Issued on: 13/10/2021 – 20:20Modified: 13/10/2021 – 20:19 Washington (AFP) US health authorities on Wednesday announced a new push for the food industry to slash the salt in its products, a serious public health problem in a country where half the population suffers from hypertension. The voluntary guidelines call for reducing average sodium consumption by […]
The Suez Canal Authority has shattered its record forthe daily number of ships passing through the s… The Maritime Executive: Maritime News | Marine News
A diplomatic spat between Lithuania and China over Taiwan has pushed Europe’s relations with Beijing back into the spotlight as the European Union struggles with how to define its increasingly shaky relationship with the world’s second-largest economy. The latest episode between Vilnius and Beijing kicked off on August 10, when China recalled its ambassador to […]
The Hungarian government’s controversial anti-LGBT law, passed in June, will apply near churches as well as schools, according to a new official decree. The NATO member country’s so-called Anti-Pedophilia Act was originally aimed at enhancing penalties for child abuse, but amendments have been added banning the “promotion of homosexuality” or gender reassignment to minors. The […]
Issued on: 31/07/2021 – 12:34Modified: 31/07/2021 – 12:32 Riyadh (AFP) A super cruise ship has departed Saudi Arabia for the first time, setting sail for regional waters as the kingdom seeks to expand its tourism industry and diversify its oil-dependant economy. The MSC Bellissima, a vessel longer than three football fields, departed for the first […]
14.03.2001 08:39 (Updated: 23.07.2021 13:48) Rostec State Corporation (Rostec stands for Russian Technologies) signed contracts totaling over 230 billion rubles at MAKS 2021 airshow. According to Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov, this amount exceeded all expectations. “The results of the airshow exceeded all expectations: our companies signed agreements with partners worth over 230 billion rubles,” Mr. […]
After the disastrous sinking of a smuggling vessel off San Diego in May, the U.S. Border Patrol has… The Maritime Executive: Maritime News | Marine News
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian has tendered his resignation, formally freeing the way for parliamentary elections to be held in an effort to defuse a political crisis prompted by the country’s war last year with Azerbaijan. “According to an agreement with the president and political forces, today I’m stepping down in order to hold early […]
Advertising Read more Baltimore (AFP) After years of staff cuts, shrinking budgets and declining readership, the Baltimore Sun finally has some good news to report about itself: a deal for a new nonprofit group to take over, and potentially revive the struggling newspaper. The plan unveiled in February comes in response to an extraordinary movement […]
Issued on: 11/03/2021 – 02:56 Advertising Read more New York (AFP) Closed schools, surging poverty, forced marriages and depression — after a year of the pandemic, indicators measuring child and adolescent development have all regressed, a setback that heralds lasting stigma for an entire generation, UNICEF warned Thursday. “The number of children who are hungry, […]