Day: June 20, 2022

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TOP RANKED ROSEN LAW FIRM Encourages Energy Transfer LP Investors with Losses to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action – ET

NEW YORK, June 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) between April 13, 2017 and December 20, 2021, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important August 2, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.

SO WHAT: If you purchased Energy Transfer securities during the Class Period you may be entitled to compensation without payment of any out of pocket fees or costs through a contingency fee arrangement.

WHAT TO DO NEXT: To join the Energy Transfer class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6844 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action. A class action lawsuit has already been filed. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than August 2, 2022. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation.

WHY ROSEN LAW: We encourage investors to select qualified counsel with a track record of success in leadership roles. Often, firms issuing notices do not have comparable experience, resources or any meaningful peer recognition. Many of these firms do not actually handle securities class actions, but are merely middlemen that refer clients or partner with law firms that actually litigate the cases. Be wise in selecting counsel. The Rosen Law Firm represents investors throughout the globe, concentrating its practice in securities class actions and shareholder derivative litigation. Rosen Law Firm has achieved the largest ever securities class action settlement against a Chinese Company. Rosen Law Firm was Ranked No. 1 by ISS Securities Class Action Services for number of securities class action settlements in 2017. The firm has been ranked in the top 4 each year since 2013 and has recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for investors. In 2019 alone the firm secured over $438 million for investors. In 2020, founding partner Laurence Rosen was named by law360 as a Titan of Plaintiffs’ Bar. Many of the firm’s attorneys have been recognized by Lawdragon and Super Lawyers.

DETAILS OF THE CASE: According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or concealed and/or failed to disclose that: (1) Energy Transfer had inadequate internal controls and procedures to prevent contractors from engaging in illegal conduct with regards to drilling activities, and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to such controls and procedures; (2) Energy Transfer through its subsidiary hired third-party contractors to conduct horizontal directional drilling activities (“HDDs”) for the Rover Pipeline Project, whose conduct of adding illegal additives in the drilling mud caused severe pollution near the Tuscarawas River in Ohio when the April 13, 2017 release of drilling mud near the Tuscarawas River (the “April 13 Release”) took place; and (3) Energy Transfer continually downplayed its potential civil liabilities when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) was actively investigating Energy Transfer’s wrongdoing related to the April 13 Release and consistently provided it with updated information about FERC’s findings on this matter. When the true details entered the market, the lawsuit claims that investors suffered damages.

To join the Energy Transfer class action, go to https://rosenlegal.com/submit-form/?case_id=6844 or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email pkim@rosenlegal.com or cases@rosenlegal.com for information on the class action.

No Class Has Been Certified. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. You may select counsel of your choice. You may also remain an absent class member and do nothing at this point. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff.

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Hikvision Ecosystem Alliance Event 2022 returns to Dubai

DUBAI, UAE, June 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Hikvision will be hosting its Ecosystem Alliance Event 2022 on June 22-23, bringing together industry leaders from public sectors, leading technology partners, and system integrators. The theme this year is “Re-Connect & Co-Create,” and the event aims to identify new technology opportunities and encourage collaborative technology development.

The first Hikvision Ecosystem Alliance Event (EAE) event was held in 2019. The event was a success, and Hikvision welcomed over 300 CXO-level decision makers. At that time, many advancements and developments in science and technology were emerging one after another, and initiated the need for such an event. Hikvision took advantage of the moment to encourage industry integration by creating a platform that enabled more technology partners to collaborate and innovate, to explore the future of the world, and to discover business opportunities. This year, the time has come for Hikvision to host the Alliance Event once again.

“Hikvision has been active in the MENA region for 12 years, cultivating a variety of partnerships with end-users, distributors, installers, and system integrators,” said Binson Xu, President of Hikvision MENA. “The Ecosystem Alliance Event is a great opportunity for us to bring together many technology partners and renew our connections with long-term partners and clients, in order to explore new technology opportunities. Meanwhile, it is a platform where we share our innovations for intelligent solutions in different verticals, and our future plans in the region’s market development in various industries. Partners will also be able to discover for the first time our strategies and focus for 2022.”

