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USA Giappone
Pruitt delays Obama-issued EPA on chemical storage, citing terrorism fears
The Trump administration is delaying a new rule tightening safety requirements for companies that store large quantities of dangerous chemicals. The rule was imposed after a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, exploded in 2013, killing 15 people. Scott Pruitt, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, delayed the effective date of ...
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USA Giappone
USTR pick Lighthizer signals push to further open Japan farm market
Tuesday the United States will push for further opening of Japan’s agricultural market in envisaged bilateral trade negotiations with the country. “I would list, of course, Japan as being a primary target for a place where increased access for agriculture is important,” Robert Lighthizer said during his Senate confirmation hearing. ...
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USA Giappone
Goodyear deflates last iconic blimp, ushers in dirigible successor
Goodyear has let the helium out of the last of its fabled fleet of blimps, but the company’s flight program will continue. About two dozen employees were on hand early Tuesday to witness the deflation of California-based Spirit of Innovation. But shed no tears, blimp fans, you’ll still see a ...
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USA Giappone
As Exxon CEO, Tillerson used alias in emails on climate change: NY attorney general
The New York attorney general says that while Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was CEO of Exxon he used an alias in emails to talk about climate change. The attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, made the accusation in a letter to a New York court Monday. He is investigating whether the ...
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Giappone
IRS revokes tax-exempt status of white nationalist group known for coining term ‘alt-right’
The U.S. government has revoked the tax-exempt status of a group run by prominent white nationalist Richard Spencer for its failure to file tax returns. Internal Revenue Service records show Spencer’s National Policy Institute automatically lost its tax-exempt status as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit after failing to file tax returns for ...
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Nigeria
Trappco Clinch Kaduna Trade Fair Polo Tourney Trophy
After putting up an impressive run which saw them win all the matches played, Kaduna Trappco emerged winners of the 38th Kaduna International Trade Fair Polo Tournament. The side was crowned after beating Profile Team 3 ½-3 in the last match played on Sunday at the Kaduna Polo Club grounds. ...
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Nigeria
Ethiopian Airlines Airlift Over 960 Passengers In Kaduna Airport
Following the temporal relocation of Abuja airport to Kaduna, one of the foreign airlines, the Ethiopian airlines says it has airlifted over 960 passengers through Kaduna International Airport in the first one week of the exercise. This is even as the federal government said it had conveyed a total of ...
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Nigeria
Court Remands 7 Boko Haram Leaders In Kuje Prison
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that seven suspected Boko Haram leaders, who were allegedly involved in the kidnaping and murdering of 11 foreign nationals between 2011 and 2013 in the North be remanded at Kuje Prison pending their trial in the criminal charges brought against them by ...
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Nigeria
Vehicle Duty Policy: After Initial Refusal, Customs Boss Bows, Meets Saraki
In what seems like last minute attempt to stave off any further face-off with lawmakers in the Red Chamber, the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), yesterday paid a surprise visit to Senate President Bukola Saraki in his office at the National Assembly complex. Clad in a ...
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Francia Senegal
Nouvelle dynamique pour les entreprises algériennes
Plusieurs opérateurs algériens à la conquête de marchés régionaux se sont tournés vers le continent africain pour y investir. Conscients du potentiel économique du continent africain, les opérateurs économiques algériens commencent à s’activer au Sahel dans la perspective d’y placer leurs produits et d’y trouver des relais de croissance à ...