Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, sit in front of police inside Planalto Palace after storming it, in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan 8, 2023. (ERALDO PERES / AP) BRASILIA — Brazil's federal police on Friday carried out raids against people suspected of involvement in the Jan 8 storming of government buildings by supporters of […]
A woman walks near the entrance of the European Parliament in Brussels on Dec 9, 2022. (KENZO TRIBOUILLARD / AFP) BRUSSELS – A Belgian judge charged four people on Sunday over allegedly receiving money and gifts from a Gulf state to influence decisions in the European Parliament, accusations that have caused consternation in Brussels. Prosecutors […]
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken gestures during a press conference in Bucharest, Romania, Nov 30, 2022. (VADIM GHIRDA / AP) COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – Top European Union officials are aiming to be more vocal at a trade meeting with their US counterparts on Monday in their criticism of President Joe Biden's climate law […]
This Aug 12, 2022 aerial view shows the Vladimir Arsenyev tanker at the crude oil terminal Kozmino on the shore of Nakhodka Bay near the port city of Nakhodka, Russia. (TATIANA MEEL / REUTERS) WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS – The Group of Seven (G7) nations and Australia on Friday said they had agreed a $60 per barrel price […]
Police escort Carmine Alfonso Maiorano after he was detained in Guernica, Argentina, in this undated handout image provided by Argentina's Federal Police Oct 31, 2022. (PHOTO / POLICIA FEDERAL ARGENTINA / HANDOUT VIA REUTERS) BUENOS AIRES – Argentina's federal police arrested a top Italian mobster on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, the security agency said […]
This photo taken Oct 30, 2022 shows a destroyed cars after an car bombing targeted the education ministry in Mogadishu on Oct 29, 2022. (HASSAN ALI ELMI / AFP) MOGADISHU – The two car bombs that exploded at Somalia's education ministry next to a busy market intersection killed at least 100 people and wounded 300, […]
Men walk next to a convoy of trucks part of the World Food Programme (WFP) on their way to Tigray in the village of Erebti, Ethiopia, on June 9, 2022. (EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP) NAIROBI – Forces in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region that have been fighting the central government for nearly two years said on […]
Masked patrons wait to order at a food stand inside Grand Central Market on July 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ / AP) NEW YORK / SOFIA / WASHINGTON – The Joe Biden administration is in the early stages of preparing to shift the burden of paying for COVID-19 vaccines, tests and treatments […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]
This photo shows a view of the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on April 29, 2021. (NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA / AFP) MOSCOW – Russia's foreign ministry said on Tuesday the visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a clear provocation. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan […]
BEIJING, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — JD.com, Inc. (the “Company” or “JD.com”) (Nasdaq: JD; HKEx: 9618), a leading supply chain-based technology and service provider, today announced that it renewed the strategic cooperation agreement with Tencent for a period of three years. Tencent will continue to offer the Company prominent Level I and Level II access […]
BEIJING, June 23, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE via SEAPRWire.com) — BlueCity Holdings Limited (“BlueCity” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: BLCT), a leading online LGBTQ platform, today announced it has called an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “EGM”), to be held on July 29, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. (Beijing time), at Block 2 Tower B, No. 22 […]