At the event, there will be interactive areas for guests to immerse themselves in an Artificial Intelligence experience and witness firsthand the power of AI technologies. They can experience Hikvision’s market-leading products, solutions, and services across several industries. All guests will be able to visit and explore the stands and learn more about cutting-edge technologies from many of Hikvision’s partners: Makim, Mavili, Federaltech, Practically, Al Falak Middle East, Omniclouds, Assa Abloy, Deap Vision LTD, and Scandit.  Hikvision will also present company awards to its valued partners to show its appreciation for their contributions.

Many partner companies have shared their views on the upcoming EAE event. One of the companies that has supported Hikvision since the first event is Makim, a technology partner from Turkey. The company’s International Marketing Executive, Alper Demirel, commented: “Hikvision EAE 2019 was an unforgettable and impressive event to meet with the right contacts. We believe that Hikvision EAE 2022 will provide us the same opportunities to meet with many new partners. We are proud and excited to be included at the event.”

Another Technology partner from Turkey is Mavili, also a valued partner of Hikvision since the first EAE event. Mustafa Boz, Export Sales Engineer, stated: “EAE in 2019 was a very successful event. We had the opportunity to meet several potential new business partners and customers. Hikvision showcased some of their key technologies back then, so we decided to showcase our technology this year as well. We are looking forward to the EAE, and we are certain that it will have even more interesting panels, more insightful speakers, more breathtaking technologies from sponsors, and more potential for our business and for our partners”.

OmniClouds, a cloud solution provider and a partner from the UAE, is also attending the event. Amr A. Eid, the Group CEO and Board Member, had this to say: “OmniClouds believes that prioritizing technologies & expertise can help to create an agile ecosystem for the marketplace. With the Hikvision platform and its products, OmniClouds is at the forefront of value creation in terms of ease of operation, seamless manageability, and X-as-a-service modeling, which have the potential to boost the safety of communities, workplaces, institutions, etc.”

Ankabut is one of Hikvision’s key partners in the education vertical. Its CEO, Mr. Fahem Al Nuaimi, commented on the company’s partnership with Hikvision, and his prospects for the future: “As a strategic partner, Ankabut collaborates with Hikvision to develop industry-leading platforms that enable digital reinvention, which is critical to competitive positioning and success in the era of smart campuses and AI. And we know that Hikvision is one of our great partners in providing technology that will facilitate the transformation of traditional campuses into smart ones.”

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CGTN: Father’s Day: Xi Jinping’s father had told him to stay close to the people

BEIJING, June 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — June 19 marks Father’s Day in 2022 and many are retracing their memories with their fathers and the influence their old men have had on them.

The same goes for Chinese President Xi Jinping, who inherited people-oriented philosophy from his father Xi Zhongxun. Xi Zhongxun was among the first generation of central leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Xi Zhongxun believed officials and the masses are equal and so the officials must always live among the people. A leader risen from the people, the father once told his son: “No matter what your job title is, serve the people diligently, consider the interests of the people with all your heart, maintain close ties with the people, and always stay approachable to the people.”

Xi Jinping took that advice to heart. In his early years as Party Secretary of CPC Zhengding County Committee in north China’s Hebei Province, Xi Jinping visited every village in the county. Later, in Zhejiang Province, he visited 90-plus counties and cities throughout the province in just over a year.

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012 when he was elected as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Xi Jinping checked in with impoverished residents during his domestic inspection tours, asking about their living conditions.

The Party has won the people’s wholehearted support because it has always served the people with heart and soul and striven for the well-being of all ethnic groups, Xi Jinping has said on many occasions.

‘Stay loyal to the Party’

“There are many noble characters I wish to inherit from my father,” Xi Jinping, then-governor of southeast China’s Fujian Province, said in a letter of felicitation to his father’s 88th birthday in 2001. The son was unable to attend due to work commitments.

Xi Zhongxun had always taught his children to stay loyal to the Party. “[My father would] tell us how he joined the revolution, and told us to join revolution and how that works… and these have gradually influenced me,” Xi Jinping recalled.

Xi Jinping decided he would carry on the revolutionary torch from a young age, and he joined the CPC when he was 20.

After the first plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in late 2017 when Xi was elected for a second term as general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, the CPC leadership visited a replica boat in east China where the Party’s dream set sail.

