Day: May 18, 2022

Persib to Trial Four Asian Players for Upcoming Season

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Published by
Football Tribe Asia

Persib Bandung are ramping up their preparations for the 2022/23 season by selecting a midfielder for their AFC player slot. Two Japanese players, one South Korean, and one Filipino are set to arrive in Bandung to impress Persib head coach Robert Rene Alberts and his coaching staff, with only one of them earning a spot in the Maung Bandung squad. Following finishing second in the 2021/22 Liga 1 Indonesia season and earning themselves a ticket to the AFC Cup qualifiers, Persib have been busy in the transfer market in acquiring new talents for their star-studded squad. The likes of Rachmat Irian…

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EU Parliament’s Environment Committee urges scale back of biomass burning

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Mongabay

In a surprising and unprecedented vote this week, the European Parliament’s Environment Committee recommended the scaling back of the EU’s existing subsidies incentivizing the burning of wood pellets, replacing coal for heat and energy. The committee also urged the European Union to reduce how much it counts forest biomass toward the continent’s renewable energy goals. Forest advocates are viewing the move with both hope and skepticism. If approved and written into policy in September as part of the EU’s revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED), the recommendations would be the first steps of …

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North Korea reports hundreds of thousands of fever cases

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DPA

North Korea reported on Wednesday that 232,000 cases of people suffering from fever had been registered the day before, as a wave of Covid-19 rips through the country. Citing the country’s epidemic prevention centre, the national media also reported six further fever-related deaths, taking the total to 62. According to experts, the country does not have sufficient testing capacities to ascertain whether people are suffering from Covid-19, and therefore reports fevers instead. According to the report, Tuesday’s numbers take the country’s total fever infections to more than 1.7 million. Of these…

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TripleBlind Appoints Encryption, Privacy and Blockchain Expert Craig Gentry as Chief Technology Officer

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KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TripleBlind, creator of the most complete and scalable solution for privacy enhancing computation, announces Craig Gentry as the new Chief Technology Officer. Craig will lead TripleBlind’s technology vision for expanding the most comprehensive privacy preserving technology in the industry. Craig joins TripleBlind with more than 20 […]

N. Korean gets money for making app for Japan firm in deceptive deals

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Published by
Kyodo News

A North Korean IT engineer based in China has received remuneration for developing a smartphone application for a Japanese company while using the name of a South Korean national living in Japan, police said Wednesday. The 57-year-old South Korean man who allowed the IT engineer to use his name, and a 75-year-old female relative of the engineer who acted as an intermediary for the transfer of funds, were referred to prosecutors by the police on Wednesday on suspicion of violating Japan’s banking law. The United States and other governments have warned that North Korea is earning foreign curren…

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ECOTONE ANNOUNCES €20 MILLION INVESTMENT TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET

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18 MAY 2022 ECOTONE ANNOUNCES €20 MILLION INVESTMENT TO MEET GROWING DEMAND FOR PLANT-BASED BEVERAGES IN THE EUROPEAN MARKET Ecotone, a pioneer in organic and plant-based alternatives in France and Europe, has announced a €20 million investment in its plant-based beverage production site located in Badia Polesine, Northern Italy. The major investment has enabled the […]

Teksbotics and Alshrouq Pilot Last-Mile Autonomous Delivery in Saudi Arabia

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Teksbotics and Alshrouq Express has started a pilot of last-mile autonomous delivery in the King Abdullah University of Science and Technologies (KAUST). The project objective is to design and build a cost effective autonomous delivery vehicle for the last-mile delivery for e-commerce delivery with the support of National Digital Unit (NDU) of the Kingdom of […]

AGC Biologics Invests in New Viral Vector Suspension Capabilities at U.S. Cell & Gene Hub

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New technology and capacity help CDMO’s advanced-therapies campus meet growing market demand SEATTLE, May 17, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AGC Biologics, a leading global Biopharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), today announced it is adding viral vector suspension technology and capacity for the development and manufacturing of gene therapies at its commercial-grade campus in […]