Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has made his first public appearance since openly criticizing China's financial regulatory system just over two months ago.Ma appeared in a 50-second video Wednesday published on Chinese financial news outlets congratulating rural teachers who have been supported by his charitable foundation, vowing that he and his colleagues would devote themselves to educational philanthropy.

Wealthiest businessman in China speaks out after two months silence

Chinese billionaire Jack May emerges after 2 months absence

Jack Ma reappears after disappearing from public view 2 months ago

SAN FERNANDO CITY, Jan.20 (PIA) -- The local government of Rosario in La Union province issued Executive Order (EO) No. 6 Series of 2021 to temporarily suspend its local swine raisers from selling and shipping out their livestock outside the municipality beginning January 14.It is clarified, however, that the Order only covers those with backyard piggeries while commercial piggery farms are exempted.Accor

La Union town bans local hog raisers from shipping out livestock

China&#039;s Richest Man Makes First Public Appearance Since October

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir):Malaika Arora, Style Editor, The Label Life said, "The partnership with Klub will infuse fresh life in the brand and we look forward to engaging more deeply with the Klub patron community. By backing The Label Life, Klub has also endorsed our strong philosophy of women empowerment - as a team of women targeting working women and as we build a thriving ecosystem of f

E-Commerce lifestyle brand "The Label Life" raises funding

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): WayCool Foods has signed a 3-year MoU with IIT Hyderabad (IIT-H) to develop antimicrobial food packaging material by using biopolymers. The MoU was signed and exchanged between Karthik Jayaraman, CEO, WayCool Foods and Sumohana Channappayya, Dean (RD), IIT-H in Hyderabad.
 WayCool and IIT-Hyderabad sign thr-year MoU to develop antimicrobial food packaging and reduce

WayCool Foods join hands with IIT-Hyderabad

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): SCOTT Sports India, a subsidiary of SCOTT Sports SA, a Swiss producer of premium bicycles, motorsports gear, running gear, sportswear and winter equipment, announced a strategic partnership with Mumbai based social and physical fitness platform, Mumbai Runners, with a focus on growing the Trail Running community in India.
Mumbai Runners, one of the country's largest

SCOTT Sports India partners with Mumbai Runners

Tax Justice SA has issued a report in the flourishing illicit cigarette industry in South Africa.TJSA founder Yusuf Abramjee says illicit cigarette sales are costing government "billions of rands" in unpaid taxes.Vendors appear not to fear law enforcement and many seem not to know or care about the minimum tax threshold.The sa

2 out of every 3 cigarettes sold in SA are illicit, report estimates

Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Migsun Group, one of the names in Delhi NCR real estate to reckon with, has announced that it has sold a total of 138 villas and retail shops in the project that it recently acquired from Royal Golf Link City Projects Pvt. Ltd. in Greater Noida.
The Group made record sales of Rs 421 crore within 72 hours as people lined up to acquire villas and retail shops at the 

Migsun creates record, clocks Rs. 421 Cr. sale in 72 hrs

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], January 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): Ace Turtle, India's leading omnichannel retail platform company, has reached a definitive agreement with Kontoor Brands to become its licensee for India. The partnership will enable Kontoor Brands' portfolio, including Leereg;and Wranglerreg;, to be sold through a digitally connected network of online retailers and branded brick and mortar stores.
"Retail is underg

Ace Turtle to partner with Kontoor Brands

Hong Kong, January 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Hong Kong-based electronic products manufacturer 'Secure Connection' announced a major expansion for its Honeywell branded product range of 'Electronic Essentials'.The company announced today that it would be expanding into multiple new geographies in the consumer markets of South East Asia, South Asia and Middle East Asia. The company is also expanding its product portf

Secure Connection announces expansion of Honeywell product

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 19 (ANI/NewsVoir): The ANAROCK Group, India's premier tech-led real estate services firm, today announced its 100 per cent acquisition of digitally-driven society and apartment management PropTech platform ApnaComplex.
A 10-year rich B2C technology player, ApnaComplex, was acquired for an undisclosed sum from NestAway Technologies, India's leading rental housing operator funded by Gol

