Thousands competed in the 15th edition of World Class for the coveted title SHANGHAI, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Keegan McGregor from Canada has been awarded the coveted title of World Class Global Bartender of the Year 2024 at the world’s biggest cocktail competition, celebrated in Shanghai this year. Competing against finalists from 44 regions around […]
Austrian security authorities said on Thursday that they conducted nationwide anti-terrorism raids on Tuesday night targeting 72 alleged extremists.
The Austrian Directorate of State Security and Intelligence (DSN) said in a statement that Tuesday’s…
Keetmanshoop residents staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday , calling for the removal of Principal Magistrate Unchen Konjore . The protest comes a week after Konjore struck the case of two police officers accused of assaulting 31 – year – old Elles…
Members of the Namibian Police Force ( NamPol ) at Aussenkehr are investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed about 72 reed houses on a grape farm . NamPol ’ s acting crime investigations coordinator for the || Kharas Region , Chief Inspector Jo…
Three men have been arrested in connection with the alleged theft of cattle from a farm at Okatope village in the Oshikoto Region . According to the Namibian Police Force ’ s crime investigations coordinator for Oshikoto , Deputy Commissioner Titus E…
Lithuania, Estonia, and Finland will gain access to strategic gas reserves at Latvia’s Incukalns Underground Gas Storage (UGS) facility under amendments to the Energy Law, adopted by Latvia’s Saeima (parliament) on Thursday.
The Incukalns UGS, a key…
The European Central Bank (ECB) on Thursday announced it would cut key interest rates again, marking its second rate reduction this year following a move in June, with no indication of the future rate path.
In a press release, the ECB announced that…
Arsenal coach Mikel Arteta has signed a contract extension, the club confirmed on Thursday.
Arteta has signed what Arsenal described as a “long-term” contract but it is thought to be until the end of June 2027. His previous contract was due to expir…
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for breaking new ground in the ecological conservation and high-quality development of the Yellow River basin.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and cha…
China will make further efforts to advance innovation and the high-quality development of the country’s service trade sector, Wang Dongtang, an official with the Ministry of Commerce, has said in an interview with Xinhua.
The 2024 China Internationa…
China’s modernization provides a valuable roadmap for African countries, a Zambian think-tank chief recently said.
Sydney Mwamba, the executive director at the Policy Monitoring and Research Center, said in an interview that China’s success in pover…
Eyeing China’s huge market, global companies are attending a major services trade fair in Beijing to explore business opportunities in the world’s second-largest economy.
Over 450 Fortune 500 enterprises and companies taking the lead in their respec…
Malaysia’s retail industry recorded a weaker-than-expected growth rate of 0.6 percent in retail sales, as compared to the same period in 2023, amid rising prices, according to the Retail Group Malaysia (RGM).
The RGM said in a report on Thursday tha…
Typhoon Yagi and the consequent landslides and floods have left 226 dead and 104 missing in Vietnam as of Thursday afternoon, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development announced.
The hardest-hit province of Lao Cai reported 98 deaths includi…
Some international development partners talk about Africa as if it were a problem to be fixed. So they write prescriptions — “change this and that and you will be better.”
But Africa is not a problem.
Africa is a promise. To deliver on this promis…
