WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Saturday called on the African Union and other international partners to help address a deepening crisis in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region as he condemned alleged atrocities in fighting there.Bl…
Month: February 2021
An internal U.S. government report obtained by The New York Times says that Ethiopia is conducting “a systematic campaign of ethnic cleansing” under the cover of war in the Tigray region, an area largely controlled by Amhara militias in the northern pa…
London, February 26, 2021 CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) announces that it has exercised the second one-year extension option (i.e. to March 2026) of its syndicated committed revolving credit facility for € 3.9505 billion. The remaining € 49.5 million will mature in March 2025. CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) is a […]
YOLA, NIGERIA – Three years ago this month, Boko Haram abducted 110 girls from a school in Dapchi, in Nigeria’s Yobe state. One girl remains in captivity. Her parents remain hopeful she will be freed but say the government is doing nothing to ensure h…
GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, is appealing for $164 million to assistance and protect nearly 1.5 million Central Africans uprooted by conflict and violence. Civil conflict in the Central African Republic has uprooted about one-third of th…
The home of a Radio France International (RFI) reporter was burned down Thursday during post-election violence in Niger’s capital, Niamey. RFI correspondent Moussa Kaka and his family were not harmed in the attack, but their house was badly damaged. Th…
SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Junshi Biosciences (HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the U.S. government has agreed to purchase a minimum of 100,000 doses of etesevimab (JS016 or LY-CoV016) 1400 mg and bamlanivimab (LY-CoV555) 700 […]
MONTREAL, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bombardier announced today that its best-selling Challenger 350 aircraft was the most-delivered medium category business jet in 2020, making it the category leader for a seventh consecutive year. As detailed in the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s (GAMA) annual shipment and billings report released February 24, the company also […]
Ranking reaffirms Colliers’ commitment to leading the industry TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — For the fourth straight year, leading diversified professional services and investment management company Colliers (NASDAQ, TSX: CIGI) has been named one of the top three global commercial real estate brands by The Lipsey Company in its survey of industry professionals. […]
TORONTO, Feb. 26, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alphawave IP, the world leader in multi-standard connectivity IP solutions, today announced that it has negotiated a $54M multi-year exclusive subscription reseller agreement with VeriSilicon for the China market. Under the terms of the agreement, VeriSilicon will be Alphawave’s exclusive IP reseller for Alphawave’s entire IP portfolio for […]