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Seoul, Korea, December 31, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – DASVERSE (Ltd.) has announced on <date of publication> that it will be introducing the cutting-edge services of ‘Art Metaverse’ and ‘Dynamic Art OTT’ with LGE at the world’s largest technology consumer convention, ‘CES 2023’ in Las Vegas which will be held for 4 days from Jan. 5 th  2023 to the 8 th and where keywords such as ‘Web3 & Metaverse’ are expected to grab the attention. After presenting the company’s advanced blockchain technology and art-tech Artnomics system at last year’s ‘CES 2022’, the blockchain based digital art company DASVERSE currently has built the world of ‘Daily Art Story Universe’, backed with the patent of allowing them to create UHD images that reveals detailed brushstrokes and textures of fine artworks. Furthermore, DASVERSE is able to optimize UHD fine artworks and present it onto virtual spaces in the metaverse with their technology patents. ”It is exciting to see the univer...

A victim of child sexual abuse, who Reuters agreed only to identify by his first initial, C, is pictured here at a California state park, Dec 23, 2022. (CARLOS BARRIA / REUTERS) Lawmakers around the United States have tried to grant justice to victims of decades-old incidents of child sexual abuse by giving them extra time to file lawsuits. Now some of the defendants in these cases, including church and youth organizations, are finding a safe haven: America’s bankruptcy courts. In New York, nearly 11,000 cases flooded state courts, many seeking to hold Catholic dioceses responsible for sexual abuse by clergy, after a 2019 law suspended statutes of limitations that would have otherwise barred many of the lawsuits. In response, four New York dioceses that collectively faced more than 500 sexual-abuse claims filed for bankruptcy. That halted the cases — and blocked those from anyone who might sue later — and forced the plaintiffs to negotiate a one-time settlement for all abuse claims ...

London, UK, December 30, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – UK Intis Telecom LTD announces the launch of the new top-level domain name zone (TLD) – it.com. This new domain name extension represents a new & intelligent solution to the ever-depleting availability of great, short, and easy-to-remember domain names in other zones.  The domain name has been in Conditional General Availability (CGA) phase over the past few months before announcing its official Sunrise phase, a period for brand & trademark owners from all over the world to access the registry and reserve the domain name before anyone else. The it.com domain was acquired in 2021 for $3.8 million, marking it as the biggest domain sale of the year. It was purchased by UK-based Intis Telecom, which has been operating globally in the telecommunications and technology sphere for over 14 years, its operations spanning 180 countries across the globe.  All websites that use the it.com extension will have an opportu...

South African Police Service (SAPS) officers and forensic experts stand beside bodies in Boksburg, a city east of Johannesburg, on Dec 24, 2022, after nine people died and 40 others were injured when a fuel tanker exploded. (PHOTO / AFP) JOHANNESBURG – The death toll from a gas tanker explosion in Johannesburg on Christmas Eve has increased to 34 from an earlier estimate of 27, the provincial health department said on Friday. The blast tore the roof off the emergency department at the Tambo Memorial hospital in the city's Boksburg suburb on Saturday, while also injuring scores of bystanders, destroying houses and several cars. The victims include 11 health workers and 23 members of the public, a spokesperson said, adding that the numbers were constantly being updated "The Department of Health can confirm that the death toll from Boksburg Explosion incident has risen to 34 as of Friday, 30 December 2022," a spokesperson for the Gauteng Department of Health said in ...

