Wednesday , January 14th , 2026  

MBAK Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC:MBAK) Nominates Dr. Konda Shiva to the Board of Directors

SEOUL, South Korea and SHENZHEN, China and WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MBAK Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTC:MBAK) has nominated Dr. Konda Shiva to the MBAK board of directors. Holder of 8 patents and author of a dozen peer–reviewed publications, Dr. Shiva’s extensive background in electrical energy storage and distribution innovation dates back to his post–doctoral...

New report from Meltwater and We. Communications reveals 90% of PR teams are integrating generative AI into their workflows

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Meltwater, a global leader in media, social, and consumer intelligence, in partnership with We. Communications, released its first annual State of PR Report, based on insights from more than 1,100 PR and communications professionals worldwide. The report highlights how PR teams are navigating rising expectations, evolving measurement demands,...

Tracking the Invisible: Monitoring Air Pollution from Space

A mother and a son with mask were riding on a motorcycle in a street of Bangkok. The capital of Thailand experienced high level of PM2.5 particle pollution. Credit: Pexels/Maksim Romashkin By Keran Wang, Sheryl Rose Reyes and Taisei UkitaBANGKOK, Thailand, Jan 14 2026 – Take a deep breath. Did you know that in many countries in Asia and the Pacific, the air we breathe falls short of the safety...

Bitget’s 2025 Review: UEX Leads the Convergence of Crypto and Traditional Markets

VICTORIA, Seychelles, Jan. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitget, the world’s largest Universal Exchange (UEX), has published its year–in–review covering its Universal Exchange (UEX) model expansion across crypto, onchain markets, and tokenized traditional assets under a single, unified trading experience in 2025. According to CoinGlass’ 2025 Crypto Derivatives Market...

منتجع بورغنستوك بحيرة لوسيرن يبرز التميز والريادة السويسرية في معرض قطر الدولي للسياحة والسفر 2025

الدوحة، قطر, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — اختتم منتجع بورغنستوك بحيرة لوسيرن مشاركته الناجحة...

Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne Showcases Swiss Excellence and Leadership at Qatar International Exhibition for Travel & Tourism (QTM) 2025

DOHA, Qatar, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne concluded a successful participation in the 2025 edition of Qatar International Exhibition for Travel & Tourism that took place from November 24th to 26th, reinforcing its position as one of Switzerland’s most desired luxury destinations for GCC travellers seeking privacy, nature, and multifaceted travel...

Roots of Evil: Ethnic cleansing in Europe and the U.S.

Refugees by Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) By Jan LundiusSTOCKHOLM, Sweden, Jan 13 2026 – At the moment, ICE’s advancement in the U.S. is apparently dividing the nation’s population into desired and undesirable elements. The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was born after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers and intended to be a response to terrorism. However, with Donald...

Richest 1% have Blown Through their Fair Share of Carbon Emissions for 2026 –in just 10 Days

Credit: Oxfam By OxfamLONDON, Jan 13 2026 – The richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam. The richest 0.1% already used up their carbon limit on the 3rd January. This day – named by Oxfam as ‘Pollutocrat Day’ – highlights...

Is the US Moving Towards the UN’s Exit Door?

Credit: United Nations By Thalif DeenUNITED NATIONS, Jan 13 2026 – Judging by the mass US withdrawal from 66 UN entities, including UN conventions and international treaties, is it remotely possible that the unpredictable Trump administration may one day decide to pull out of the UN, and force the Secretariat out of New York– despite the 1947 UN-US headquarters agreement? Besides the...

Books: A Peep Into Claude McKay’s “Letters in Exile”

By SWANJan 13 2026 – Nomadic Jamaican-American writer Claude McKay probably never dreamed that 21st-century readers would be delving into his private correspondence some 77 years after his death. But that’s probably part of the professional hazard (luck?) of being a literary luminary, or, as Yale University Press describes him, “one of the Harlem Renaissance’s brightest and most radical...