Etna keeps up its spectacular explosions; ash rains on towns

A particularly spectacular blast from Italy's Mount Etna volcano belched out a towering cloud of ash and lava stone Sunday onto Sicilian villages, the latest in a series of explosions since mid-February.

Israel re-opens restaurants, bars with 40% of country fully vaccinated

Israel took another step towards post-pandemic normalcy on Sunday, opening restaurants, bars and cafes to vaccinated "green pass" holders, with about 40 percent of the population fully inoculated against the coronavirus.

At Dubai airport, travelers' eyes become their passports

Dubai's airport, the world's busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning.

Oral Covid treatment yields promising trial data: drugmakers

German pharmaceutical giant Merck and a US partner reported promising results Saturday in trials of a drug administered orally to fight COVID-19, saying it helps reduce patients' viral load.

Israeli 5-minute battery charge aims to fire up electric cars

From flat battery to full charge in just five minutes—an Israeli start-up has developed technology it says could eliminate the "range anxiety" associated with electric cars.

Space-starved Singapore builds floating solar farms in climate fight

Thousands of panels glinting in the sun stretch into the sea off Singapore, part of the land-scarce city-state's push to build floating solar farms to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Chinese urgency on COVID-19 goes missing in jabs drive

Shirley Shi has received three offers to be vaccinated against COVID-19—through her hometown, her Beijing residential area and her office area—but the human resources manager is in no rush.

Drones vs hungry moths: Dutch use hi-tech to protect crops

Dutch cress grower Rob Baan has enlisted high-tech helpers to tackle a pest in his greenhouses: palm-sized drones seek and destroy moths that produce caterpillars that can chew up his crops.

Marc Westray of Interpreters Unlimited Wins Rising Stars in Marketing Award

The Top 5 Rising Stars in Marketing Awards honors the most talented up-and-coming marketing professionals who are shaking things up and have forged their own path in the industry. [PR.com]

Prospect Home Finance is Recognized by Expertise.com

Prospect Home Finance is the #1 Mortgage Broker and the #1 Mortgage Refinance Company in San Diego according to Expertise.com. [PR.com]

Joey’s Celebrates Fish & Chips Season in Style with Massive OgopoJoe Fish Sandwich

9 years ago, Joey’s Seafood Restaurants declared the 40 days that follow Ash Wednesday as Fish & Chips Season, and ever since, have had a corner on the market across Canada. “It’s time again for a Joey’s Seafood favourite, their glorious Fish & Chips,” said Joe Klassen, founder and CEO of Joey’s Only Franchising Ltd. "Delicious cold-water whitefish, lightly battered [PR.com]

Vac-Con Releases New Sewer Jet Trailer Machines

The VJ375 and VJ750 modernize the VecJet portfolio of trailer-mounted sewer jetting machines available through Vac-Con. [PR.com]

Exdale AG is Launching Its Global Networking Platform

Exdale AG is announcing the launch of its new platform in beta version called zame. [PR.com]

MTech Mobility Announces Expansion of Operations in Atlanta

New Facility in Norcross Signals Strong Customer Demand in the Region [PR.com]

Private Placement Markets Sets April 1st as Its Launch Date for Its EquityLock Value Protection Program

Steve Muehler of Private Placement Markets today announced that the firm has set April 1st as its official Launch date for its revamped EquityLock Residential & EquityLock Commercial Value Protection Programs. [PR.com]

Seasia Group of Companies™ Gifted Luxury Cars Recognizing the Efforts & Innovation of Their Leaders

Mr. RP Singh, CEO of Seasia Group of Companies™ decided to appreciate the efforts and gifted luxury cars to five leaders of the organization. The thought leaders have not only impressed the organization with their dedication and efforts throughout the COVID-19 phase, but they also remained proactive to stabilize every business operation. [PR.com]

Multinational Company Switches to TEB Business Automation

TEBillion welcomes a leading international business with worldwide operations as part of its growing customers. The multinational company that over the years had been using Zoho has decided to switch to TEB business automation solutions. The multinational company had been using the existing systems for its overall business operations across its different locations and had issues with its ease of use thus becoming the [PR.com]

LED Expo Thailand + SMARTECH ASEAN 2021 – The Platform for Energy Efficiency & Digitalization

Join 200+ international exhibiting companies/brands @ LED Expo Thailand + SMARTECH ASEAN’ 21. Focusing Sustainability, Digitalization, & IoT industry. [PR.com]

Capital Communications Opening in Geneva for Impact Branding

Capital Communications, a leading international specialist PR agency, is opening its new presence in Geneva. [PR.com]

AIVION Announces a new HDMI to SDI Converter with a Board-to-Board Connector

Interactable small form factor HDMI to SDI converter; The NA1012B-ET has an extended temperature range of -40C to +85C; HDMI board2board connector with supported video formats up to 1920x1080p 60Hz. [PR.com]

Returning to Lubumbashi: DRC Mining Week is "Embracing the Recovery"

The organisers of the annual DRC Mining Week expo and conference this week confirmed that the next live, in-person edition of this flagship industry event in Africa’s most exciting mining destination, will return to Lubumbashi from 5-6 October this year. [PR.com]

"PICUP Polska" Launches Europe’s First-Ever Plantable Paper Cups

More than billions of paper cups end up in the landfills each year harming the environment. Not anymore, as PICUP a Polish Startup builds the world's first plantable paper cups that can grow into a tree on disposal. [PR.com]

BoutiqueHotels.me, a Daryon Hotels Project

Daryon Hotels International's latest project is BoutiqueHotels.me, the slogan is simply "Because it is my Boutique Hotel." Daryon Hotels International's newest project will use current GDS systems to list numerous boutique hotels for free on their site BoutiqueHotels.me. The long-term objective of this project is to promote and enhance the services of select boutique hotels. The era of cook-cutter hotels is [PR.com]