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Sellal receives Tobias Ellwood
ALGIERS- Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal has received, Thursday in Algiers, UK Minister for the Middle East and Africa Tobias Ellwood, said the Prime Minister Office in a communiqué. Ellwood was accompanied by the British Prime Minister's special envoy for economic partnership with Algeria, Lord Risby. During the audience, the ...
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Merkel risponde da Berlino a May: niente accesso a mercato comune senza libera circolazione persone in GB
(Teleborsa) - Brexit: toni aspri a distanza tra Cancelliere tedesco e Premier britannico. Theresa May a Londra aveva appena annunciato al Congresso dei Conservatori l'intenzione di limitare l'accesso...
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Airfare war brings business class travel at economy prices
The continuing perfect storm producing cheap air travel for Kiwis has stepped up a gear, with record fares released for business class airfares to London.
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Insurer Sompo to buy Endurance for $6.3 billion
Sompo Holdings Inc. agreed to buy Bermuda-based insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. for about $6.3 billion (¥637.5 billion), in the company’s biggest acquisition as it expands further outside Japan. The Japanese insurer will pay $93 a share in cash, or 43 percent more than Monday’s closing price of $64.96. The ...
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Amnesty demands rich countries do more to help refugees
Source: Amnesty International Country: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldWealthy countries have shown a complete absence of leadership and responsibility, leaving just 10 countries, which account for less than 2.5% of world GDP, to take in 56% of the ...
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Saving unwanted children of uncut or twin - bearing mothers
Among the Samburu and Rendille communities in northern Kenya, twins are considered a bad omen that deserve to be killed, children born of uncircumcised women are fed with a mixture of snuff, tobacco and cow dung and left to die in the wild, whereas those born out of wedlock are ...
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Equity CEO tells Kenyan diaspora to wake up - VIDEO
Equity Bank’s CEO has warned Kenyans living in the UK to act quickly if they want to take advantage of Kenya’s growing economy.
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As pound sinks, Japanese food businesses in London wring hands over British exit
The impact of Britain’s vote to leave the European Union has been felt by businesses at home and abroad, and London-based sellers of Japanese food are among those reeling from the resulting shift in exchange rates. The pound fell nearly 15 percent against the yen after the national referendum in ...
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London mayor said to launch inquiry into foreign property owners
Move comes as Middle East investors spend $4.7bn in London real estate in 18-month period from 2015 to end-June this year
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UK pledges support to end oil theft in Niger Delta
The UK Minister for Africa and Middle East, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Tobias Ellwood, has pledged to support Nigeria end oil vandalism and environmental pollution in the Niger Delta. Mr. Ellwood, who toured the creeks in Rivers, told journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday that it had become imperative to ...
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UK Govt Reiterates Commitment To Rescuing Chibok Girls
The United Kingdom Government has reiterated it’s commitment to continue to work with Nigeria in order to ensure that the 218 abducted Chibok girls are free as soon as possible. The UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (Minister for the Middle East and Africa), ...
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WFP reaches town in northern Iraq after two-year siege
Source: World Food Programme Country: Iraq, United States of AmericaThe people of Shirqat have been living under very harsh conditions, struggling to access water, food and healthcare. WFP distributed supplies to an initial 1,000 people.BAGHDAD – For the first time in more than two years, the United Nations World Food Programme ...
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London's ranking as top finance centre under threat as Brexit looms
Dubai ranked as top MidEast financial centre by Z/Yen 20th global financial centres index
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Britain effectively deports 2 N. Korean insurance firm officials
Britain has effectively deported two London-based officials of North Korea's state insurance firm by refusing to renew t
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Turkey, UK satellite companies sign partnership deal
U.K.-based satellite communications company Inmarsat and Turkey’s satellite operator TurkSat have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate in the satellite service, maritime communication, defense and aerospace sectors.
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UK’s Johnson voices hopes for ‘jumbo’ free trade deal with Turkey, praising Turkish-made products
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said he hoped for a “jumbo” new free trade deal with Turkey after the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, praising the quality of Turkey-made products - including his washing machine at home.
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Poll: UK CEOs considering moving after Brexit
LONDON - The UK’s vote to leave the European Union has left more than three-quarters of chief executive officers saying they would consider moving their headquarters or operations outside Britain, according to a survey of 100 business leaders by the accountancy firm KPMG.
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Children make up almost half of casualties in Eastern Aleppo, say medics
Source: Save the Children Country: Syrian Arab RepublicDoctors are working round the clock to try to save them, but children are dying on the floors of hospitals due to critical shortages of basic medicines and equipment, including ventilators, anaesthetics and antibiotics.Sunday, 25 September 2016 - 4:27pm AUDIO : Click here for full ...
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Nigeria: NPA, UK Govt Partner On Trade Facilitation, Investment
[This Day] In a bid to find other sources of revenue for the federal government following the decline in crude oil prices that plunged the Nigerian economy into a recession, the management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) plans to collaborate with the United Kingdom government in the area of ...
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QMUL welcomes record number of Chevening scholars
Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is welcoming a record number of Chevening scholars in the academic year 2016-17. Eighty-seven scholars are joining QMUL from over fifty different countries, studying courses as diverse as Regenerative Medicine, Public Policy, Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, Banking and Finance, and Sustainable Energy Systems. ...
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What Yemenis need to rebuild their lives in a country torn apart by conflict
Source: Oxfam Country: YemenThis new Oxfam report sets out what Yemenis are facing and what governments, armed parties and agencies must do to help get Yemenis back on their feet and reduce the chance of a long-lasting crisis. War pushes millions in Yemen to brink of catastrophe Published: 21 September 2016 Eighteen months of ...