HONG KONG, Dec 30, 2022 – (亞太商訊 via SEAPRWire.com) – 香港文物探知館即日起舉辦「金沙之光 ― 古蜀文明展」，展出70多件由四川省成都金沙和廣漢三星堆遺址出土的珍貴國家文物，揭示四千年前古蜀的高度文明。 （左起）古物古蹟辦事處總文物主任蕭麗娟、成都市文物局革命文物處處長樊芯妤、發展局文物保育專員蔣志豪、四川省文物局博物館處副處長陳益蛟、古物諮詢委員會主席蘇彰德和成都金沙遺址博物館館長朱章義主持開幕儀式。 金沙遺址出土的金人面像，屬國家一級文物，是展覽重點展品之一。 「太陽神鳥」金箔飾的複製品，其原型屬金沙遺址中最重要的國寶級文物，是展覽重點展品之一。 一九九○年於南丫島大灣出土的石牙璋，其裝飾風格與金沙遺址出土的玉璋相似，顯示中原地區的禮器曾向成都平原和嶺南珠江三角洲地區流播，是展覽重點展品之一。 「金沙之光 ― 古蜀文明展」是發展局與國家文物局上月簽訂《關於深化文化遺產領域交流與合作的框架協議書》後首項展覽。 二○○一年發現的金沙遺址是繼三星堆文明後，古蜀先民在成都平原建立的另一個政治、經濟與文化中心，屬重大考古發現。遺址位於成都市區西北，面積逾五平方公里，已發現多處重要遺存，出土數以萬計的珍貴文物，包括以象牙、金、銅和玉石製成的祭祀器物和生活用具。 金沙遺址出土金器逾200件，是目前夏商時期考古遺址中發現數量與種類最多的一個，是次展出的出土金器包括兩件國家一級文物：金人面像和蛙形金箔。展覽亦會展出金沙遺址中最重要的國寶級文物「太陽神鳥」金箔飾的複製品，介紹古蜀精湛的黃金工藝。 展覽還特意挑選七件香港考古文物與四川的出土文物作比對，包括石鉞、石戈、石環和石牙璋。兩地文物的相似之處顯示中原地區的禮器曾向成都平原和嶺南珠江三角洲地區流播，展現中華古代文明起源的「多元一體性」。 有關國家文物到港和展覽籌備過程，可觀看古物古蹟辦事處（古蹟辦）製作的短片（ https://youtu.be/Jq9NCZOKaQI） 。 展覽於尖沙咀海防道九龍公園香港文物探知館舉行，展期至明年三月二十九日，免費入場。詳情請瀏覽古蹟辦網頁（ https://www.amo.gov.hk/tc/news/index_ id_128.html?year=2022）或致電2...

HONG KONG, Dec 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – On December 30, Kingsoft Cloud (3896.HK) was officially listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, becoming the “finale” of homecoming listing of Chinese ADRs in 2022. The dual-primary listing provides investors with greater protection and flexibility in terms of trading venues and hours, while listing by way of introduction prevents dilution and regarded as responsible for existing shareholders. With deep devotion on and cultivation of the industry for ten years, Kingsoft Cloud adhered to building a technology-based business, stayed at the frontier of cloud-native, hybrid cloud, big data and other cutting-edge technologies, and achieved industry practice-and-technology integration. In combination with in-depth understanding of strategically selected verticals, Kingsoft Cloud accomplished fast growth in both business scale and financials. Total premium customers increased from 243 in 2019 to 597 in 2021; revenu...

HONG KONG, Dec 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Beauty Farm Medical and Health Industry Inc. (“Beauty Farm” or “Company”, stock code: 2373), the largest provider of traditional beauty services in China, today announces the proposed listing of its shares on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (“SEHK”). Beauty Farm plans to offer an aggregate of 40,536,500 Offer Shares under the Global Offering (subject to the Over-allotment Option), consisting of 36,482,500 International Offer Shares (subject to reallocation and the Over-allotment Option) and 4,054,000 Hong Kong Offer Shares (subject to reallocation), at a price of HK$19.32 per share. The Company will start its public offering in Hong Kong at 9 a.m. on 30 December, 2022 (Friday) and end at 12 noon on 6 January, 2023 (Friday). Dealings in shares on SEHK are expected to commence on 16 January 2023 (Monday), with the stock code of 2373 in board lots of 500 shares each. Morgan Stanley Asia Limited, Haito...

