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Portogallo Malta
PN leader in favour of banning full-face veil in public
Leader of the Nationalist Party Simon Busuttil is in favour of banning the full-face veil in public spaces. In a reply to questions sent by The Malta Independent on Sunday, the Leader of the Opposition said he endorses the European People’s Party (EPP) resolution. Dr Busuttil was referring to a ...
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Spagna Azerbaigian Panama Malta
July snap election not excluded
Reliable sources within the government have cautioned this newsroom that the prospect of a snap election in July should not be discounted too easily by the media, which seems to be focusing on one in November.Amongst the signals that a July snap election could be in the offing is the ...
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Malta
Over 500 complaints to financial arbiter in one year
The Arbiter for Financial Services has already received 551 complaints in the year since his office was established. Many of them, however, relate to one particular case that has already been heard by the Malta Financial Services Authority. “Some cases have been heard by the MFSA’s Complaints Unit, but I do not ...
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Belgio
Incendie à Bruxelles Central: les deux dernières voies à nouveau disponibles
Les cinquième et sixième voies de la gare de Bruxelles Central, fermées en raison d'un incendie samedi, sont à nouveau accessibles au trafic ferroviaire, a indiqué Infrabel dimanche matin.
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Giappone
Frugal households offer no respite for BOJ, retailers
Naruhito Nogami, a 37-year-old systems engineer in Tokyo, drives to discount stores on weekends to buy cheap groceries in bulk, even though he earns enough to make ends meet and the prospects for Japan’s economic recovery are brighter. “I do have money, but I’m frugal anyway. Everyone is like that. ...
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Cina USA Giappone
Tears and cheers greet planned economic zone near Beijing
Business owner Hu Weibing weeps at the prospect of losing everything, including his home, after China’s surprise announcement to transform a rural spot outside Beijing into a modern metropolis nearly three times the size of New York City. Hu’s family run-clothing factory in the northern province of Hebei could close ...
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Giappone
Million-dollar teachers: Cashing in by selling their lessons
Miss Kindergarten is in the million-dollar club. So are Lovin Lit, the Moffatt Girls and about a dozen other teacher-entrepreneurs who are spinning reading, math, science and social studies into gold by selling their lesson plans online to fellow teachers around the world. Despite worries from some educators, such online ...
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Giappone
Amazon.com and Kumamoto Prefecture join hands on quake recovery
Amazon.com Inc.’s Japan unit and the Kumamoto Prefectural Government have signed an agreement aimed at boosting sales of local specialties to support its recovery from last year’s earthquakes in Kyushu. Under the arrangement, a special section was created on the online retail giant’s website to promote Kumamoto goods and provide ...
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Giappone
Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware
Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across the internet . In a blog post, Microsoft Corp. security manager Phillip Misner said that the software ...
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USA Giappone
Computer pioneer Robert W. Taylor dies at 85
Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85. Taylor, who had Parkinson’s disease, died Thursday at his home in the San Francisco Peninsula community of Woodside, his son, Kurt Taylor, told the Los Angeles Times and the New ...