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Giappone
Paying to modernize U.S. nuclear arsenal to be left to next president
In this flat, windy expanse just south of the Canadian border, U.S. Air Force pilots fly the same bombers their grandfathers flew, using mid-20th century cables and pulleys. Each spring, the airmen and airwomen must clear melting snow from the steel and concrete doors of the silos that house 150 ...
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Cina USA Giappone
U.S. slaps China firm with sanctions ‘for supporting North Korea’s weapons proliferation’
The United States moved to tighten the economic noose around North Korea Monday, charging and sanctioning a firm owned by a prominent Chinese businesswoman for extensive trade ties with the regime. In a move designed to choke off North Korea’s external economic lifeline, the U.S. government targeted 44-year-old Ma Xiaohong ...
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Brasile
Gastos em viagens internacionais voltam a crescer em agosto, diz Banco Central
Em agosto, as despesas chegaram a US$ 1,292 bilhão, com crescimento de 2,3% em relação ao mesmo período de 2015 Arquivo/Agência Brasil Os gastos de brasileiros no exterior voltaram a crescer em agosto e seguem em tendência de expansão, neste mês, informou hoje (26), o Banco Central (BC). Em agosto, ...
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Senegal
Atelier sur la stratégie régionale pour la promotion du pastoralisme, mercredi
Dakar, 26 sept (APS) – Le Projet d'appui au pastoralisme au Sahel (Sénégal) organise, mercredi à Dakar, un atelier de partage et de validation du premier rapport sur ''La stratégie régionale pour la promotion du pastoralisme au Sahel et en Afrique de l'Ouest'', annonce un communiqué transmis à l'APS. Dakar, ...
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Senegal
L'après-Joola : l'impératif d'une alliance pour promouvoir la citoyenneté
Dakar, 26 sept (APS) – Le temps est plus que jamais venu de former une alliance avec d'autres acteurs de la société civile dans le but de faire la promotion de la citoyenneté, a soutenu, lundi à Dakar, un membre du comité d'initiatives de soutien aux victimes du Joola, Alfred ...
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Senegal
Astou Ndour offre du matériel au Jaraaf de Dakar
Dakar, 26 sept (APS) - L'internationale espagnole Astou Ndour, vice-championne olympique avec sa sélection lors des derniers Jeux olympiques de Rio (5-21 août), a offert lundi un lot de matériel didactique à son ancienne formation, le Jaraaf de Dakar, où elle a fait ses premiers pas, a appris l'APS. Dakar, ...
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Nigeria
International funders coming with single digit interest loans
An organised private sector group, Eko Business Dinner,is bringing international funders ready to offer Nigerians loans on single interest digit. Its Head of Operations,Mr. Chime Nwagbara, said reducing bank lending rates to single-digit levels will benefit most businesses. He said with the recession, businesses which are the lifeblood of the economy need ...
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Nigeria
Ambode: Lagos committed to rule of law, justice
•New legal year begins with religious services Lagos State Governor Akinwunmi Ambode yesterday restated his administration’s commitment to the rule of law. Describing the judiciary as the citizens’ last hope, he vowed to carry out judicial reforms. He spoke at the Cathedral Church of Christ during a special service to ...
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Nigeria
Economic meltdown: Asset sales to the rescue
In this contribution to the debate on the economy, entitled: “Letter to my countrymen: Averting an economic meltdown via the right type of asset sales”, Mr. Atedo Peterside suggests that the country needs a mix of well-thought out policies to revitalise the troubled economy. The economist and investment banker cautions ...
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Nigeria
FG plans to sell 5% of its NLNG shares …insists on repurchase option
Eniola Akinkuotu, Abuja The Federal Government is planning to sell at least five per cent of its shares in the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company, The PUNCH has learnt. Impeccable sources in the Presidency told our correspondent that the move had become necessary as part of efforts to revive the ...