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Giappone
Government to help finance building of hotels amid tourism boom
The government said Tuesday it will help finance the building of hotels in large cities by private developers as part of its efforts to meet demand amid a boom in foreign visitors to Japan. The government aims to attract 40 million foreign visitors in 2020 when Tokyo hosts the Olympic ...
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Cina Giappone
Fujitsu, Lenovo to delay PC business integration: source
Fujitsu Ltd. and China’s Lenovo Group Ltd. will delay the planned integration of their personal computer businesses, a company source said Tuesday. The two companies initially aimed to reach a final agreement on the integration within March. But negotiations will not be concluded until April at the earliest, the source ...
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Nigeria
Senate rejects Kachikwu’s rep at gas flaring meeting
Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The Senate Committee on Finance, on Tuesday, refused to grant audience to the representative of the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, Mrs. Folashade Odunuga, at its meeting. The committee had invited Kachikwu to a meeting with the lawmakers on gas flaring penalty in ...
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Austria
Austria to ban face veils in public
Austria on Tuesday took the first steps towards imposing a ban on full-face veils in public, as the cabinet presented amendments to the country’s integration laws. Foreign and Integration Minister, Sebastian Kurz, told reporters after the cabinet meeting that the ban will be part of a policy package containing mostly ...
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Nigeria
No governor can call Buhari a failure –Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna Central), on Tuesday said state governors lacked the moral right to criticise President Muhammadu Buhari for non-perfomance. Sani, who is the Chairman, Senate Committee on Foreign and Domestic Debts, made the remark in a chat with journalists after a meeting with community leaders in Chikun Local ...
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Nigeria
Copyright suit against Omoni Oboli for March 29
A Federal High Court, Lagos will on March 29 hear a copyright infringement suit slammed on popular Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli, over the production of a film, “Okafor’s Law’’. The company, Rancoteur Productions Ltd, had on March 24 filed an ex parte application on behalf of a Canada-based script writer, ...
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Brasile
Operadoras de TV por assinatura cortam sinal de emissoras abertas no DF
Telespectadores do Distrito Federal foram surpreendidos com a suspensão do sinal de três emissoras de TV da grade de canais da “Sky” e “Net”. Os clientes dessas operadoras de TV por assinatura reclamam que ficaram sem o sinal do SBT, Record TV e Rede TV na segunda-feira (27/3). No lugar ...
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Brasile
Operação All In mira quadrilha de tráfico internacional de drogas
A Polícia Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul realiza nesta terça-feira (28/3), a operação All in contra uma organização criminosa responsável pelo tráfico internacional de grandes quantidades de drogas e lavagem de dinheiro. A ação acontece nos Estados de Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, São Paulo, Goiás, Mato Grosso e ...
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Brasile USA
U.S. Law Firm Announces Class Suit Against Brazil’s JBS Meats
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Effects of the Brazilian federal police’s investigation into tainted meat, dubbed Operação Carne Fraca (Operation Weak Flesh) are being felt abroad as an United States law firm, that works for investors’ rights announced it would be filing a class action ...
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Senegal
Une production de 367.000 tonnes d'oignon en 2016 (ministre)
Dakar, 28 mars (APS) - La production de l'oignon local est passée, en 2016, à 367.000 tonnes, a indiqué, mardi à Dakar, le ministre du Commerce, du Secteur informel, de la Consommation, de la Promotion des produits locaux et des PME, Alioune Sarr. - Agriculture