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SG Blocks, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGBX) (“SG Blocks” or the “Company”), a leading developer, designer, and fabricator of modular structures, announced today that the Company is currently in the discovery and research phase with Teamsters Union 848, the local Teamsters union in Long Beach, California, for a point-of-care COVID-19 testing module as well as an overarching wellness center for union members.
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez is asking asked government officials and people working in the private sector to save energy by giving up neckties. He appeared at a news conference in an open-necked white shirt and blue shirt. Sánchez explained he dressed less formally not as a nod to the casual Friday custom but to curb utility use. He didn't say how going tieless conserved energy. Spain has sweltered for more than a month, with temperatures in parts of the country often surpassing 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit). The government has urged people to reduce electricity costs by not overusing air conditioning.
Wall Street was poised to open higher, with major indexes on track for back-to-back weekly gains for the first time in four months, despite more troubling economic data to finish the week. Futures for the S&P 500 gained 0.4% Friday before the bell and futures for the Dow Jones industrials ticked up 0.1%, though both retreated from higher levels after more startling inflation data from the U.S. The government reported that an inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve jumped 6.8% in June from a year ago, the biggest increase in four decades. Oil prices rose and shares of Exxon and Chevron jumped after they reported record quarterly profits.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As COVID-19 cases soar around the country, fake treatments continue to linger on the open market, posing a safety risk to those seeking medical care.
Germany's foreign minister has criticized Turkey for disputing the sovereignty of Greek islands near its coastline. She has also urged Greece to make sure that it complies with European Union values and stamps out any illegal pushbacks of migrants at the border. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock was meeting Friday with officials in Greece and Turkey. Turkish officials says the sovereignty of eastern Greek islands can be disputed if it keeps a military presence there in violation of its treaty commitments. Athens disputes that view and has accused Turkey of carrying out frequent military overflights at its islands in the eastern Aegean Sea. The German envoy said no country had the right to dispute Greece's sovereignty over the islands.
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China has responded in kind to a top U.S. Navy official who criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea. China says it's America’s military deployments in the disputed waters, which it called “navigation bullying,” that can spark confrontations. The Chinese Embassy in Manila said Friday that U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s remarks were unfounded, "maliciously smeared China” and inflated the “China threat.” Del Toro underscored in an interview Tuesday with The Associated Press while on a visit to Manila how Beijing has encroached in sovereign waters of its Asian neighbors in violation of international law.
The government of the Netherlands says everyone age 12 years and over will be eligible for a vaccine booster shot as part of a campaign to head off a fall COVID-19 surge. The Dutch health ministry said Friday that an advisory panel of experts recommended the new round of vaccinations “to maintain protection against serious illness and death, to ensure access to health care” and to prevent staff shortages. It says updated vaccines will be used if they are proven to offer better protection against new mutations of the coronavirus and have received approval from the European Medicines Agency. The Netherlands is emerging from a summer peak in COVID-19 infections. that led to
HENDERSON, Nev., July 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- VolitionRx Limited (NYSE AMERICAN: VNRX) ("Volition"), a multi-national epigenetics company, announced today the pricing of its underwritten public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $2.00 per share. T…
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South Africa’s ruling African National Congress party begins its key policy conference on Friday beset by internal divisions and the country’s economic woes. The policy meeting is seen as a preview of the ANC’s December conference to elect its leader. Nearly 30 years after Nelson Mandela’s party won power in recognition of its fight to end white minority rule, the ANC is now faced with declining voter support. The party is widely criticized for rampant corruption and for not effectively pursuing policies to help poor Black South Africans. About 2,000 ANC officials and members are to participate in the three-day conference. The conference is to adopt policies to address urgent problems including South Africa’s 35% unemployment rate.
The Biden administration says it has reached an agreement with Moderna to buy 66 million doses of the company’s next generation of COVID-19 vaccine targeting the highly transmissible omicron variant. The administration says that's enough for this winter for all who want the upgraded booster. Friday's announcement follows word last month that the federal government has secured 105 million doses of a similar vaccine from rival drugmaker Pfizer. Both orders are scheduled for delivery in the fall and winter, assuming regulators sign off. The omicron strain has been dominant in the U.S. since December, with the BA.5 subvariant causing a massive wave of infections, even infecting President Joe Biden.
Egypt’s prosecutors are refuting allegations of torture and ill-treatment against one of the country's most prominent jailed activists. In a statement released late on Thursday, the Public Prosecution Office said that a senior prosecutor was dispatched to the prison where Abdel-Fattah is being held to investigate his nearly three-year-old claims about being beaten and denied basic rights at another prison complex. After examining Abdel-Fattah, the prosecutor concluded that he showed no marks of torture. His family immediately cast doubt over the credibility of the prosecutors’ investigation.
Attorney General Merrick Garland will headline a White House event that will bring together pro bono lawyers, bar associations and public interest groups to discuss how best to offer legal services and protections for women seeking abortions. The effort is part of an executive order signed by President Joe Biden aimed at protecting access to abortion after the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established a constitutional right to the procedure. The White House says attorneys at Friday's event will work to “encourage robust legal representation of those seeking reproductive care services." Garland will be accompanied by second gentleman Doug Emhoff, himself a lawyer.