“The original aspiration of the CPC members must never change,” Xi told CPC cadres.

Living a simple life

The Xis have a tradition of being strict with children and living a simple life.

Xi Zhongxun regularly told his children to be frugal. As his daughter Xi Qiaoqiao recalled, Xi Zhongxun would pick up and eat errant rice grains and bun crumbs off the table while eating and, finally, mop up the soup bowl with a bun. Also, Xi Jinping and his younger brother used to wear clothes and shoes handed down from their elder sisters.

Xi Jinping wrote in the 2001 letter, retracing that his father had led “an extremely frugal life.” He added that he had developed habits of industry and thrift since childhood under his father’s influence.

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UAE-Australia Defence Industries Forum kicks off

(WAM) — The UAE-Australia Defense Industries Forum, organised by the Ministry of Defence, kicked off today at the Armed Forces Officers Club.

Brigadier General Khalifa Ali Al Kaabi, Head of the Executive Department of Defence Technology and Industries at the Ministry of Defense, opened the two-day forum, which is held in collaboration with the national defence industries companies in the UAE and in coordination with the Tawazun Economic Council (Tawazun) and the Emirates Defence Companies Council.

The forum was attended by Heidi Venamore, Ambassador of Australia to the UAE, along with a number of Ministry officers.

Addressing the forum, Brigadier Al Kaabi said that the forum aims to build partnerships between the two countries, and identify joint projects in the defence field.

Source: Emirates News Agency-WAM

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Dubai Media Council launches ‘One Media Dubai’, a one-stop-shop for media professionals and organisations to access exclusive services

(WAM) — Under the directives and in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Chairman of the Dubai Media Council, the Council today announced the launch of ‘One Media Dubai’, a one-stop-shop for Emirati, Arab and foreign media professionals and organisations to obtain a range of exclusive services in the emirate.

Launched in partnership with various government and semi-government entities in Dubai, the unique initiative streamlines the provision of services to media companies and professionals. His Highness directed the Dubai Press Club to lead the implementation of the initiative by facilitating access to services offered by the initiative’s partners.

H.H. Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum said: “The launch of ‘One Media Dubai’ will add significant new value to the media community in Dubai and support efforts to realise the vision of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to reinforce the emirate’s status as a leading global media hub. The initiative will also further enhance the rich, supportive, growth-friendly environment that Dubai offers creatives, innovators and other professionals in the media industry. By providing a range of enabling services to media professionals, the initiative also contributes to Dubai’s vision to transform itself into the world’s best city to live and work.”

His Highness praised Dubai Press Club for its vital role in catalysing the growth of the UAE’s media industry over the last 20 years, through key initiatives including the Arab Media Forum and the Arab Journalism Award, which was renamed the Arab Media Award. DPC’s initiatives also played an instrumental part in the city being recognised as the Capital of Arab Media for 2020 and 2021 by the Arab Information Ministers Council.

The launch of the ‘One Media Dubai’ is aligned with the directives of the Chairman of the Dubai Media Council to support professionals working in local, regional and international media institutions. The initiative also complements the Dubai Press Club’s objectives to nurture the development of the media community in Dubai.

Key partners in the ‘One Media Dubai’ initiative include the Media Regulatory Office, Dubai Media City, Federal Authority of Identity and Citizenship, General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs in Dubai, Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism, Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Emirates NBD, Dubai Design District, and Etisalat.

Mona Al Marri, Vice Chairperson and Managing Director of the Dubai Media Council, said: “The one-stop-shop for media professionals and organisations is part of the Dubai Media Council’s mandate to develop the sector further and foster an environment where professionals can excel. The initiative is also one of a series of strategic projects and programmes launched by the Club to support the media sector’s development locally, regionally, and internationally,”

Dr. Maitha Buhumaid, Director of the Dubai Press Club, said: “We are delighted to implement the ‘One Media Dubai’ initiative in collaboration with the initiative’s partners to facilitate access to a range of services for Emirati, Arab and foreign media professionals. The initiative seeks to enhance ease of doing business for local, regional, and international media organisations and create a unified window for media persons to obtain vital services that support their professional development and personal wellbeing.”

