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Paraguay
Viceministro afirma que gran parte del crecimiento se debe a inversión pública
El crecimiento económico que actualmente registra Paraguay fue impulsado, en gran parte, por la inversión pública, la cual se sostuvo gracias a los recursos provenientes de la deuda o crédito público, que a la fecha sigue siendo sostenible y viable, explicó el viceministro de Economía, Humberto Colmán, ayer durante su ...
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India USA Pakistan
Self-styled "godman" jailed for 10 years for rape in India
An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled "godman", whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, to 10 years' jail. There were no reports of violence after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced. Tens of thousands of police enforced a lockdown in large parts of ...
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USA Australia Malta
National Council 'should not have' absolute power over Maltese
The law that gives the National Council for the Maltese Language absolute power over Maltese is wrong, according to Roderick Bovingdon, who is active in the promotion of Maltese culture, language and literature in Australia. For Mr Bovingdon, there should be no one, or no one entity, with such power. On ...
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Malta
Alleged Libyan fuel smuggler with Malta connection arrested
A Libyan accused by the UN of being involved in fuel smuggling via Malta has been arrested in Libya, according to Rada Special Deterrence Force. Libyan Interior Minister Aref Khoja confirmed that the man described by Rada as the ‘‘king of smuggling’’ had been arrested in an interview today with La ...
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Cina Kenya Italia
Kenya imposes world's toughest law against plastic bags
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 from today, as the world's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect. The East African nation joins more than 40 other countries that have banned, partly banned or ...
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Malta
PN candidates reveal their assets and interests
Chris Said has pulled ahead of the other three PN leadership candidates in one area – in providing information about his assets and business interests. So far he is the only one to have supplied all the information requested in a due diligence exercise being conducted by The Sunday Times of ...
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Malta
Alleanza Bidla’s Grech Mintoff files police report after ‘Patrijotti’ label him 'traitor’
Ivan Grech Mintoff, the leader of Alleanza Bidla, has become the latest target of the far-right group Moviment Patrijotti Maltin. It appears that the vicious attacks posted online and in private conversations between members of the so-called patriots and Grech Mintoff started after Alleanza Bidla expressed its support for the ...
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Malta
‘Workers' conditions and rights should not be undermined’ - PD says
Partit Demokratiku, Malta's third party, with two elected members of parliament, is dead set against the proposal put forward by Malta's Employer Association that of removing the first day of paid sick leave.In a statement, PD said it deplored the fact that profit is being put before the workers of ...
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USA
MTV VMAs full of emotional, political moments; Lamar wins 6
Kendrick Lamar was the king of the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, winning six awards on a night full of emotional performances, political moments and a new, eye-popping Taylor Swift music video.Lamar's "Humble" won video of the year, best hip-hop video, direction, cinematography, art direction and visual effects on Sunday ...
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Regno Unito
Fabregas, Morata lead Chelsea to 2-0 win over Everton; Liverpool humiliate Arsenal
Cesc Fabregas and Alvaro Morata guided Chelsea to a 2-0 victory over Everton on Sunday as the Premier League champions further banished memories of their opening-day loss.Fabregas put Chelsea in front after 27 minutes and Morata headed in a second goal before halftime.Everton offered little to show that it could ...