• Giappone Albania

    U.S. may find tough negotiator in fiery minister Aso

    In his presidential campaign last year, U.S. President Donald Trump promised to scrap trade deals that gave unfair advantages to other nations and replace them with new ones that would revitalize the U.S. economy and bring jobs back home. One of the Trump administration’s first major tests of its confrontational ...

  • USA Giappone

    Trump calls for privatizing air traffic control operations

    President Donald Trump is calling for privatizing America’s air traffic control operations in his budget proposal, a top priority of the airline industry. The proposal says spinning off air traffic operations from the Federal Aviation Administration and placing them under an “independent, non-governmental organization” would make the system “more efficient ...

  • Giappone

    White House proposes reviving Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site

    The White House’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of Energy includes $120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada, a project stalled for years by lawsuits and local opposition. The move signals that President Donald Trump may consider the site ...

  • USA Giappone

    6-month-old boy in Texas dies after sitter couldn’t reach 911

    Dallas public safety officials are pressing T-Mobile for solutions following the death of a 6-month-old boy whose baby sitter couldn’t reach 911 operators. The city said in a statement that the 911 call center was jammed with calls Saturday evening because of an ongoing issue with T-Mobile. Dallas television station ...

  • Giappone

    Japan’s labor-scarce building sites automating, turning to robots, drones

    Construction sites in Japan are enjoying a wave of automation amid an increasing shortage of laborers, with the introduction of robots to do heavy lifting and drones that instantly collect aerial data. As the industry ages along with the country’s graying society, construction companies are forced to look for ways ...

  • Giappone

    Osaka venture’s warranty app expands to cars, housing; flags future use of AI for appraisals

    The Osaka-based venture behind a smartphone app that allows people to register warranty certificates and order repairs for appliances online has branched out to car and housing information while flagging the future use of artificial intelligence. Warrantee Inc., which has grown to tens of thousands of users since it was launched ...

  • Nigeria

    Customs Seme Command Generates N773.1m In February

    The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Seme Command, generated N773.1million as revenue in February 2017. The Spokesperson of the command, Mr Selechang Taupyen, said this on Thursday in Seme, near Badagry. He said that the command made 61 seizures with a Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N62.6 million. “The command generated ...

  • Canada Francia

    L’AIE prône la patience

    Selon l’AIE, «le marché a besoin de temps pour ressentir pleinement l’impact des importantes réductions de l’offre prévues dans les accords de baisse de production». L’engagement de l’Organisation des pays exportateurs de pétrole (OPEP) de réduire sa production pour accélérer le rééquilibrage du marché pétrolier a continué d’être bien respecté ...

  • Francia

    La marque et la contrefaçon : Alerte sur le marché du faux

    La contrefaçon est un phénomène qui a pris une grande ampleur en Algérie. Plus de 15 conférences sont au programme des troisièmes journées de la marque et de la contrefaçon, qui se tiendront les 22 et 23 mars à l’hôtel El Aurassi (Alger), à l’initiative de RH International Communication. Un ...

  • USA Kenya

    MPs, MCAs salaries to be cut after August polls

    Be ready to take a pay cut — you're earning too much. This was President Uhuru Kenyatta's parting shot to MPs in his final State of the Nation address before August polls. "We must always remember the calling of leadership is to serve. Not to become rich through serving," Uhuru ...