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Vai alla Scheda Paese »You’ll never find rainbows if you’re looking down.
— Charlie Chaplin
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UK to negotiate better trade deals with Kenya after Brexit
Britain set to negotiate better and lucrative agricultural produce deals with Kenya.
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Mau Mau veterans from Makueni sue UK govt for colonial era atrocities
They say the UK law firm has mandate of deciding how much compensation they should seek.
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Japan high on post-Brexit Britain’s FTA priority list: new envoy
The close relationship between London and Tokyo will put Japan high on Britain’s list for negotiating new bilateral trade deals after it leaves the European Union, Britain’s new ambassador to Japan said Monday. In an interview Paul Madden said a post-Brexit Britain will seek to forge new trade agreements “where ...
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Euthanasia debate stems from our failure to deal with end-of-life care, says bioethics expert
The introduction of euthanasia would show a failure of humanity to deal with dying people, says bioethics expert Pierre Mallia. He spoke to Simonne Pace about a research project with a profoundly important aim: to make the end of life comfortable and pain free for everyone. A drive to amend the ...
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Hitachi says Brexit may hurt its rail plant in England after exports become needed in 2019
Hitachi Ltd. said Britain’s vote to quit the European Union may become more of a concern when the conglomerate’s train factory in northern England becomes more reliant on exports after 2019. For the next few years the plant in Newton Aycliffe will be busy making the vehicles it was set ...
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Chilean millionaire insists he stands no chance of fair trial in his home country
A Chilean millionaire fighting extradition today insisted he had no chance of a fair trial in his home country. Alberto Chang Rajii told a court that he had been "demonised" by the press in Chile and that authorities in his home country were keeping his mother under arrest to use as ...
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Brexit: Lloyd's rules out Malta base for subsidiary outside London
The chief executive of Lloyd’s of London has confirmed that the insurer will be setting up a subsidiary outside of London as a result of Brexit, and has said that the location will ‘hopefully’ be announced by the end of March.Malta has been ruled out of the running, contrary to ...
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Alibaba Olympics sponsorship deal said to be worth $800m
LONDON - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s deal to sponsor the Olympic Games through 2028 is said to be worth US$800 million, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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My first visit overseas was embarrassing –Mike Ezuruonye
Nollywood actor, Mike Ezuruonye’s most embarrassing encounter occurred the moment he stepped into a foreign country for the first time in his life. Although it sounds unbelievable, but the actor, in an interview with our correspondent, said that it happened during his visit to England sometime ago. He said, “At ...
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Despite decision to leave EU, Britain is open for business - UK prime minister
Theresa May has told world leaders and corporate chiefs that Britain remains "open for business" despite its decision to leave the European Union. In a speech to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Prime Minister insisted that Brexit did not mean the UK turning its back on the world ...
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Updated: Theresa May seeks to convince business UK won't close doors
British Prime Minister Theresa May sought to convince business leaders Thursday that the country remains committed to free trade and globalization despite last year's vote to leave the European Union.Just two days after indicating that Britain would be leaving the European single market as well as the EU, May told ...
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Editorial - US politics: From ‘hope’ and ‘yes we can’ to ‘fake news’ and ‘post-truth politics’
The scepticism among Europeans and many of their leaders toward the incoming new President of the United States of America is undeniable, and it has grown even more tangible this week in the lead-up to tomorrow’s inauguration of Donald J. Trump at the 45th US President.What a difference from eight ...
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Anxious European leaders seek an early audience with Trump
European leaders, anxious over Donald Trump's unpredictability and kind words for the Kremlin, are scrambling to get face time with the new American president before he can meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose provocations have set the continent on edge.One leader has raised with Trump the prospect of a ...
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Brexit: Boris Johnson Warns Against ‘Punishment Beatings’
Boris Johnson has warned EU leaders not to give the UK “punishment beatings” for Brexit “in the manner of some World War Two movie”. The foreign secretary said penalising “escape” was “not in the interests of our friends and our partners”. PM Theresa May set out her Brexit strategy, including ...
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Political shifts and rising tensions to build, mend and strain global ties
A number of scenarios could play out in the months to come between the world’s economic leaders. Trump’s inauguration on Friday coupled with Theresa May’s tone of a Hard Brexit when article 50 is triggered are the current focal points as to how trade deals and political relationships will be ...
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Mario de Marco says absence from public sphere a result of ‘health issues’, Keith Schembri comments
Nationalist Party deputy leader Mario de Marco has taken to Facebook to explain his absence from the media and public events, saying that his health issues have kept him away.Dr de Marco wrote as follows:"My attention has been drawn to certain comments and posts online lamenting that I have of ...
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‘If we do not take bold moves now, bolder decisions will have to be taken later’, PM tells EP
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat believes that if the EU does not take bold decisions on how to mitigate the migration crisis today, it will be forced to make even bolder, or radical, decisions in the future.Dr Muscat said this during his address at the European Parliament (EP) on Malta’s upcoming ...
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UK, EU take contrasting messages from May's Brexit speech
British Prime Minister Theresa May's promise of a clean but friendly exit from the European Union drew strikingly different responses Wednesday: optimism in Britain, skepticism on the other side of the English Channel.Buoyant British officials hailed May's aim of "a bold and ambitious free trade agreement with the EU" alongside ...
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La Brexit adesso comincia davvero
La situazione ora è più chiara, perché Theresa May ha preso atto, con il suo discorso del 17 gennaio, del rifiuto degli altri 27 stati dell’Unione europea di permettere al Regno Unito di restare all’interno del mercato unico se Londra intende opporsi alla libertà di circolazione dei cittadini europei. Leggi
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I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi
Corriere della Sera: “Mattarella alla Ue: rigore sui conti? Anche sui migranti” La Repubblica: “Brexit, Londra alza il suo muro, ‘via da Ue e mercato comune’” La Stampa: “May: subito fuori da questa europa” Il Sole 24 Ore: “La Gran Bretagna fuori dal mercato unico europeo” ...
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Theresa May dichiara che il Regno Unito lascerà il mercato unico europeo.
Theresa May dichiara che il Regno Unito lascerà il mercato unico europeo. La premier ha annunciato che l’uscita di Londra dall’Unione europea sarà netta: i negoziati dureranno due anni, Londra lascerà il mercato unico europeo, riprenderà il controllo delle politiche europee e si sottrarrà alla giurisdizione della Corte di giustizia ...