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Thailandia
Slower but steady
All three main sectors of the Bangkok property market -- condominiums, offices and retail -- continued to grow in the first half of 2017 despite the sluggish economy, but growth was not up by much from last year.
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Nuova Zelanda
From a lightbulb to $20,000: how to cure Parkinson's Disease, one trade at a time
It sounds like magic, but a Wellington teenager has found a way to turn a $12 lightbulb into $3000.
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Yemen
UN Humanitarian Coordinator condemns attacks on civilians in Yemen's Sa'ada Governorate
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Yemen Country: YemenMr. Jamie McGoldrick condemned the attacks which resulted in the death of at least twelve civilians, including women and children and the injury of ten more people. Sana’a, 5 August 2017:I am deeply concerned about reports of ...
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Brasile
Operação no Rio acaba com mito de crime organizado e poderoso, diz ministro
O ministro da justiça, Torquato Jardim, avaliou hoje (5) que a operação integrada de segurança em comunidades do Rio de Janeiro "acaba com o mito do crime organizado poderoso". O ministro concedeu uma entrevista coletiva à imprensa ao lado do chefe de Gabinete de Segurança Institucional, Sérgio Etchegoyen, e do ...
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Kenya
Business: How Egyptian firm burnt fingers in RVR lunatic' black hole
Rift Valley Railways (RVR) has been like the proverbial black hole where investments are irretrievably lost. Every firm that has put money into the concessionaire has a story to tell of losses that usually run into billions of shillings.
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Kenya
Business: Kenya loses Sh10 billion from illegal fishing
Kenya is losing an estimated Sh10 billion annually due to increased illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities in the Indian Ocean.
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Venezuela
Venezuela suspended from South American trade bloc
Ministers trigger ‘democratic clause’ to send message after latest election
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USA
UN imposes new sanctions on North Korea following missile tests
The United Nations Security Council imposed new sanctions on North Korea today that could slash by a third the Asian state's $3 billion annual export revenue over Pyongyang's two intercontinental ballistic missile tests in July. The US-drafted resolution bans North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and ...
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Francia
Watch: PSG open their Ligue 1 campaign with a win
Neymar stole the show without even playing as Paris St Germain began their Ligue 1 campaign with a 2-0 victory over Amiens. The world-record signing was not registered in time to take part in the game but received a hero's welcome on a tour of the Parc des Princes pitch before ...
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Regno Unito Italia
Kidnappers abduct UK model, try to auction her online
A British model was kidnapped in Milan and detained for six days as her captor tried to auction her off online, Italian police have said.The 20-year-old woman was attacked on July 11 by two men as she attended an arranged photo shoot. She is believed to have been drugged and transported ...