SINGAPORE, Dec 30, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – AcroMeta Group Limited, an established specialist engineering service provider in the field of controlled environments serving mainly the healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, research and academia sectors, has received a letter of award (“LOA”) for the design and build of laboratory and office space worth approximately S$6.1 million from a global clinical research organisation that helps companies conduct clinical development of drugs or medical devices (the “Project”). The Project site work is commencing soon and a binding contract would be executed in due course. In the unlikely event that the execution of contract is not followed through, the Group is safeguarded as it would be entitled to claim a maximum value of approximately S$1.8 million for value of works performed. Said Mr Lim Say Chin, Executive Chairman, “We are greatly encouraged that the Project involves a new customer in the biotechnology space. This s...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City on Sept 20, 2022. (TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called on all countries to place peace at the center of all their words and actions. From Ukraine to Afghanistan to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and beyond, people left the ruins of their homes and lives in search of something better,said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "In 2023, let's put peace at the heart of our words and actions," the UN chief said in his New Year video message. "In 2023, we need peace, now more than ever. Peace with one another, through dialogue to end conflict. Peace with nature and our climate, to build a more sustainable world." ALSO READ: UN chief appoints new coordinator for Black Sea Grain Initiative Peace is also needed inside families and homes, ...

SINGAPORE, Dec 29, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – The social tapestry of the valley of Kashmir is vibrant, diverse and layered. From the relics of its Buddhist past to its long history of association with Vedic practices, Kashmir is truly as multifaceted as it can get. Apart from its resplendent beauty, Kashmir has also been at the forefront of leading the mantle as a site of spirituality. Its connection to Yoga, in particular, traces its history back to the time of Adi Shankara, who is believed to have visited the valley in the 8th century CE. A proponent of Advaita philosophy, Adi Shankara advocated ideas related to spiritual oneness, attained as it was to be through meditative practices and consciousness about the Self. It is no surprise then that the Valley of Kashmir is full of places, monuments and sites named after the founder of Advaitism. Speaking of Adi Shankara’s cultural import, the Jyeshteshwara Temple, which is the oldest temple in the Kash...

Seoul, Korea, December 29, 2022 – (SEAPRWire) – Aniverse NFT announced on the 29th that it will hold the ‘Aniverse Gift NFT Event’ to celebrate the end of the year. This event is a real-life, product-linked event for Aniverse Larva NFT holders, and a considerable number of products, worth around 79,000 USD in total, has been prepared. Holders can use Larva NFT’s staking reward ‘KANV’ to purchase the NFT of the physical product they want. A wide range of products has been prepared for the event, including a Mini Cooper car worth around 31,000 dollars, MacBook Pros, iPhones, Galaxy Z Flip, and Samsung Smart Monitors, all of which will be sold at a 20-30% discounted rate compared to the market price. “As we wrap up the year, we plan to hold this event with the purpose of rewarding the holders who believed in and supported the project,” an Aniverse representative said. “In particular, since the product list was formed prior to the event after reflecting on the opinions...

Migrants eat and wait for help while camping on a street in downtown El Paso, Texas on Dec 18, 2022. (ANDRES LEIGHTON / AP) WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is planning to use pandemic-era restrictions to expel many Cuban, Nicaraguan and Haitian migrants caught at the southwest border back to Mexico, while simultaneously allowing some to enter the United States by air on humanitarian grounds, according to three US officials familiar on the matter. This latest policy under consideration comes after the US Supreme Court ruled this week that pandemic-era restrictions, known as Title 42, must stay in place for what could be months as a legal battle over their future plays out. The new rules for Cubans, Nicaraguans and Haitians would be modeled on an existing program for Venezuelans launched in October. The program allows up to 24,000 Venezuelans outside the United States to apply to enter the country by air through "humanitarian parole" if they have US sponsors. Venezue...

A team of representatives from the Joint Coordination Center inspects on the first grain-laden ship leaving Ukraine on the northwestern entrance of the Bosphorus Strait in Istanbul, Türkiye, Aug 3, 2022. (TURKISH DEFENSE MINISTRY / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced Wednesday the appointment of Abdullah Abdul Samad Dashti of Kuwait as the new UN coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative. Dashti succeeds Amir Mahmoud Abdulla of Sudan, who served as the UN coordinator since August 2022, according to a press note from the UN chief's office. Dashti was the military defense attache of Kuwait in Belgium and the Kuwaiti mission's representative to NATO from 2019 to 2020, and retired in 2021 from the Kuwaiti armed forces at the rank of vice-admiral. READ MORE:  Ukraine seeks to extend grain deal by at least 1 year The Black Sea Grain Initiative was launched by Ukraine, Türkiye, Russia and the United Nations in July 2022, to ...

