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China's Xiamen: A successful practice of sustainable development in bay city
BEIJING, Feb. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A report from People's Daily Xiamen in southeast China's Fujian province is a typical bay city. It rises from the sea, drawn into its embrace. The ecological conservation of bay cities is a global issue. Xiamen is rich in marine resources, but its sea area ...
Education Cannot Wait Calls for Scaled Up Funding for Successful Joint Programme in Nigeria During High-Level Mission Together with Representatives for Governments of Germany and Norway
ECW plans to renew multi-year investment that has already exceeded its targets and reached over 400,000 children and adolescents with quality, holistic education in areas affected by the crisis in North-East Nigeria with up toUS$15 million. However, top-up and additional funding is urgently neede...
Valvoline™ Global Operations launches 5th annual Mechanics Month campaign
LEXINGTON, Ky., Feb. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Valvoline Global, a worldwide leader in automotive and industrial solutions, launches its 5th annual Mechanics Month in March, a campaign to support and celebrate the value of mechanics around the world. This year, Mechanics Month will be centered ar...
Armenia Refugee Response: Education Cannot Wait Announces US$1 Million Grant to Support Early Childhood Education
ECW First Emergency Response grant delivered by UNICEF will support the Government ofArmenia's Refugee Response Plan and improve access to early learning services for refugee and host community children. NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to the recent mass influx of refugees in...
Rockefeller Foundation Outlines 4 Ways to Scale JETPs
New report on Just Energy Transition Partnerships recommends piloting new approach inthe Philippines NEW YORK, Feb. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Rockefeller Foundation released a roadmap to make Just Energy Transition Partnerships (JETPs) a more effective vehicle for transforming energy systems...
MIAMI INVESTOR SUMMIT 22/23 FEBRUARY TO CONVENE LEADERS AND INVESTORS TO ADDRESS GLOBAL CHALLENGES
Future Investment Initiative PRIORITY Summit Miami will bring together 1,000 investors, business leaders and policy experts at a time of heightened global tensions MIAMI, Feb. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- With the world experiencing an array of immediate and long-term risks, including geopolitical t...
Ax-3 Astronauts Splashdown, Completing First All-European Commercial Astronaut Mission to ISS
HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- After undocking from the International Space Station (ISS) onWednesday, Feb. 7, the Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) crew safely splashed down off the coast ofFlorida aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at 8:30 a.m. ET on Feb. 9, 2024. The Ax-3 crew's return officially ...
Heifer International and FruitPunch AI Launch Artificial Intelligence Challenge in Nepal to Improve Data Access for Women Farmers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global development organization Heifer International and FruitPunch AI, the global community educating and applying Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Good, today launched theAI for Women Farmers Challenge — a project to develop AI tools to help rural...
ROYAL CANADIAN MINT COMMEMORATES BLACK HISTORY WITH SILVER COIN RECOGNIZING THE SETTLERS OF AMBER VALLEY, ALBERTA
OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In launching the latest issue in its ongoingCommemorating Black History fine silver coin series, the Royal Canadian Mint is honouring the community ofAmber Valley, Alberta, founded in 1910 by African American families fromOklahoma, Texas and other surroun...
USPS Roars Into Lunar New Year With New Stamp
The Dragon Is Considered an Auspicious Sign in the Chinese Zodiac SEATTLE, Jan. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Postal Service unveiled the Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon Forever stamp in the historic Chinatown - International District inSeattle. The Postal Service printed 22 millio...
Learning for a Lasting Peace: International Day of Education Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif
NEW YORK, Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Education is the bedrock of peace, the foundation of strong societies, and the building block for a better world. This year, as we celebrate the Sixth International Day of Education under the theme of 'learning for a lasting peace', we call on world leaders...
INTREPID Alliance Releases Review of Antiviral Compounds in Clinical Development to Contribute to Collaborative Efforts in Pandemic Preparedness
Global landscape analysis identifies strengths and gaps in R&D pipeline to inform international pandemic preparedness efforts ROME and CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The INTREPID Alliance, a consortium of innovative biopharmaceutical companies dedicated to accelerating the devel...
Ratnesh Kumar Jha Named GM, Institutional Language Products at ETS
PRINCETON, N.J., Jan. 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- ETS announced today that it has namedRatnesh Kumar Jha as its new GM, Institutional Language Products. Jha will work alongsideRohit Sharma, ETS Senior Vice President, Global Higher Education & Workskills on the global expansion of ETS's institutional...
A new dream to unify and uplift America through service begins today
Realizing the Dream is a collaboration between the Martin Luther King III Foundation and Legacy+, with support from the National Football League. NEW YORK, Jan. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the beginning of a remarkable new initiative to realizeMartin Luther King Jr.'s dream for America....
Leaders across every industry cite democratizing data and AI as the number one challenge to achieving their generative AI goals, according to a new MIT Technology Review Insights research report
Nearly nine in ten surveyed organizations are currently adopting or piloting generative AI systems CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A new report by MIT Technology Review Insights explores the breakthroughs in data intelligence that will enable CIOs to reach their data and generativ...
ICANN ANNOUNCES GRANT PROGRAM TO SPUR INNOVATION
Program will fund projects that support a secure, globally accessible Internet LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the nonprofit organization that coordinates the Domain Name System (DNS), announced today the ICANN Grant Progr...
Panda Cup Tongxiang Tour: Exploring the Ancient Town
TONGXIANG, China, Dec. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- By China Report ASEAN. "This is my first visit to an ancient Chinese town," marveled Eva Akimova, a Russian student fromGuangdong University of Foreign Studies, upon reaching Puyuan Town in Tongxiang, east China'sZhejiang Province. "I had only seen ...
Action. Unity. Impact. Global Refugee Forum Statement by ECW Executive Director Yasmine Sherif
GENEVA, Dec. 14, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today at the Global Refugee Forum, we reaffirm our commitment to alleviate human suffering and serve humanity. We stand with refugee children and adolescents everywhere. We will steadfastly continue to work with all our partners and invest in a quality educat...
GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP ANNUAL DINNER SPEAKER ANNOUNCED
GREATER DES MOINES, Iowa, Dec. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greater Des Moines Partnership has announced that its 2024 Annual Dinner will take place on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024 at the Community Choice Credit Union Convention Center. The Partnership's Annual Dinner is the Greater Des Moines (DSM) bu...
Freedom, Equality and Justice Lead to Peace
Human Rights Day Statement by Education Cannot Wait Executive Director Yasmine Sherif NEW YORK, Dec. 10, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today we mark a milestone in history: the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As people around the world commemorate Human Rights Day, we must...
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