Passenger rail service is returning to Vermont's largest city after an absence of almost 70 years as part of a renewal in interest in passenger rail service nationwide. Both Congress and Amtrak have recently announced billions in funding for rail investments, and routes that were on hold during the pandemic are resuming and expanding into new areas. The first Vermont Amtrak expansion caps decades of work and a bipartisan vision that was determined to bring passenger rail service back to Burlington. The first train will run July 29 between Vermont's Burlington Union Station and New York City.
The head of Russia’s space agency says the country has not set a date for pulling out of the International Space Station and that the timing would depend on the orbiting outpost’s condition. Roscosmos chief Yuri Borisov told President Vladimir Putin this week that a decision was made for Russia to leave the station after 2024 and to focus on building its own orbiting station. Speaking Friday in televised remarks, Borisov said Russia will start the process of leaving the station after 2024 but the exact timing would “depend on the International Space Station’s condition.” He also insisted his agency’s decision wasn’t related to politics.
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Heavy rains brought another round of flooding to the St. Louis region, prompting firefighters to help dozens of people escape the floodwaters. No injuries were reported from Thursday’s flooding, but the St. Louis Fire Department said on Twitter that it responded to 75 flooding-related emergencies and 60 people were rescued or helped to safety. Among the rescues, the department said firefighters carried six children to safety from a daycare at Cornerstone Institutional Baptist Church, where 15 children and three adults reportedly were trapped. The storms that began Thursday afternoon didn't drop as much rain as storms Tuesday, but they hit as the region was already recovering from widespread flooding brought by those storms.
The Kremlin has offered strong support to China amid tensions over Taiwan, warning the United States against any “provocative steps” that could exacerbate the situation. Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden. Speaking in Friday's call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia staunchly supports China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, adding that "no other country has the right to call (that) into doubt or take any provocative steps.” He warned the U.S. against “destructive” moves, adding that “such behavior on the international arena could only exacerbate tensions as the world is already overloaded with regional and global problems.”
A judge has issued a ruling in a legal dispute between two soccer spouses that captivated Britain, Judge Karen Steyn cleared Coleen Rooney of libeling Rebekah Vardy when she alleged that Vardy had leaked her private social media posts to the tabloid press. The judge concluded that Rooney's allegation was “substantially true.” Vardy sued after Rooney accused her in 2019 of sharing the Instagram content with The Sun. Vardy denied being the leaker, but the judge ruled that it was likely that Vardy’s agent, Caroline Watt, had passed private information to The Sun newspaper with Vardy's knowledge. Vardy is married to Leicester City and England striker Jamie Vardy, and Rooney to former Manchester United and England star Wayne Rooney.
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The U.S. Navy is working to develop drone ships as it faces a growing threat from China. The Navy envisions robotic vessels keeping an electronic eye on enemy forces across the vast Pacific Ocean, extending the reach of firepower and keeping sailors out of harm’s way. They also could be built for a fraction of the cost of conventional warships. The four largest crewless ships are all being used together for the first time this summer during war games in the Pacific Ocean. Smaller waterborne drones are being deployed by the Navy’s 5th Fleet in the Middle East.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday visited the Odesa region to observe the loading of grain as exports resume for the first time since the start of the Russian invasion. Zelenskyy observed a Turkish ship loaded with grain. He said the export of grain will begin with the departure of several ships that were already loaded but could not depart the Ukrainian ports.
Ewan Johnson’s college dreams nearly crashed down on him after just four days. The saga had started in the mid-2010s near the end of what by his own admission had been an unambitious time in high school. Then, his dreams were abruptly transformed by an unplanned trip across the Delaware Rive…
As it turns out, nothing about buying back the 'hood to build generational wealth and manage gentrification — as the late rapper Nipsey Hussle so famously encouraged his fans to do — is easy when you're Black.
Rather unexpectedly, the 117th Congress is shaping up to be one of the most productive in recent memory. A new compromise reached by Sen. Joe Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer could prove to be its most significant achievement yet.
CERES, Calif. — Even before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection called a single witness, Amador Martinez had seen enough.
Democrats have a good chance in North Carolina of picking up a Senate seat. As they look to November, they've been aggressively protecting its left flank by keeping the Green Party off the ballot. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent canvassers asking people to retract their signatures from the Greens' qualifying effort. Then they raised fraud allegations with the state elections board, which rejected the petition. A Green Party lawsuit has revealed details of the barenuckle tactics as the Democratic Party seeks to prevent the progressive group from siphoning away crucial votes in the race between Democrat Cheri Beasley and Trump-backed Republican Ted Budd.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits Odesa region to observe loading of grain for export.
Central Grasslands Roadmap: Social Media Campaign Promotes the Importance of Grasslands in the Americas
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A court in Bosnia has sentenced a former top ruling party official to three years in prison for corruption. The Klix news portal reported that the former secretary-general of the ruling Bosniak Party of Democratic Action was convicted on Friday of using party connections and bribes in 2016 to secure people jobs in state-run institutions. The Sarajevo Municipal Court sentenced four others to prison terms of up to six years, and acquitted two people in the case. The trial was part of Western-backed efforts to curb graft in the Balkan nation, which is struggling to recover economically from a devastating 1990s ethnic war. The verdicts can be appealed.
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