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Work Medical Technology Group, Inc.HANGZHOU, China, Aug. 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WORK Medical Technology Group LTD (the “Company”), a Chinese medical device supplier, today announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 2,000,000 common shares (the “Offering”) at a public offering price of US$4.00 per common share. The common shares have been approved for listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market and are expected to begin trading on August 23, 2024 under the ticker symbol “WOK.”The company expects to receive aggregate proceeds from the offering, before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses, of $8.0 million. In addition, the…

On August 6, Ukraine took the world by surprise with its bold and daring invasion of Russia's Kursk region. This surprise attack by a small country against a nuclear-armed state shattered Russian President Vladimir Putin's carefully crafted narrative of greatness and invincibility. While Western observers focused primarily on the tactical advance of the Ukrainian military, the attack also revealed deeper strategic vulnerabilities in Russia's so-called great power status. Notably, even Russia's closest allies within the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) — Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan — have not supported it militarily or politically, leaving Moscow isolated in the…

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FRIDAY, Aug. 23, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A federal court has ruled that people with HIV can no longer be turned away from joining the U.S. military.A ruling this week by U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkma said the Defense Department's ban on HIV-positive people from serving in the military “reinforces the continuing stigma surrounding people with HIV and actively hinders the military's own recruiting goals.””Modern science has revolutionized the treatment of HIV,” Judge Brinkema wrote in his ruling. “HIV-positive service members who remain on treatment and have undetectable viral loads and are asymptomatic are able to perform their full military…

Get your free copy of Editor's DigestFT editor Roula Khalaf picks her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.When the Dutch navy sailed up the Thames estuary and launched a surprise attack on the British fleet in 1667, First Lord of the Admiralty and diarist Samuel Pepys panicked, saying, “The whole kingdom is fallen.” He sent his wife and father from London to bury the gold coins he had kept as part of his fortune in the garden.Today's Chinese and Indian jewelry and bullion buyers aren't the first to trust gold as a means of financial protection. Gold doesn't pay dividends…

It was at a conference on hunger in September 2022 where President Joe Biden scanned the crowd and called out, “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” No response. “I think she was… she was going to be here.”Jackie Walorski, one of the conference organizers, had died in a car crash the previous month. After her death the White House sent condolences in Biden’s name, saying how he “appreciated her partnership” in setting up the conference.Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary, explained Biden’s asking for Jackie by saying that she was “top of mind” for the president at the conference. She…

In recent years, as the College Football Playoff has expanded the CFB schedule, it has become increasingly common to schedule games a week earlier than normal to allow for flexibility later in the season. In 2024, the college football schedule for Week 0 will consist of four games, including two FBS vs. FBS matches. The matchup kicks off at noon ET on Saturday, with the No. 10 ranked Florida State Seminoles taking on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets in the 2024 Aer Lingus College Football Classic in Dublin.The Seminoles were left out of the CFP despite being undefeated ACC champions…

Shares in Nestle, the world's largest food maker, plummeted early on Friday following the sudden departure of Chief Executive Mark Schneider after a string of poor performance.The sudden departure was announced late Thursday night after a board meeting that brought an end to the 58-year-old's nearly eight-year tenure. He will be replaced by Laurent Fréchet, a company veteran.”We want to gain market share, which leads to investing in our brand, which leads to investing in our growth platform,” Fresi told analysts on Friday.”The focus will be on driving the current portfolio. Organic growth is paramount. There may of course be…

One of the constant themes in dystopian films and novels is the ever-present concept of the “surveillance state” – a terrifying world in which the authorities monitor our every move through camera systems installed on every street corner. How can we live freely if the state is always monitoring our conversations and ready to arrest us for thoughtcrimes or careless acts? In George Orwell's 1984, Big Brother is always watching. “If you want to keep a secret, you must hide it from yourself,” the novel explains. It's been 75 years since the book was published, and only 22 since the…

Cover Crop Technology…The prototype of the inter-seeding machine can be used for side-dressing of fertilizerIssued on August 23, 2024Michael Crane, Teagan Maloney and Tyler Phelps stand in front of the interseeding technology they helped develop. A fourth group member, Spencer von Flue, is not pictured. (Tyler Phelps, Oregon State University)CORVALLIS, Ore. — Nick Andrews, organic vegetable specialist with the Oregon State University Extension Service, is one of the university's experts on cover crops and a founding director of the Western Cover Crops Council.Cover crops are not grown for food or sale, but to improve the farm environment: “Cover crops protect…