Ex-president's lengthy war crimes sentence shocks Kosovo
Kosovo's former president Hashim Thaci was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a tribunal in The Hague on Wednesday for war crimes, in a verdict that sparked shock and anger among many Kosovars.
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Retired great Nadal to play in exhibition matches
Retired Spanish tennis great Rafael Nadal will return to the court in front of a crowd for the first time since retirement in October to celebrate his academy's 10th anniversary.
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US House faces test on sweeping Russia sanctions bill
US lawmakers are slated to vote Wednesday on sweeping new sanctions designed to squeeze Russia over its war in Ukraine, as the full-scale invasion grinds through its fifth year with no peace settlement in sight.
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IR-MED and Dice Technologies Announce collaboration to Evaluate and Advance Pressure-Injury Prevention Platform in Japan
Letter of Intent (“LOI”) signed to cooperate in the evaluation, research support, localization, commercialization preparation and regulatory preparation of the PressureSafe™ medical device in Japan.Collaboration addresses a significant potential market need in Japan, which includes more than 36 million people aged 65 and older and approximately 8,000 hospitals, 13,600 long-term care facilities, and 16,000+ home-visit nursing stations.Strategic collaboration combines IR-MED's infrared spectroscopy technology and proprietary algorithm with Dice Technologies' capabilities in coordinating clinical evaluation, localization and regulatory preparation activities in Japan.Clinical research and evidence-generation activities are expected to include cooperation with the Department of Plastic Surgery at Kobe University, subject to required ethics review, institutional approvals and separate written arrangements.
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British PM says to make 'difficult decisions' as inflation rises
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Wednesday that he was ready to take "difficult decisions" as higher fuel prices from the Middle East war drive up inflation ahead of the government's coming budget.
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Watts, Pitt, Cruz to light up Spain's top film festival
Hollywood stars Naomi Watts, Brad Pitt and Penelope Cruz are due to grace Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival from Friday, where great expectations await a mini-series by Chile's Pablo Larrain.
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TotalEnergies pumps up controversy in France with cut-price gas
French motorists are clogging TotalEnergies service stations to fill up with discount gasoline but its rivals are crying foul, accusing the energy giant of distorting competition with the encouragement of the government.
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Sweden expels Iran embassy employee over anti-Jewish threats
Sweden said Wednesday it had expelled an Iranian embassy employee and summoned the country's ambassador, accusing Tehran of making threats against Jewish and Israeli interests in Sweden.
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Global fuel price demos: a round-up
Social unrest and political squabbles have broken out around the world over soaring energy costs, with protests erupting in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Toogood Gold's Table Mountain Sits in the Shadow of a Nevada Gold Rush
Toogood Gold Corp. announced the definition of two priority exploration corridors at its Table Mountain Gold-Silver Project in Lincoln County, Nevada, and plans to advance the project toward a 3,000-meter maiden drill program. The company’s Phase 1 fieldwork identified the Widowmaker and Pacifico trends as priority targets within the project’s approximately 4-by-2-kilometer alteration footprint. Toogood holds an option to earn a 100% interest in the low-sulphidation epithermal system, which has never been drilled and is located roughly 9 kilometers south of Nevada King’s past-producing Atlanta Gold Mine.
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