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Visitor Spending Increased Despite Fewer Visitor Arrivals in June 2025
Gov't Institution
State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
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July 31, 2025
Posted on Jul 31, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: July 31, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), there were 857,102 total visitors to the Hawaiian Islands...
Owner: American Government
Scorpio Tankers Inc. Announces Financial Results for the Second Quarter of 2025 and the Declaration of a Dividend
MONACO, July 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) ("Scorpio Tankers" or the "Company") today reported its results for the six months ended June 30, 2025. The Company also announced that its board of directors (the "Board...
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Announces Q1 2025 Financial Results
Declares Dividend of $0.15 per share for Q1 2025 Represents Genco’s 23ʳᵈ Consecutive Quarterly Dividend Announces a $50 Million Share Repurchase Program Building on Long-Standing Dividend Strategy NEW YORK, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genco...
President Lai meets Japan’s former Economic Security Minister Kobayashi Takayuki
TAIWAN, June 25 - Details 2025-06-16 President Lai meets delegation led by Representative Bera, co-chair of US Congressional Taiwan Caucus On the morning of June 16, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Representative Ami Bera,...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai meets delegation led by Representative Bera, co-chair of US Congressional Taiwan Caucus
TAIWAN, June 16 - Details 2025-06-13 President Lai meets delegation led by French National Assembly Taiwan Friendship Group Chair Marie-Noëlle Battistel On the morning of June 12, President Lai Ching-te met a delegation led by Marie-Noëlle...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai presides over fourth meeting of Whole-of-Society Defense Resilience Committee
TAIWAN, June 26 - Details 2025-03-18 President Lai meets Commander-in-Chief of US Veterans of Foreign Wars Alfred Lipphardt On the morning of March 18, President Lai Ching-te met with a delegation led by Alfred Lipphardt, commander-in-chief of the...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Artyfact: Pioneering a New Gaming Economy on Epic Games Store
MAJURO, Marshall Islands, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a landmark move for the gaming and blockchain industries, Artyfact, an AI-powered GameFi platform, is gearing up for its launch on the Epic Games Store on January 24, 2025. This isn't...
BloFin Among the First Four Exchanges Worldwide to Support Full Unified Trading Account (UTA)
MAJURO, Marshall Islands, April 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BloFin announces its achievement as one of the first four global exchanges—alongside OKX, Bybit, and Gate.io—to offer full Unified Trading Account (UTA) functionality to all users. This...
President Lai meets delegation led by French National Assembly Taiwan Friendship Group Chair Marie-Noëlle Battistel
TAIWAN, June 13 - Details 2025-06-05 President Lai hosts state banquet for President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala At noon on June 5, President Lai Ching-te hosted a state banquet at the Presidential Office for President Bernardo...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
President Lai hosts state banquet for President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala
TAIWAN, June 5 - Details 2025-06-05 President Lai welcomes President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala with military honors On the morning of June 5, President Lai Ching-te welcomed with full military honors President Bernardo Arévalo of...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Visitor Arrivals and Expenditures Increased in May 2025
Gov't Institution
State of Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
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June 30, 2025
Posted on Jun 30, 2025 in News For Immediate Release: June 30, 2025 HONOLULU—According to preliminary statistics from the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), total visitor arrivals and total visitor spending in May...
Owner: American Government
President Lai welcomes President Bernardo Arévalo of Republic of Guatemala with military honors
TAIWAN, June 5 - Details 2025-06-03 President Lai confers decoration on President Hilda C. Heine of Republic of the Marshall Islands, hosts state banquet At noon on June 3, President Lai Ching-te, accompanied by Vice President Bi-khim Hsiao,...
Owner: Taiwanese Government
Explosion Hits Oil Tanker Off Libya
(MENAFN) A vessel transporting approximately one million barrels of crude oil has experienced an explosion off Libya’s shoreline. Although the detonation caused serious damage, there have been no reports of injuries or environmental contamination....
Owner: Sawsan Dababneh & Ramzi AbdelJaber
Astro Armadillos Universe Launches $ASTROS Token to Power Its Web3 Ecosystem and Educational Revolution
Majuro, Marshall Islands, Dec. 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astro Armadillos Universe (AstroArmadillos.io), a groundbreaking initiative by Agile Dynamics, is proud to announce the launch of its native token, $ASTROS, on December 11, 2024. 100...
ICRC–IFRC Joint Statement on Universalization of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention
Madam President, Nearly three decades ago, the international community took a historic step. Faced with the devastating humanitarian consequences of anti-personnel mines, lasting long after conflicts had ended, it chose to act. The adoption of the...
Owner: The International Committee of the Red Cross (Non-profit)
Star Bulk Announces Share Buyback of 1,985,169 Shares at an Average Price of $16.21 Per Share for a Total of $32.22 Million
ATHENS, Greece, June 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (the "Company" or "Star Bulk") (Nasdaq: SBLK), today announced that the Company has bought back 1,985,169 of its shares since March 31st, 2025 for a total of $32.22 million...
BloFin Officially Launches the Heart & Hope Network: A New Era of Worldwide Charitable Impact
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, Oct. 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BloFin is proud to announce the official launch of the BloFin Heart & Hope Network (BloFin H&H Network), a groundbreaking charitable initiative to create a tangible and...
Genco Shipping & Trading Limited Announces Q4 2024 Financial Results
Declares Dividend of $0.30 per share for Q4 2024 Represents Genco’s 22nd Consecutive Quarterly Dividend NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S....
President of Ghana Joins Board of Global Center on Adaptation
Rotterdam/Nairobi, June 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today announced that His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana, has joined its Board. He joins a distinguished group of global...
BloFin Harnesses Fireblocks to Provide Industry-Leading Security for Cold Wallets
MAJURO, REPUBLIC OF THE MARSHALL ISLANDS, Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BloFin, a cutting-edge and secure cryptocurrency centralized exchange (CEX), is proud to announce its partnership with Fireblocks, a leader in digital asset security, to...