ANAROCK acquires apartment management technology platform

A Mitchells Plain shopkeeper has been charged with kidnapping a young girl.The child was found at the man's shop after going missing on Saturday afternoon.The girl's grandmother said she had been molested, tied up, and her mouth was covered, except when the suspect allegedly gave her sweets before taping it shut again.A Mitche

Tuckshop owner arrested for allegedly molesting, tying up girl, 10

Asian markets are on a downward spiral Monday in response to dismal U.S. retail sales figures posted last Friday.Japan's benchmark Nikkei index fell 0.9%. Australia's S&P/ASX index closed down 0.7%. The KOSPI index in South Korea plunged 2.3%, while Taiwan's TSEC lost just over 4 points, but was virtually unchanged percentage-wise (0.03%).Shanghai's Composite index closed 0.8% higher. In late afternoon tr

Asian Markets Begin Week Mostly Lower

PanARMENIAN.Net - An Armenian Catholic church in the Turkish city of Bursa has been put up for sale, Turkish-Armenian lawmaker Garo Paylan said in a Facebook post on Sunday, January 18.'The Armenian Church of Bursa is up for sale. Is a place of worship for sale? How can the society an

Historic Armenian church up for sale in Turkey

The Trump Organisation and its namesake are going to be financially squeezed after the Donald Trump leaves office as President of the United States. But I suspect most of the company's challenges won't involve the Trump "brand" that has drawn so much speculation.After all, what does the Trump brand represent? And how valuable has it been, really - even before the president alienated half of the country and untol

It&#039;s Trump&#039;s money, not his brand, that should worry him

New York, Jan 15, 2021 (AFP) -President-elect Joe Biden's massive plan to help the US economy didn't shake Wall Street's downbeat sentiment on Friday, with major indices losing ground in the last full trading week of Donald Trump's presidency.Markets opened to news that retail sales in December had slid farther than expected as consumers and businesses struggled under the weight of rising Covid-19 cases, while m

Big Biden stimulus no balm for US stocks, Dow loses 0.6%

A stronger U.S. dollar is proving to be an early test for emerging-market currencies on the eve of Joe Biden's inauguration.The greenback gained over the last two weeks, buoyed by the president-elect's proposal for a $1.9 trillion stimulus pack

Emerging markets tested by rising dollar ahead of Biden&#039;s return

While efforts to legalize recreational cannabis nationally have stalled in the United States, New Zealand, <a href="https://mjb

Give cannabis producers more packaging and labelling flexibility

The winter sales - what the French call "les soldes" - get underway on Wednesday, against a bleak economic backdrop caused by the coronavirus pandemic, restrictions on movement and claims of unfair competition between the commercial sectors.Millions of shoppers are expected to pour into glitzy department stores such as Galeries Lafayette, BHV and Le Bon Marche over the next five weeks in search of big reductions

French bargain hunters brave coronavirus and curfews at winter sales

 Facility announces general manager  Membership enrollment for Chiefs Fit, the new Kansas City Chiefs-themed fitness center concept set to open in Spring 2021 in Overland Park, Kansas, will soon be opening to the public. The in-person enrollment center is scheduled to open on Monday, Feb. 1 at 9256 Metcalf Ave. in the Regency Park Shopping Center.Chiefs Fit, which was announced in December, is a 

Chiefs Fit Membership Enrollment Center Set to Open on Monday, Feb. 1

Brent oil extended gains above $56 a barrel, rising with other assets on hopes of more US economic stimulus and a weaker dollar.While crude prices have largely undulated with the American currency in recent days, the oil market's structure is also pointing to renewed strength.US crude's closest contract is near the most expensive versus those for six months out in more than a year. There's a similar pictu

Brent oil climbs above $56 with dollar swings dominating market

Asian markets are mostly higher Wednesday just hours before Joe Biden is inaugurated as the next president of the United States.Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX index and Shanghai's Composite index both finished 0.4% higher. South Korea's KOSPI index rose 0.7%.In late afternoon trading, the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong is up more than one percent, and Mumbai's Sensex has gained 0.5%.The Nikkei index i

Asian Markets Mostly Higher at Start of US Inauguration Day

The United States has imposed sanctions on a Russian vessel in a bid to stop completion of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from carrying Russian natural gas to Europe under the Baltic Sea.The sanctions against the Russian pipe-laying ship Fortuna and its owner, KVT-RUS, is a departing salvo against Nord Stream 2 as President Donald Trump leaves office after hotly contesting the pipeline.The U.S. 

