A string of costly wildfires, floods, hurricanes, typhoons and earthquakes have compelled APEC member economies to heightened collective actions to respond to the increasingly complex disaster landscape and instill long-term climate resilience. "The Asia-Pacific region accounts for more than 70 percent of global disasters," said Deanne Criswell, Chair of the 2023 APEC Senior Disaster Management Officials' Forum, in her opening remarks in Seattle. "In just the last few years catastrophic disasters from powerful typhoons, earthquakes and extreme wildfires to prolonged droughts and abrupt landslides have caused mounting economic losses and widespread shocks across our region with natural disaster-related costs losses resulting in an estimated US$100 billion annually," added Administrator Criswell who is also the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator.

https://www.miragenews.com/criswell-urges-swift-action-to-protect-1058936/

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Orbler ( ORBR ) traded 19.8% lower against the dollar during the one day period ending at 14:00 PM E.T. on July 16th. One Orbler token can now be purchased for about $0.78 or 0.00002569 BTC on exchanges. Orbler has a market cap of $158.76 million and approximately $81,590.86 worth of Orbler was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, Orbler has traded 6.8% lower against the dollar. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded up 1.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/07/16/orbler-achieves-self-reported-market-capitalization-of-158-76-million-orbr.html

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Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management LLC decreased its stake in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF ( NYSEARCA:SDY – Get Rating ) by 0.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 113,022 shares of the company's stock after selling 561 shares during the quarter. SPDR S&P Dividend ETF makes up 8.5% of Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Hubbell Strickland Wealth Management LLC's holdings in SPDR S&P Dividend ETF were worth $13,982,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/23/spdr-sp-dividend-etf-nysearcasdy-holdings-cut-by-hubbell-strickland-wealth-management-llc.html

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Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. ( OTCMKTS:SVNDY – Get Rating )'s stock price passed below its 50 day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a 50 day moving average of $22.40 and traded as low as $21.53. Seven & i shares last traded at $21.56, with a volume of 48,698 shares trading hands. Wall Street Analyst Weigh In Separately, The Goldman Sachs Group downgraded Seven & i from a 'conviction-buy' rating to a 'buy' rating in a report on Thursday, April 6th. The company has a market cap of $37.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/22/seven-i-otcmktssvndy-stock-crosses-below-50-day-moving-average-of-22-40.html

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(LEAD) N Korea-military drills (LEAD) N. Korea conducts military command drills in response to S. Korea-U.S. joint exercise(ATTN: RECASTS headline, lead; UPDATES with more details throughout) SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea has conducted military command drills aimed at occupying South Korean territory, state media reported Thursday, as South Korea and the United States are staging their combined military exercise. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw the drills during his visit to the training command post of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Wednesday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014162133?sid=104

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Dna Link-capital increaseDna Link to raise 5 bln won via stock offering SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Yonhap) -- Dna Link Inc.on Monday announced that it will sell stock to raise 5 billion won (US$3.7 million). The proceeds from the stock sale will be used mainly to finance its operations. According to a regulatory filing, the company will issue some 1.46 million common shares at a price of 3,414 won per share. The stock will be sold to the investors that the firm designated.(END)

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Scott McTominay scored deep into stoppage time to give Manchester United a 1-0 victory over Omonoia Nicosia in the Europa League on Thursday.

https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/europa-league-roundup-manchester-united-wins-on-mctominays-late-goal/

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The popular children's game of telephone is based on a simple premise: The starting player whispers a message into the ear of the next player. That second player then passes along the message to the third person and so on until the message reaches the final recipient, who relays it to the group aloud. Often, what the first person said and the last person heard are laughably different; the information gets garbled along the chain. Such transmission errors from start to end point are also common in the quantum world.

https://www.miragenews.com/quantum-repeaters-employ-diamond-defects-to-1093303/

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Inside an unmarked building in a Manila business district, a war is being waged 24/7 against dark and mostly hidden crimes—the online sexual abuse and exploitation of children. Here, a system developed by cybersecurity experts at PLDT—the Philippines' biggest telecommunications company—is blocking millions of attempts by subscribers to access child sexual abuse material every day. Since last November, PLDT has blocked more than 1.3 billion attempts to access such material with its pioneering child protection platform, a system that checks user searches against a vault of known web addresses hosting sexually abusive content.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1787228/ph-battles-online-child-sex-abuse

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The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has shifted to search and retrieval operations for the four persons who went missing after a dive yacht sank near the Tubbataha Reef in Palawan on April 30. 'The directive took effect last May 7 (Sunday),' the PCG said in a statement on Monday. The dive yacht M/Y Dream Keeper was carrying 15 crew members, 12 passengers and five dive masters when it sank in the vicinity of the world-renowned scuba diving site in late April. Twenty-eight people were initially rescued aboard the yacht.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1766564/pcg-shifts-to-retrieval-of-4-missing-in-yacht-sinking

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Honda-new models Japan's Honda beefs up lineup to revive sales in S. Korea SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Yonhap) -- Honda Korea Co. is beefing up its product lineup to revive sales after they plunged nearly 70 percent in the January-August period from a year earlier due mainly to a lack of new models. Honda Korea Co. has recently launched two all-new models -- the 3.5-liter gasoline-powered Pilot and the 2.0-liter gasoline hybrid CR-V SUVs, while planning to add the Accord gasoline hybrid sedan to the lineup next month.

