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Qatar
Joint venture van DEME en Jan De Nul gaat oude haven van Doha uitbreiden
Een joint venture van de Belgische baggeraars DEME en Jan De Nul gaat de oude haven van Doha uitbreiden. Dat hebben beide ondernemingen
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USA
"Rape Insurance Law" - Kritik an Einschränkung des Abtreibungsrechts in Texas
Krankenversicherung übernimmt Abtreibung auch in Fällen von Vergewaltigung nicht mehr
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Singapore
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance to acquire Singapore’s largest nonlife insurer
Major nonlife insurer Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. said Thursday it will purchase First Capital Insurance Ltd., Singapore’s largest nonlife insurer.Mitsui Sumitomo, a unit of MS&AD ...
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Brasile
IPC-S perde força em quatro capitais na terceira semana, aponta FGV
Em Salvador, o índice de inflação passou de 0,41% para -0,01%, puxado por alimentação (-0,25% para -0,72%) e transportes (2,58% para 1,15%)
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Nigeria
Police promote 1,731 teachers
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday said it had promoted 1,731 teachers out of the 2,200 that wrote the 2016/2017 promotional examination across the federation. The Deputy Director, Human Resources, Force Education Headquarters, Abuja, Mr Ajao Emmanuel, disclosed this during the presentation of letters of promotion to beneficiaries in the ...
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Nigeria
NDE to empower 1,800 youths on active small scale entrepreneurships
The National Directorate of Employment says it will empower 1,800 youths nationwide to engage in active business entrepreneurship. The Director General of NDE, Dr Nasiru Argungu, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Sokoto, that the scheme tagged “50 under 30s’’, would stimulate businesses ...
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Nigeria
[Updated] Buhari signs extradition treaty, others to reinvigorate anti-graft war
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed some international agreements that will reinvigorate his administration’s anti-corruption war, improve national security and boost the nation’s economy among others. The agreements ratified included Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters; Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance in Civil and Commercial ...
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Russia
Ambassador to Sudan found dead in swimming pool
Russia’s ambassador to Sudan, Mirgayas Shirinskiy, was found dead in the swimming pool at his home in Khartoum, the Sudanese police said. A police spokesperson said the ambassador, who was known to have suffered from high blood pressure, is believed to have died of natural causes. Sudan’s foreign ministry expressed ...
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Nigeria
Afreximbank touts depository receipts to Nigerian investors in $300m equity offering
The African Export-Import Bank on Thursday in Lagos met with leading Nigerian investors to push for strong participation in the bank’s $300m equity offering. The President of Afreximbank, Dr Benedict Oramah, told the investors that the equity offering would be issued through depository receipts backed by its Class “D” shares ...
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Nigeria
Recession self-inflicted, Utomi, Soludo insist
Oyetunji Abioye A notable political economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, on Wednesday maintained that the gruelling economic recession in the country was self-inflicted, noting that wrong policy choices led to the hardships facing Nigerians. A former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Prof. Charles Soludo, also said although the economy ...