EQS 新聞 via SEAPRWire.com / 2022-12-29 / 11:37 UTC+8 新火科技 2022 年報：虛擬資產相關收入擴大，計劃上綫全新平台 Sinohope     財務摘要 ➢ 公司總收益 94.53 億元（港幣，下同），同比上漲 1447.8% 或 88.42 億元； ➢ 公司年內整體毛利 1.85 億元； ➢ 虛擬資產生態系統業務收入快速增長，為 90.57 億港元，佔集團總收入的 96% ； ➢ 資產管理收益達 8.9 百萬元，虛擬資產場外交易業務收入達 89.39 億元； ➢ 能源相關及電動 / 電子產品業務毛利 73.8 百萬元，毛利率 18.6% ，受益於 COVID-19 疫情復甦； ➢ 現金及現金等價物達 3.23 億元，資本充裕； ➢ 公司計劃于近期進行業務多元化拓展，推出全新中心化及去中心化混業服務平台 Sinohope 。   【 2022 年 12 月 29 日，香港】 新火科技控股有限公司 （「 新火科技 」或「公司」，股票代碼： 1611. HK ）昨日欣然公佈公司及其附屬公司（統稱「本集團」）截至 2022 年 9 月 30 日（統稱「報告期內」）止之全年業績。   2022 年數字資產行業黑天鵝事件頻發，市場持續波動，但本集團通過精細化管理，整合資源及控本增效，積極探索業務的優化方向，于報告期內總收益擴大，收入結構進一步優化。   報告期内，本集團錄得總收益約 94.53 億元，同比上升 1447.8% ，整體毛利為 1.85 億元。 此外，現金及現金等價物達 3.23 億元，資本充裕。虛擬資產生態系統業務收入快速增長至 90.57 億港元，佔集團總收入的 96% ，收入結構進一步優化。其中資產管理收益達 8.9 百萬元，虛擬資產場外交易業務收入達 89.39 億元。   報告期内，新火科技立足於合規優勢，以「一站式數字資產服務平台」綜合佈局，繼續推進公司多元化業務發展。期間我們與多家傳統機構簽署戰略合作協議，展示出專業多元的服務優勢。 2022 年 4 月新火科技與萬方家族辦公室強強聯合，共同打造面向超高淨值家庭的財富管理平台，以滿足對虛擬資產感興趣或已持有虛擬資產的超高淨值投資者...

MUMBAI / TOKYO, Dec 29, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – RuPay in partnership with JCB International Co. Ltd., has announced the second phase of its limited-time special cashback offer scheme for all RuPay JCB Debit and Credit Cardholders. JCB International Co. Ltd. is the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co. Ltd., Japan’s only international payment brand. During the offer period, customers using a RuPay JCB Card will receive a 40% cashback on purchases made at retail stores in Thailand, Singapore, and Bahrain. The offer will be valid from December 29, 2022 to March 31, 2023. ** The maximum cashback amount per transaction will be INR3,000, with an overall cap of INR15,000 per card during the offer period. Detailed T&C can be referred at www.rupay.co.in Yoshiki Kaneko, President and COO, JCB International Co. Ltd., said, “As part of our constant endeavour to offer great value to our customers, we are happy to launch a cashback campaign from December 29, 2022 t...

Geneva, Switzerland, Dec 28, 2022 – (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – DCM Swiss (Digital Content Marketplace), a decentralized blockchain-powered platform for content creators, publishers and brands, today announced a strategic partnership with Plato Data Intelligence, a NYC-based Data Platform focused on the curation of data intelligence on today’s most innovative technology verticals. Through the partnership, DCM’s partner brands will immediately benefit from the increased global reach Plato delivers. Both companies plan to deliver a wide range of embedded data products related to marketing communications, brand engagement and vertical data intelligence using Plato’s content distribution and syndication network. “DCM is moving to the next stage in its life-cycle while enabling deep and authentic use cases for the mass adoption of blockchain. Plato’s expertise in this area is an invaluable resource for accelerating our plans for 2023 and beyond. We are excited t...