U.S. Sanctions Russian Ship Working On Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

March Madness has been scheduled for March 18 through the championship game on April 5 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the NCAA announced Tuesday.The schedule tailors the event in the age of the coronavirus for maximum television exposure rather than convenience of travel.As previously announced, the entire tournament will be in Indiana, centered in Indianapolis.After Selection Sunday on Marc

March Madness full schedule announced

Gamuchirai Masiyiwa, GPJ ZimbabweChedra Ganye looks for bedding at Spinweave, which sells local cotton products. Zimbabwe's struggling economy has hurt the cotton industry.Editorial Team Publication Date              HARARE, ZIMBABWE - Cotton farming runs through Loveness Ngwendu's veins.Her parents grew the crop, and in 1997, she decided to do the same in the hot, arid climes of Checheche, 

Cotton Farmers Decry End of Cash Payments

By Ajit K DubeyNew Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): Amid tensions on the border with China, the Indian Air Force (IAF) kickstarted the first major international wargames involving its Rafale fighter jets in Jodhpur on Wednesday with their French counterparts.
As part of the first edition of the exercise Desert Knight-21, four French Rafale fighters landed in Jodhpur after flying directly for around four hours from the Dji

Indian, French Rafale fighters kickstart wargames

Tokyo stocks closed down Wednesday as profit-taking wiped out earlier gains, with investors taking a wait-and-see stance ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration.The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.38% or 110.20 points to 28 523.26, while the broader Topix index declined 0.34% or 6.26 points to 1 849.58.The market opened on a strong footing, following overnight gains on Wall Street as investors hoped for aggre

Tokyo shares close lower on profit-taking

Kenya is under siege again by swarms of maturing desert locusts that threaten to ruin farmers' crops and pastures.The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement the locusts are swarming across seven counties, nearly double the number of counties impacted a week ago.The latest locust invasion in Kenya comes as the FAO warns the 28 anti-locust aircraft assembled by East African countri

Growing Swarms of Locust Converging on Kenya Threaten Crops

New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): India dispatched the first consignment of 100,000 doses of Covishield vaccines from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport to Male in the Maldives on January 20.
The flight will first arrive in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and then leave for Male.
With this, Maldives (along with Bhutan) has become the first recipient of India's gift of the Covishield vaccines, manufac

India dispatches 100,000 Covishield vaccines to Maldives

The LPGA launches its 71st season on Thursday with plans for a 34-event global campaign paying a record $76.45 million in prize money but a lame duck commissioner.A field of 25 women will gather with celebrities for the LPGA Tournament of Champions at Four Seasons in Orlando to begin the 2021 campaign after a 2020 season that endured a five-month shutdown due to Covid-19."In many ways, th

LPGA launches 34-stop &#039;21 season with Champions tourney

Two more Australian Open players have tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities revealed on Wednesday, taking to the number of cases linked to the tennis tournament to 10.It is the latest blow to preparations for the year's first Grand Slam in Melbourne - which has already be delayed by three weeks due to the pandemic.A string of infections detected by Australian authorities have f

Australian Open cluster grows as 2 more players test positive

Canada's transport ministry said Monday it has approved the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again starting on Wednesday, ending a nearly two-year grounding following two deadly crashes.After a review of design changes and additional pilot training for the jetliner, Transport Canada said it "will lift the existing Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) which prohibits commercial operation of the aircraft in Canadian airspace on January 

Canada clears Boeing 737 MAX to fly again

Jodhpur [India], January 20 (ANI): French A-400M tactical aircraft arrived at Jodhpur on Tuesday to participate in the Indo-French bilateral exercise Desert Knight 21.
"Today, French A-400M tactical aircraft arrived at Jodhpur. Welcome to India!" tweeted Indian Air Force (IAF).
The bilateral exercise is being held at Air Force Station Jodhpur from January 20 to 24.
"The bilateral Air Exercise, Desert Knight Exercise betwe

