South Korea's President Moon Jae-in delivers speech on the government budget at the National Assembly in Seoul on Oct 25, 2021. (JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP) SYDNEY / SUVA / KUALA LUMPUR / ANKARA / SEOUL / TOKYO – South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the country will begin returning to normalcy from the […]
Children play in a camp for internally displaced people in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sept 13, 2021. (FELIPE DANA / AP) DUBAI – Millions of Afghans, including children, could die of starvation unless urgent action is taken to pull Afghanistan back from the brink of collapse, a senior United Nations official warned, calling for frozen funds to […]
Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party president, attends a debate session with other leaders of Japan's main political parties ahead of Oct 31, 2021 lower house election, at the Japan National Press Club in Tokyo on Oct 18 , 2021. (ISSEI KATO / POOL PHOTO VIA AP) New Japanese […]
The founding of the United Nations on Oct 24, 1945 was a milestone in humanity's pursuit of peace and development, and China was the first country to put its signature on the UN Charter. On Oct 25, 1971, the UN General Assembly at its 26th Session adopted Resolution 2758 with an overwhelming majority, and restored […]
DUBAI, UAE, Oct 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Earlier this year, Microsoft patented conversational AI technology that can preserve personas of the deceased through chatbots, in an effort that appeals to the softer side of human beings. Stonses, a Dubai-based startup, has similarly launched a blockchain-powered platform, one that will enable users […]
Toyota City, Japan, Oct 25, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Hypercar history will be written when the 2021 FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) titles are decided in a Bahrain double-header, and four-time Le Mans winner TOYOTA GAZOO Racing is ready for a duel in the desert. For the first time in WEC history, […]
Seoul, Korea / October 25, 2021 / SEAPRWire / – Hansamkora Co. Ltd, as an innovative product supplier, located in Gimje city, Jeollabuk-do province, South Korea, manufactures and provides water tanks and clear wells by using stainless STS444 and STS329LD which are highly resistant to intergranular corrosion, pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking or SCC. Stainless steel […]
Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan smashed unbeaten half-centuries as Pakistan crushed India by 10 wickets on Sunday to register a first win over their arch-rivals in a Twenty20 World Cup but defeated captain Virat Kohli warned: “It’s not over yet”. Chasing 152 for victory, Babar (68) and Rizwan (79) steered their team home with 13 […]
This June 30, 2020, file photo, shows a view of the West Bank Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim in the Jordan Valley. (ODED BALILTY/AP) Israel is to push ahead with a plan to market land for building 1,500 new homes in the Jordan Valley by 2026. The plan would double the number of Israeli families […]
In this photograph taken on Oct 20, 2021, burqa-clad women wait in front of a bakery to get bread donations in Kabul. (BULENT KILIC / AFP) DUBAI – Afghanistan will shortly collapse into chaos unless the international community acts rapidly, Swedish and Pakistani ministers warned on Saturday. Afghanistan plunged into crisis after the Taliban movement […]
Editor’s note: This is the second article of Winnie Tang’s commentary series on the “Remarkable Construction” projects exhibition in Hong Kong. The chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, delivered a new Policy Address on Oct 6 with lots of new initiatives. However, one of her key initiatives proposed […]
Newcastle United held Crystal Palace to a 1-1 draw at Selhurst Park on Saturday in their first game since the departure of manager Steve Bruce after Callum Wilson’s acrobatic strike cancelled out Christian Benteke’s opener for the home side. Newcastle, under interim manager Graeme Jones, were second best for the majority of the game but […]
Yordan Alvarez had an RBI double among his four hits on Friday, helping the host Houston Astros advance to the World Series for the third time in five years with a 5-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Kyle Tucker belted a three-run homer in the eighth inning for the Astros, who dispatched the Red […]
On Thursday, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced that 17 district councilors took invalid oaths on Oct 8, of which one had already resigned while the other 16 will be disqualified from the post. It is totally an internal affair of China and its Hong Kong SAR and anybody with a rational mind will […]
SINGAPORE, Oct 22, 2021 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AppsFlyer, the marketing measurement and experience platform, today released the 13th edition of its Performance Index, ranking the top media sources in mobile advertising. In its edition, AppsFlyer is pioneering the SKAN Index, a SKAdNetwork ranking that reflects the new reality of privacy generated by […]
West Ham United took control of Group H in the Europa League thanks to Thursday’s 3-0 home win over Genk. Craig Dawson scored late in the first half before Issa Diop and Jarrod Bowen helped the Hammers to go six points clear. Elsewhere in the group Rapid Vienna beat Dinamo Zagreb 2-1 to open their […]
Scotland, having gone “through thick and thin”, reached the T20 World Cup second round for the first time on Thursday with a thumping eight-wicket win over Oman as star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan steered Bangladesh into the next phase. The Scots comfortably chased down their target of 123 with 18 balls to spare to register […]
In this file photo taken on Sept 3, 2021, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference in Wellington. (ROBERT KITCHIN / POOL / AFP) WELLINGTON – New Zealand and Britain have agreed in principle the details of a historic Free Trade Agreement, which will see a boost of almost 1 billion […]
South Korea’s Pohang Steelers will face Saudi giants Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League final after defeating title-holders Ulsan Hyundai 5-4 on penalties on Wednesday. The two sides, rivals on South Korea’s east coast, were locked at 1-1 after 120 tense minutes with Pohang equalising with just a minute left of normal time to […]
TOKYO and SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct 21, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) and Cisco today announced they have been selected by Telenor to deploy 5G xHaul transport networks in Norway and Denmark. In April this year, NEC and Cisco entered a Global System Integrator Agreement (GSIA)(1) to expand their […]