Month: May 2022

Oxfam urges Yemen’s warring sides to extend ceasefire

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International charity Oxfam on Tuesday urged Yemen’s warring sides to extend a two-month truce, appealing to the parties in the conflict to work together to avoid “catastrophic hunger” in the war-wrecked country. The charity said the UN-brokered ceasefire is essential for millions of Yemenis suffering from a lack of basic services and soaring prices of food and other goods. Oxfam’s Yemen director Ferran Puig said the truce has brought a “long overdue sense of hope that we can break the cycle of violence and suffering in Yemen”. “The opportunity must be seized to extend the truce and push for a…

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Why Turkey is blocking Finland and Sweden’s NATO bids

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The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrust neutral nations into a security crisis, leaving them with a choice between traditional neutrality and military alliances. Finland and Sweden, two Nordic countries, decided to join the NATO alliance and applied for membership on 15 May. But while most NATO members welcomed the applicants, Turkey has prevented them from joining. Ankara blocked an early fast-track request and has said it will veto Finland and Sweden’s membership applications. NATO has 30 members and new membership must be agreed unanimously. Turkey has accused Sweden and Finland of polit…

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Conagen’s New Dihydro Resveratrol Made By Clean Bioconversion Inspires Novel Products and Drives Market Growth

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Bedford, Mass., May 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Massachusetts-based biotech Conagen announces the development of a new scalable natural compound, dihydro resveratrol, for use in industrial and human health applications. Conagen’s dihydro resveratrol is made by bioconversion from p-coumaric acid (pCA), a natural preservative Conagen produced by precision fermentation. The same proprietary bioconversion technology used […]

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Hitachi Energy wins order from Deutsche Bahn to deliver one of the most powerful converter stations in the world

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The Thyrow converter plant will convert electricity from the public three-phase distribution network to a frequency of 16.7 Hz and feed it into the traction current network Zurich, Switzerland, May 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Hitachi Energy, the global technology and market leader in power grids, announced today that it has won an order from […]

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Billups accélère son expansion européenne et fait appel aux meilleurs talents pour répondre à la demande croissante de publicité extérieure

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AMSTERDAM,  31 mai 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Billups, la plus grande entreprise privée de technologie publicitaire en extérieur (OOH) et de services gérés aux États-Unis, a annoncé de nouvelles embauches clés pour renforcer son expansion en Europe. L’entreprise connaît une croissance sans précédent aux États-Unis et dans la région EMEA, avec deux nouvelles acquisitions de technologies […]

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