French A-400M tactical aircraft arrives at Jodhpur

Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): Following the news that Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have broken-up after only under a year of dating, a cut-out of Ana was found discarded in the trash outside Affleck's California home.
While things sound amicable between the now-exes, the trash at Affleck's home painted a slightly more awkward picture than what was visible.
According to E! News, in the photos published by 'The Daily M

Ana de Armas' cut-out spotted in Ben Affleck's trash

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Indian Air Force (IAF) and the French Air and Space Force are set to hold the bilateral exercise Desert Knight-21 at the Air Force Station Jodhpur from January 20 to 24.
IAF's Mirage 2000, Su-30 MKI, Rafale, and IL-78 Flight Refuelling Aircraft will feature in the exercise. Meanwhile, the French side will participate with Rafale, Airbus A-330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport, A-400M Tac

IAF, French Air Force to hold bilateral exercise in Jodhpur

Turkmenistan has become the first country in Central Asia to certify Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine.The Russian Direct Investment Fund, or RDIF, the sovereign wealth fund behind the vaccine's development, crowed that this was because its "partners highly evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine." But where else is Turkmenistan supposed to turn?While Ashgabat has said that it is willing

Turkmenistan: Power to the Afghan people

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release financial assistance of around Rs 2,691 crores to 6.1 lakh beneficiaries in Uttar Pradesh under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana - Gramin (PMAY-G) on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said in a release that the Union Rural Development Minister and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh will also be present on the occasion.
"The assistance would 

PM Modi to release financial assistance under PMAY-G

PanARMENIAN.Net - The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) plans to clear the Boeing 737 MAX to fly again next week, 22 months after the plane was grounded following two fatal crashes, AFP reports.'For us, the MAX will be able to fly again starting next week,' after publication of a direct

EU to allow Boeing to fly 737 MAX next week

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The Supreme Court has directed the National Green Tribunal (NGT)-appointed committee for river monitoring to submit before it a copy of its report regarding recommendations made for the improvement of the quality of the Yamuna river water.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India SA Bobde said along with the report, the NGT-appointed committee should also apprise it of the extent to wh

SC directs NGT panel to present recommendations for Yamuna

Kenya Airways mulls more cargo flights to China as Sino-Africa trade grows

New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI/SRV Media): Ignite India Education, the institute founded on Former President of India Bharat Ratna Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's vision has helped thousands of students with a number of entrance examinations.
Established in 2006, the Institute's goal has been to guide, mentor and inspire the youth interested in the fields of Architecture, Design, Fashion, Fine Arts, Interior designing, Law, Hote

Ignite India Education continues to mentor those who dream

Nobody in the USSR knew that its potential enemy had dozens of Soviet fighters in combat service.Aerial combat training is an essential element in the training of military pilots. It is for this purpose that the air forces of many countries set up dedicated squadrons, so-called "aggressors", whose task it is to imitate the enemy during exercises.Usually, the role of enemy fighters is performed by domestic

How Americans secretly used Soviet aircraft

Washington [US], January 19 (ANI): American actor, director Ben Affleck and girlfriend Ana de Armas have split after almost a year of dating, according to a new report.
Fox News quoted a report by People magazine which states that the breakup happened because the 48-year-old actor-director and the 32-year-old star de Armas are at "different points in their lives.""There is deep love and respect there. Ben continues to wan

Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas split: Report

CALOOCAN CITY, Jan. 19 (PIA) --The Manila City government on Monday, January 18, received nine COVID-19 vaccine refrigeration units in line with the preparation for the upcoming vaccination activities in the nation's capital.Manila Mayor Francisco 'Isko Moreno' Domagoso inspected the machines upon arrival at the Sta. Ana Hospital where the city's COVID-19 Vaccine Storage Facility will be built.The hospita

Manila acquires COVID-19 vaccine refrigeration units

DES MOINES, IOWA - Eleven students from Brazil and Chile have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a northwest Iowa community college, a recruitment company, a pet food manufacturer, and a packaging company of human trafficking and involuntary servitude.The lawsuit filed January 11 in the Northern District of Iowa says Western Iowa Tech Community College and J&L Staffing, both in Sioux City, lured the students to Io

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