARA/HO-NFA) […]
An Iranian flag flys outside the Vienna International Centre hosting the United Nations headquarters and the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna on July 3, 2014. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker on Sunday urged Western countries to refrain from delays in reaching a nuclear agreement, warning that otherwise, Iran would […]
This handout photo taken and released on Sept 1, 2022 by the Japan Meteorological Agency shows satellite imagery of Typhoon Hinnamnor near the southern remote islands of Japan. (JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY / AFP) TOKYO – Typhoon Hinnamnor is approaching Okinawa, Japan's weather agency said Friday, with the country's southernmost prefecture bracing for torrential downpours, gale-force […]
NEW YORK, NY, August 29, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – The Arrows Agency, a digital marketing and advertising agency, has launched a global expansion of its award-winning client services. Headquartered in New York City, the agency now covers North America, Europe, Middle East, and Asia. To learn more about The Arrows Agency, visit https://arrowsagency.com/ Founded by former executives in […]
Chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Mohammad Eslami looks down as he delivers a speech during the International Atomic Energy Agency General Conference, an annual meeting of all the IAEA member states, at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on Sept 20, 2021. (JOE KLAMAR / AFP) DUBAI – Iran will keep the […]
In this file photo taken on Aug 15, 2021, construction workers look on at the site of a landslide caused by heavy rain in Kanzaki City, Saga Prefecture, Japan. (PHILIP FONG / AFP) TOKYO – A typhoon made landfall in Japan's southwestern prefecture of Nagasaki on Tuesday morning, bringing with it torrential downpours and thunder […]
A health official of the Pyongyang Sports Goods Factory disinfects the floor of a work place in Pyongyang on June 14, 2022. (CHA SONG HO / AP) SEOUL – The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea has dispatched medical crews and epidemiological investigators to a province battling the outbreak of an intestinal disease, state media reported […]
Iranians gather at the site where a ten-storey building collapsed as rescue operations continue in the southwestern city of Abadan on May 24, 2022. (TASNIM NEWS / AFP) TEHRAN – The death toll in a 10-story commercial building collapse in southwestern Iran rose to 10, a local Red Crescent Society official said on Tuesday. The […]
Sherman Oaks, CA., April 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — Oxford Road, a leading independent performance audio agency, makes new additions to its executive team with Chief Operations and Financial Officer Mark Piazza, Executive Vice President Neal Lucey, and Vice President Head of Data Operations Christy Daniels. “We are delighted to add this stellar […]
People wait outside after evacuating an Indonesian government building following an earthquake in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Dec 14, 2021. (DAENG MANSUR / AP) JAKARTA/MANILA – A 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted Indonesia's western province of North Sumatra early Monday, but no immediate report of damage or casualty was issued, an agency and officials said. The quake […]
A girl is seen at a school run by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East at the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on June 20, 2021, World Refugee Day. (PHOTO / XINHUA) GAZA – The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees is going […]
Russian skating sensation Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned substance, Games testers confirmed on Friday, and the IOC is now appealing against Russia’s decision to allow her to continue competing in Beijing. The case will be decided by the Court of Arbitration for Sport before February 15, when the 15-year-old is scheduled to take […]
A man walks next to a sidewalk covered by rubble in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture on April 15, 2016, after a 6.5-magnitude quake struck the southwestern island of Kyushu. (KAZUHIRO NOGI / AFP) MANILA / TOKYO – An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 jolted southwestern Japan early on Saturday morning, injuring 13 people, the authorities […]
This photo provided by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Jan 11, 2022 in DPRK. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY / KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP) PYONGYANG – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Tuesday successfully conducted a "hypersonic gliding warhead" test, […]
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian (right) shakes hands with the International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Grossi (left) before their meeting in Tehran, Iran, on Nov 23, 2021. (PHOTO / XINHUA) VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency will soon install new surveillance cameras at Iran's Karaj nuclear facility under an agreement between […]
In this photo provided by NASA, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Akihiko Hoshide reacts to a comment after being helped out of the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft onboard the SpaceX GO Navigator recovery ship after he and NASA astronauts Shane Kimbrough and Megan McArthur, and European Space Agency astronaut Thomas Pesquet landed in […]