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After an astonishing Game 6 finish that left the Boston Celtics dumbstruck and the Miami Heat reeling, the two teams must now pick themselves up to do battle again in Monday's NBA playoff series decider. And neither expects anything less than another epic battle in Boston. Facing elimination, the Celtics won 104-103 in Miami on Saturday thanks to a heart-stopping buzzer-beater tip-in from Derrick White and pulled level at 3-3 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals. The Heat were less than a second from booking a place in the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets but after leading the series 3-0, Miami will face the real prospect of being the first team in NBA history to lose after taking such a lead.

https://sports.inquirer.net/512123/nba-heat-celtics-promise-more-drama-in-game-7

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These messages were shared at another MISA Botswana Chapter celebration of this year's World Press Freedom Day over the weekend. This year, the commemoration was held under the theme, 'Shaping a Future of Rights: Freedom of Expression as a Driver for All Other Human Rights'.

https://www.mmegi.bw/news/call-for-better-work-environment-for-media-workers/news

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QuarkChain ( QKC ) traded up 1.6% against the dollar during the one day period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on June 24th. One QuarkChain token can currently be bought for approximately $0.0085 or 0.00000028 BTC on exchanges. QuarkChain has a market cap of $45.12 million and approximately $1.83 million worth of QuarkChain was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. In the last seven days, QuarkChain has traded up 16.8% against the dollar. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours: KILT Protocol (KILT) traded down 3.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/24/quarkchain-price-hits-0-0085-on-exchanges-qkc.html

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Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Philip Morris International Inc. ( NYSE:PM – Get Rating ) by 5.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 22,844 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 1,100 shares during the period. Horizon Kinetics Asset Management LLC's holdings in Philip Morris International were worth $2,312,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/01/horizon-kinetics-asset-management-llc-has-2-31-million-stake-in-philip-morris-international-inc-nysepm.html

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Cardano ( ADA ) traded 1.4% higher against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 0:00 AM E.T. on April 7th. One Cardano coin can now be purchased for about $0.39 or 0.00001380 BTC on exchanges. Over the last week, Cardano has traded down 2.8% against the dollar. Cardano has a total market cap of $13.44 billion and approximately $204.29 million worth of Cardano was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Here's how other cryptocurrencies have performed over the last 24 hours: Ethereum (ETH) traded down 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/07/cardano-reaches-one-day-volume-of-204-29-million-ada.html

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Screens in Hana Bank's trading room in central Seoul show the Kospi closing at 2,572.89 points on Thursday, up 1.51 percent, or 38.19 points, from the previous trading session. [YONHAP] Stocks closed higher on Thursday to reach the highest point in seven trading sessions on boosted investor sentiment as the market digested higher-than-expected U.S. inflation data. The won rose against the dollar to gain the most ground in 10 days. The benchmark Kospi gained 38.19 points, or 1.51 percent, to finish at 2,572.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/640/0000043354?sid=101

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(Yonhap)A large forest fire broke out on the slopes of Inwangsan, a mountain in central Seoul, on Sunday. According to authorities, the blaze began at approximately 11:53 a.m. and quickly spread to the northern side of the mountain, burning an area approximately the size of 30 football fields.No deaths or casualties had been reported as of 3:30 p.m. on Sunday.The National Fire Agency deployed nine helicopters, 85 rescue vehicles and 580 personnel to extinguish the fire. Fire authorities have issued a level 2 emergency fire alert after the fire broke out.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/044/0000244967?sid=104

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Apple TV+ Killers of the Flower Moon , the book adaptation from Martin Scorsese starring Oscar winners Leonardo DiCaprio , Robert De Niro and Brendan Fraser , will make a bigger splash in theaters than previously known. As reported, Paramount Pictures had previously planned a select theater release starting October 6, but ABC Audio has confirmed the film is skipping its limited run and going wide on October 20 — including in IMAX theaters — before it debuts on Apple TV+. Based on David Grann 's bestselling book of the same name, Killers of the Flower Moon is set in 1920s Oklahoma and depicts the real-life serial murder of members of the oil-wealthy Osage Nation.

https://wadk.com/entertainment-news/81718ec05b8b8cd684050d1b9e5519ae

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