Dr. Buhumaid added: “The launch of ‘One Media Dubai’ supports Dubai Press Club’s objectives to accelerate the media sector’s sustainable growth and provide an ecosystem where media professionals can thrive. The launch is also in line with Dubai’s ambition to attract global talent and become a hub for creativity and innovation.”

Services offered in the initiative’s first phase include media and commercial licensing, office leasing, visas and immigration, banking, tourism and hospitality, education consulting, residential real estate, and telecom services.

Helal Saeed Al Marri, Director General of Dubai’s Department of Economy and Tourism, said: “We are pleased to partner with the Dubai Media Council to implement this key initiative. The Department will work with the Council to ensure we can meet the needs of various media professionals including entrepreneurs and investors in the sector. As part of the initiative, we will be providing licenses for projects and certain media activities as well as consultancy in the tourism and hospitality sectors in Dubai, which offer a wide diversity of world-class services and facilities.”

Major General Obaid Muhair bin Suroor, Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Residency and Foreigners Affairs (GDRFA), said the launch of ’One Media Dubai’ complements GDRFA’s efforts to provide the highest quality of services in accordance with international best practices.

“The Government of Dubai is keen to create the best possible environment for media professionals to succeed. We are delighted to collaborate with the Dubai Media Council to provide quality services to the media community in Dubai in line with our objectives to provide smooth access to services and ensure the happiness and wellbeing of all members of the community.”

Hesham Abdulla Al Qassim, Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Emirates NBD, said: “Emirates NBD is honoured to partner with the Dubai Media Council to support the media industry’s development both locally and regionally. The Bank will be working closely with other stakeholders to provide a superior banking experience and innovative digital banking products to the community of specialists, influencers, content creators and businesses in the media sector, as part of our efforts to support innovation and digital development.

Dr. Abdullah Al Karam, Director General of the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), praised the partnership between KHDA and Dubai Media Council, which will contribute to meeting the needs and requirements of the media community in Dubai. “The partnership is aligned with KHDA’s efforts to provide educational services to Dubai’s diverse community. KHDA will be providing media professionals moving to Dubai with a list of the private schools in emirate, which will enable them to identify the best curricula for their children among the diverse schooling choices in the city. Through our contribution to this initiative, we seek to support efforts to enhance Dubai’s position as a global destination for media talent. We look forward to harnessing our resources and capabilities to ensure the success of the initiative.”

Dr. Rashid Khalfan Al Nuaimi, Executive Director of the Media Regulatory Office, said: “The Media Regulatory Office is pleased to partner with the Dubai Media Council on this initiative, which will contribute to strengthening the UAE’s media industry. The Media Regulatory Office will be working to ensure all media professionals, content creators and creatives are provided a seamless service experience.”

Abdullah Salem Al Mana, General Manager, Etisalat: “We are proud to sign an agreement with the Dubai Media Council, to be a key partner in the ‘One Media Dubai’ initiative. Through its technological and logistical capabilities, Etisalat will play a crucial role in providing the community of media professionals in Dubai with world-class telecom services.”

Dubai’s media community has grown remarkably over the years. The emirate is now home to more than 4,000 media organisations and thousands of professionals working in different media disciplines.

Source: Emirates News Agency-WAM

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Russia records 2,667 COVID cases, 54 COVID deaths Monday

(WAM) — Russia’s COVID-19 case tally rose by 2,667 over the past day to 18,400,927, the anti-coronavirus crisis center reported on Monday quoted by TASS.

As many as 626 people were hospitalised with COVID-19 in Russia over the past day, down 14.2% from a day earlier. The number of hospitalised patients decreased in 39 regions, while in 24 regions the figure increased. The situation remained unchanged in 22 regions. A day earlier, 730 people were rushed to hospitals.

Moscow’s COVID-19 cases surged by 161 over the past day versus 172 cases a day earlier, reaching 2,775,095. St. Petersburg’s COVID-19 cases increased by 206 over the past day versus 217 a day earlier, reaching 1,534,185.

The recoveries rose by 2,723 over the past day, reaching 17,825,397. A day earlier some 3,279 patients recovered. The death toll rose by 54 over the past day, reaching 380,517. A day earlier, 62 COVID-19 deaths were registered.

Source: Emirates News Agency-WAM