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Brasile
OAB emite primeira carteira com nome social de pessoa transexual
A secional paulista da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB/SP) pôs em prática um importante passo rumo ao reconhecimento dos direitos de travestis e transexuais (entenda a diferença). Pela primeira vez no país, uma advogada trans foi autorizada a utilizar o nome social no registro da entidade.Márcia Rocha, 51 anos, ...
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Brasile
Banco Mundial prevê crescimento abaixo da média mundial para o Brasil em 2017
Órgão vê avanço de 0,5% para o PIB este ano, mas perspectivas melhoram a partir de 2018
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Brasile
Acordo Planalto-STF pressiona Congresso a rezar cartilha fiscal
Acerto para a renegociação da dívida do Rio de Janeiro, com o retorno de contrapartidas para o socorro federal, coloca pressão na Câmara para se adequ...
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Nigeria
Adeboye: Buhari sacked FRC boss over 2019 ambition – Fayose
Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has described the sacking of the Executive Secretary of the Financial Regulatory Council (FRC) of Nigeria, Mr. Jim Obazee, as a cover-up by the government over the outcry on the implementation of the controversial law. In a release issued in Ado Ekiti on Tuesday and ...
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Nigeria
Ouattara names ex-PM as vice-president
Ivory Coast’s President, Alassane Ouattara, named former prime minister, Daniel Kablan Duncan, as vice-president, a new post created under a constitution approved by referendum late last year. Duncan, 73, an economist, has served in posts at the West African central bank and as finance minister and is among Ouattara’s closest ...
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USA
Il fumo costa all’economia globale più di mille miliardi di dollari all’anno
Il fumo costa all’economia globale più di mille miliardi di dollari all’anno. Lo sostiene uno studio pubblicato il 10 gennaio dall’Organizzazione mondiale della sanità e dall’Istituto nazionale dei tumori statunitense. I costi sono dovuti all’aumento della spesa sanitaria e alla perdita di produttività causati dalle malattie. Gli esperti sostengono inoltre ...
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Etiopia
Ethiopia: Promoting Agricultural Investment for Stimulating Growth
[Ethiopian Herald] Fort over two decades now the government has showed a commitment towards enhancing agricultural productivity through attracting investment on agriculture both from local and foreign stakeholders. Legal frameworks are crafted and institutions are established for the provision of land for investors and licensing.
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Cina
Africa: China, Zambia to Step Up Cooperation in Industrialization, Capacity Building
[Focac] Lusaka -Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Sunday that China will continue strengthening industrial cooperation with Zambia and helping the country improve the capacity of independent development.
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Cina
Zambia: Chinese Foreign Minister's Visit Hailed
[Focac] Lusaka -China's decision to make Zambia among the five African countries being visited by its foreign minister this year speaks volumes about how much China values the friendship with the Southern African country, analysts said on Monday.
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Cina
Africa: 'Three New Changes' Lead China-Africa Win-Win Cooperation
[Focac] Lusaka -The cooperation between China and African countries has been gradually transformed and upgraded, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday.