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Giappone
Trump’s Boeing speech highlights differences with Obama on job creation
Presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt have loved to tour Boeing factories. The lessons they draw from their time on the factory floor — and the inevitable photo opportunity beside shiny new airplanes — can differ wildly. President Donald Trump on Friday touted the latest Boeing 787 Dreamliner as proof of ...
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Giappone
SpaceX poised to launch cargo from historic NASA moonshot launchpad
An unmanned SpaceX spaceship carrying food and equipment to the International Space Station was poised to blast off from a historic NASA launchpad on Saturday. The launch of the Dragon cargo ship was scheduled for 10:01 a.m. from Cape Canaveral’s launchpad 39A, which was built and used for the U.S. ...
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Giappone
Japan, EU agree to push bilateral trade deal
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Friday that he and European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom had confirmed their resolve to swiftly conclude free trade negotiations between the two economies. “We reaffirmed that it is extremely important (to reach) a broad agreement … as soon as possible in order to counter ...
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Qatar USA Bolivia
Dwight Yorke 'made to feel like a criminal' as he is denied entry to US
Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke was "made to feel like a criminal" as he was denied entry to the United States. Yorke said he was prevented from entering the USA due to an Iranian stamp on his passport having represented the 'World Stars' in a charity match against 'Iranian Stars' in Tehran ...
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USA Regno Unito
German foreign minister: UK shouldn't be treated too harshly over Brexit
The German foreign minister has said the UK's European Union partners should resist the temptation to be excessively tough on London as it negotiates its exit from the 28-nation bloc. Sigmar Gabriel told the Munich Security Conference he regrets very much Britain's decision to leave, but "we must respect it". He added: ...
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Malta
Autonomy call for Gozo gets mixed reception
Gozo’s first minister and former Speaker Anton Tabone agrees that the island should have an autonomous regional council to administer its own affairs. Dr Tabone was reacting to a call made by Gozo Minister Anton Refalo this week in Parliament for both sides of the political divide to agree on a ...
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Russia USA
Mike Pence tells security summit US will hold Russia accountable
US vice president Mike Pence has said the United States will "hold Russia accountable" even as Donald Trump searches for common ground with Vladimir Putin's administration. Mr Pence told the Munich Security Conference in Germany that the international community must also demand that Russia honours a 2015 peace agreement aimed at ...
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Malta
Three of every four people who drowned in Malta last year were foreign
Three-quarters of people who drowned in Malta last year were men, the vast majority of whom were foreign, official figures show. Data on drownings tabled in Parliament by Home Affairs Minister Carmelo Abela on Wednesday show that nine of the 12 people who tragically drowned last year were men, nine of ...
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Malta
Don’t subscribe to opt-in ignorance
This government has made strides in legislations pertaining to equality with the introduction of civil unions, the criminalisation of gay therapy and other legislations such as the decriminalisation of religion vilification. But it’s looking like all these changes have been first and foremost for the boosting of votes rather than the government’s ...
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Malta
Today's newspapers in review
The following are the top stories in national newspapers today. Times of Malta says diabetics who need regular insulin injections are being forced to get by with the needles usually used by children as the eight-millimetre ones for adults are out of stock. In another story, the newspaper says Gozo’s first ...