In this file photograph dated Aug 26, 2021, unaccompanied Guatemalan children who were deported by plane from Mexico arrive at La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City. (PHOTO / AP) MEXICO CITY – Mexican authorities on Thursday stopped a crowded truck transporting nearly 70 migrants from Guatemala, mostly unaccompanied children, the country's National Institute of […]
KUCHING, MALAYSIA, Jan 27, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Civil engineering specialist Sarawak Consolidated Industries Berhad (SCIB) today announced that the Company has issued a letter of withdrawal to Kencana Healthcare Sdn. Bhd. (KHSB) for the proposed engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contracts involving a specialist hospital project located in Johor Bahru. […]
Singapore, Jan 26, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Infocus International Group, a global business intelligence provider of strategic information and professional services, has announced the new dates for Mastering Wind Power training and it will be commencing live on the 20th of February 2023. Attendees will gain an excellent understanding of all the […]
In this file photograph taken on November 11, 2019, an Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of the French Army patrols a rural area during the Bourgou IV operation in northern Burkina Faso along the border with Mali and Niger. (MICHELE CATTANI / AFP) PARIS – France will withdraw its troops from Burkina Faso in the next […]
Singapore, Jan 25, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The Public-Private Partnership (PPP) workshop is back for 2023 in Singapore. Infocus International is delighted to bring one of their best events to professionals from all around the world and it will be commencing on 6th February 2023 in Singapore. We need new infrastructure. Roads, […]
French President French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a speech at the Camp des Milles memorial site in Aix-en-Provence, southern France, Dec 5, 2022. (CHRISTOPHE SIMON / POOL VIA AP) PARIS – French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday he was awaiting clarifications from Burkina Faso's transitional President Ibrahim Traore about reported demands for the departure […]
DUBAI, UAE, Jan 19, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – India is the fastest growing major economy in the world. In an era of global economic headwinds, India’s petroleum products consumption recorded a growth of 5.1% in FY 2021-22. It is projected to grow at 11% in the FY 2022-23. Bitumen, Petrochemicals and Base […]
Mexican authorities keep watch as migrants descend from a tractor-trailer where they were transported to the US at a checkpoint in Chiapa de Corzo, in Chiapas state, Mexico Jan 18, 2023. (JACOB GARCIA / REUTERS) CIUDAD JUAREZ/MEXICO CITY – Migrants on Mexico's northern border on Wednesday began entering the United States using a mobile app […]
Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg looks on during an interview with the Associated Press in Erkelenz, Germany, Jan 14, 2023. (MICHAEL PROBST / AP) LUETZERATH, Germany – Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg was detained alongside other activists on Tuesday during protests against the demolition of a village to make way for a coal mine expansion but […]
This file photo taken on Jan 1, 2022 shows the European Union flag under the Arc de Triomphe, on the Place de l'Etoile in Paris. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP) BRUSSELS – The leaders of the European Union (EU) on Tuesday vowed to take measures to protect the competitiveness of the bloc's member states from the […]
Somali soldiers walk at Sanguuni military base, about 450 km south of Mogadishu, Somalia, on June 13, 2018. (MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB / AFP) MOGADISHU – Islamist fighters from al Shabaab on Tuesday stormed a military base in a part of central Somalia they were forced from last year, killing at least seven soldiers, including the base […]
KUALA LUMPUR & TAIPING, Jan 12, 2023 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Say goodbye to the snowy white winter wonderland and hello to the colourful florals of spring as SPRITZER ushers the Year of the Rabbit by transforming Spritzer EcoPark through their creative use of Spritzer bottles repurposed to welcome the lunar new year […]
This file video grab from a NASA feed obtained Dec 15, 2022 shows liquid spraying from the aft end of the Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft. (HANDOUT / NASA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia said on Wednesday it would launch another Soyuz rocket on Feb 20 to bring home two cosmonauts and a US astronaut from the […]
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 urged countries to take science-based […]
A family sit on a rock in front of a cargo ship anchors in the Marmara Sea awaits to access to cross the Bosphorus Straits in Istanbul, Turkey, on July 13, 2022. (KHALIL HAMRA / AP) KIEV — Ukraine's foodstuff exports reached 17 million metric tons since August under a deal on the export of […]
A wounded demonstrator is ushered into the hospital's emergency room in the highland city of Juliaca, Peru, on Jan 9, 2023. (STRINGER / AFP) LIMA/JULIACA – At least 12 people died following clashes in Juliaca in southern Peru, the regional health ministry said on Monday, after a resumption of protests demanding early elections and the […]
Haitian migrants who hope to apply for asylum in the US wait to register their names on a list made by a religious organization in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec 21, 2022, on the other side of the border with McAllen, Texas. (FERNANDO LLANO / AP) WASHINGTON – The United States will expand Trump-era restrictions to rapidly […]
Luc Hallade (left), French ambassador to Burkina Faso, and General Laurent Michon (right), Commander of Barkhane Force, give a press conference, in Ouagadougou, on July 21, 2022. (OLYMPIA DE MAISMONT / AFP) PARIS – The French foreign ministry on Tuesday said it had received a letter from the Burkinabe authorities in December requesting the departure […]
Members of the Mexican Army secure an area outside the prison of Ciudad Juarez number 3 in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico, on Jan 2, 2023. (HERIKA MARTINEZ / AFP) MEXICO CITY / CIUDAD JUAREZ – Mexico's defense ministry said on Tuesday it had flown 200 military personnel to the northern border city of Juarez […]
A Polish Army Veteran attends a wreath laying ceremony marking national observances of the anniversary of World War II in Warsaw, Poland, Sept 1, 2022. World War II began on Sept 1, 1939, with Nazi Germany's bombing and invading Poland, for more than five years of brutal occupation. (MICHAL DYJUK / AP) WARSAW – Poland […]
