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USA Kenya
Kenya hires US lobby in bid to protect 66,000 Agoa jobs
The government has hired a newly influential US lobbying firm partly in order to help Kenya block a threat to the sizable trade benefits it receives through the Agoa programme.
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Cina
Turkish firms and their Chinese vision
In the past week, I had talks with two top-level businesspeople in different sectors and their common aspect was the “China vision.” As the world’s second largest economy, China inevitably finds its place in Turkish companies’ long-term strategies.
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Turchia
Turkey needs to stick to EU process, reform agenda: Top bosses
Turkey should stick to its European Union process in economic, security and democratization terms, the head of the country’s top business organization has said, while also reiterating the organization’s call for the launch of a comprehensive structural reform package.
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Turchia
Ankara mayor again implies foreign powers behind ‘artificial earthquake’ after Aegean temblor
The 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the Aegean Sea on June 12 might have been caused artificially, Ankara Mayor Melih Gökçek has said once again
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Qatar Turchia USA
Ankara urges Gulf countries to end Qatar crisis before Eid al-fitr
Foreign Minister Mevlut Çavuşoğlu has met with the diplomatic envoys of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in Ankara as part of efforts to solve an ongoing crisis between the Gulf States and Qatar.
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Portogallo
Dono da Douro Azul pede levantamento da imunidade da eurodeputada Ana Gomes
Em causa estão as acusações de “flagrante corrupção” feitas por Ana Gomes no negócio da venda do ferryboat Atlântida à Douro Azul.
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Colombia
In-laws catch wife’s lover hiding under bed
A cheating wife was left red-faced when her in-laws stormed her flat to find her lover hiding under the bed. The woman, only known as Mayra, was apparently ambushed by her mother-in-law and her husband’s relatives while she was home alone with the man. Dramatic footage captured in Becerril, Colombia, shows ...
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Nigeria
Psychiatric tests for traffic offenders begin July 1 – FRSC
Adelani Adepegba, Abuja The Federal Road Safety Corps has said that it will commence enforcement of psychiatric tests on traffic law offenders in the country with effect from July 1, 2017. The Corps Marshal, Dr Boboye Oyeyemi, stated this at the opening of a five-day training programme for 22 FRSC officials ...
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Nigeria
Spiritualist obtains N8.5m, fails to fulfil boosting client’s business
A self-styled Alfa, 45-year-old Adeleke Isiaka, is facing trial at a Federal High Court, Lagos, for allegedly obtaining $50,000 (N8.5m) from a man on the pretext of praying on the money to make his business boom. The accused is charged with a three-count offence of conspiracy, obtaining money by false pretences ...
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Nigeria
Go after companies with illicit financial flows, experts tell FG
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja Some finance and economic experts have called on the Federal Government to go after companies engaged in illicit financial flows, adding that the development is impacting negatively on the revenue of the country. According to the World Bank and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa report, ...