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Panama
Gobierno media en conflicto entre trabajadores y administradoras de puertos Cristóbal y Balboa
Los obreros marcharon para exigir el cumplimiento de sus derechos laborales por parte de la empresa Panama Ports Company administradora de las terminales portuarias de Cristóbal y Balboa.
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India Thailandia
Thai drought raises rice supply fears, Bangladesh reels under floods
BENGALURU, India: Drought conditions in Thailand stoked concerns of a drop in supply even as a strong baht kept export prices for the Thai variety higher than Asian competitors this week, while floods wreaked havoc on crops in Bangladesh.
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Turchia
Namibia: Namibia Courts Turkey Investment
[Namibian] TRADE minister Tjekero Tweya has urged Turkish business people to invest in Namibia's areas of development, as the two countries strengthen trade with each other.
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Sudafrica USA
South Africa: Over R2 Billion Investments Secured in Eastern Cape
[CAJ News] Port Elizabeth -SOUTH Africa's foremost investment hotspot for exporting companies has signed funding worth R2,6 billion (US$187,27 million) during the 2018/19 financial year (FY).
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USA
Redistribution and innovation drive Canada’s changing economy
EVEN BEFORE Donald Trump and before Brexit, Justin Trudeau was aware that voter disenchantment and populism were on the rise. He saw one of the important answers to this as economic, and his remedy has been to give the middle class a pay rise. “Western democracies around the world had ...
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USA
Canadians must decide if they want to remain a liberal beacon
THE PEACE ARCH at the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and America’s Washington state bears two inscriptions. Drivers heading south read that Canadians and Americans are “brethren dwelling together in unity”. On the way back the message is that they are “children of a common mother”. Built ...
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Cina Egitto USA Iran
Canada is feeling lonely, but its place internationally is still strong
ON DECEMBER 1ST last year the Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, a Chinese telecoms firm, as she prepared to change planes at Vancouver’s international airport. Ms Meng is wanted in America on charges stemming from allegations that Huawei had tried to evade ...
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Canada
The election in October will be a test of Canada’s liberal values
NAHEED NENSHI, Calgary’s ebullient mayor, says that when he was elected in 2010—becoming the first Muslim to lead a large North American city—only the foreign media brought up his religion. The local press never mentioned it. That changed when he ran for re-election for a third term in 2017. People ...
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USA
McKinsey Advised Johnson & Johnson on Increasing Opioid Sales
In a trial in Oklahoma, records showed the firm was consulted about sales at a time when abuse of pain medicine was widespread. Cases in two other states also shed light on its role.
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Brasile USA
Produção de aço bruto cai 1,4% no primeiro semestre
A produção brasileira de aço bruto registrou queda de 1,4% no primeiro semestre do ano em comparação com o mesmo período de 2018. Segundo o Instituto Aço Brasil, foram produzidas 17,2 milhões de toneladas de janeiro a junho, enquanto no ano passado saíram dos fornos 17,5 milhões de toneladas de ...