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USA Giappone Iran
Airbus, Boeing get U.S. nod to sell aircraft to Iran
The U.S. government granted aviation giants Airbus and Boeing permission on Wednesday to sell aircraft to Iran following last year’s nuclear accord. European airplane manufacturer Airbus announced the license from the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control early Wednesday. Chicago-based Boeing followed with its own announcement later in the ...
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USA Giappone
OECD cuts world growth outlook amid weak advanced economies
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development on Wednesday cut its global economic outlook for 2016, as growth remains subdued in the United States, Europe and Japan amid sluggish trade activity. The OECD now expects the global economy to expand 2.9 percent this year, downgraded from the 3 percent forecast ...
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Dubai said to seek $2.5bn loans to finance metro extension
Banks reportedly submit proposals to the emirate’s Department of Finance for the Route 2020 project
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USA
African leaders in New York to discuss partnership with US
NEW YORK- About forty African heads of State and ministers are participating Wednesday in New York in the second United States-Africa Business Forum, to discuss prospects for the US-African partnership. Minister of Industry and Mining Abdesselam Bouchouareb is taking part in the meeting, which aims at building new partnerships ...
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USA
Nearly US$14 bln in trade deficit in first 8 months
ALGIERS- Algeria's trade balance deficit hit US$13.997 billion in the first eight months of 2016, against US$11.06 billion during the same period in 2015, down by 26.5%, the Algerian Customs' National Centre of Data Processing and Statistics (CNIS) told APS Wednesday. Exports dropped to US$17.56 billion between early January ...
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USA
Bouchouareb to partake Friday, in New York, in meeting on investment in Algeria
NEW YORK- Minister of Industry and Mines Abdesselam Bouchouareb will partake Friday, in New York, in a meeting on investment opportunities in Algeria, organized by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCUI). The minister will speak in a lunch debate to set out the attractiveness factors of Algeria and ...
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USA
Messahel partakes in GCTF ministerial plenary meeting
ALGIERS- Minister of Maghreb Affairs, African Union and Arab League Abdelkader Messahel participated, Wednesday in New York, in the seventh Ministerial Plenary Meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF), of which Algeria is a founding member, said the Foreign Ministry in a communiqué. The minister seized this opportunity to ...
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USA
Lamamra, Zuma underscore "need" for strengthening AU's role within UN
ALGIERS-Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra and Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AU) Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma underscored Tuesday in New York "the need" for strengthening the role, action and presence of the Organization within the United Nations. "Lamamra and Zuma discussed elections in ...
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USA
Lamamra holds talks with president of 71st session of UN General Assembly
ALGIERS- Peace and Security in Africa as well as the role that might be played by the United Nations General Assembly in supporting and strengthening African countries' efforts in the field, was at the centre of the discussions, held Tuesday in New York, between Minister of State, Minister of ...
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Algeria
Women’s rights promotion in Algeria: EU hails “major advance”
BRUSSELS-The European Union (EU) hailed “the major advance” achieved by Algeria in terms of promotion of women’s rights after the adoption, in 2015, of a new law criminalizing violence against women. “The adoption of this law constitutes a major advance in terms of gender equality after several months of ...