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Brasile
Roger Molina será cremado e cinzas levadas para Cobija, na Bolívia
O personagem central de um episódio marcante na história da diplomacia brasileira — que resultou na queda do chanceler brasileiro Antônio Patriota, em 26 agosto de 2013 — será cremado para que as cinzas voltem ao país natal. Ontem, Daniela, filha do político boliviano Roger Pinto Molina, asilado no Brasil ...
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USA
Bulletin board: Our Readers Call Us Out Over Bubble Tea. They Are Right.
Ellen Pollock, our Business editor, responds to readers who voiced criticism over our recent story on bubble tea.
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USA
Morning Agenda: Debating Gary Cohn’s Future in Washington
Mr. Cohn has been the representative of big business at the White House. But as C.E.O.s quit advisory panels, many asked if he would leave, too.
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USA
Leading Republican senator joins criticism of Trump
A top Republican senator joined other members of his party in criticizing US President Donald Trump on Thursday, saying he had not displayed the stability or competence needed to lead the country and risks putting it in “great peril.” Tennessee Senator Bob Corker, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, ...
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Nigeria
Kebbi plans rice, livestock export
Governor Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi says the state is planning to produce rice and livestock in commercial quantities for export to earn foreign exchange. Bagudu said this in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday when he received a team of agricultural experts from the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan. He said ...
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Nigeria
$12bn Software Market: VoguePay, Varsities Move Entrench Local Content
By CHIMA AKWAJA, VoguePay Nigeria, a leading online payment gateway has declared it willingness to help Nigerian undergraduates in Nigerian universities develop local content applications that would support the $12 billion Nigeria software market currently dominated by foreign software vendors. Michael Simeon, VoguePay’s chief executive officer, who disclosed at the ...
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Belgio
"La loi linguistique à Bruxelles reste lettre morte"
Le rapport linguistique 2016 du vice-gouverneur de la région linguistique bilingue Bruxelles-Capitale vient de sortir. "La loi linguistique à Bruxelles restera toujours lettre morte", estiment Veerle Wouters et Hendrik Vuye.
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USA
Eerste worp voor MLB-duel belandt op 'kroonjuwelen' van fotograaf
Voormalig president Barack Obama en heel wat beroemde acteurs gingen hem voor: de ceremoniële eerste bal gooien voor een MLB-wedstrijd. Gisteren was Jordan Leandre, die kanker ‘overwon’, aan de beurt voor het duel tussen Boston Red Sox en St. Louis Cardinals. Leandre gooide de bal echter precies op de edele delen van fotograaf ...
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USA
Alibaba raddoppia gli utili e fa il pieno di vendite
(Teleborsa) - Trimestrale boom per il colosso cinese dell'ecommerce Alibaba, quotata anche al Nyse di New York. Il colosso del web guidato dal miliardario Jack Ma ha chiuso il trimestre con utili...
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Senegal
"La pêche, premier secteur d'exportation" (Oumar Guèye)
Dakar, 17 août (APS) - La pêche contribue largement au développement économique et social du pays avec 6000 emplois au Sénégal et 204,6 milliards de francs CFA de recettes, a rappelé jeudi Oumar Guèye, ministre de la Pêche et de l'Economie maritime. - Economie