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Giappone Regno Unito
UK hopes dashed for swift Japan trade talks
Theresa May is keen to tout the benefits of a possible deal during Tokyo visit
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Regno Unito
Brexit talks are moving too slowly, says EU's chief negotiator
The European Union's chief negotiator Michel Barnier said today he was concerned at the slow progress of Brexit talks, while his British counterpart David Davis called for "imagination and flexibility" to move on. British officials arrived in Brussels hoping to push the EU towards talks about their post-Brexit ties, which the ...
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USA Spagna Iran Malta Yemen Pakistan
One in three countries still have blasphemy laws
Laws prohibiting blasphemy are "astonishingly widespread" worldwide, with many laying down disproportionate punishments ranging from prison sentences to lashings or the death penalty, the lead author of a report on blasphemy has said. Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen score worst, topping a list of 71 countries with laws criminalising views deemed blasphemous, ...
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Brasile USA Argentina Uruguay Malta
Conservative Chile close to legalising gay marriage
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet today sent Congress a bill that would legalise gay marriage, a move that follows a string of liberal reforms in one of Latin America's most conservative nations. In 2015, Chile's Congress approved same sex civil unions after years of legislative wrangling. In March, Bachelet, a centre-left politician, ...
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Malta
EuroMillions Lottery – now available online in Malta
EuroMillions is one of the most popular European lotteries and thanks to Jackpot.com we can now play from Malta too.Betting on the EuroMillions is as close to participating in the actual lottery as one can get. Instead of buying a physical ticket, you can bet on the outcome of the ...
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Malta
TMID Editorial: Sick leave - A greedy proposal that deserves to be binned
People seem to be so distracted by the unfolding drama in the PN leadership election that the public reaction to very controversial sick leave proposal by the Malta Employers Association was nowhere as strong as it deserved to be. Earlier this week the MEA presented its pre-budget proposals, which included ...
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Ungheria
Ungarn - EU-Partner zweifeln an Orbáns Loyalität
Budapest begibt sich bei Kernkraftprojekt in Abhängigkeit von Moskau
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Turchia Iran
What’s next for Turkey’s National Intelligence Agency?
It was a short while before the 1971 Turkish military memorandum. Foreign Minister İhsan Sabri Çağlayangil visited Tehran after receiving an invitation from Reza Pahlavi, the Shah of Iran, for a meeting which he later recounted:
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Russia Turchia
$100 billion trade with Turkey attainable, says Russian envoy
Turkey and Russia’s desire to expand bilateral trade to $100 billion is demanding but an attainable goal that can be realized with the help of mutual investments globally, Russia’s new ambassador to Turkey has said.
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Kenya
Kenya imposes tough law on plastic bags
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from Aug. 28, as the world’s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.