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Regno Unito
Africa: UK-Africa Trade and Investment - Who Benefits?
[The Conversation Africa] There has been much hype about a major Africa investment summit being hosted by the UK. Attended by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and an array of royals, a great deal of hopeful win-win-win rhetoric abounded linked to forging new partnerships for a post-Brexit future.
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Nicaragua
Nicaragua ofrece turismo sostenible con ganancia económica y bienestar social
El turismo representa entre el 4 y el 5% del PIB, con un impulso importante en los últimos trece años, con lo que se ha convertido en uno de las principales fuentes de divisas.
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USA
Former Wells Fargo chief executive John Stumpf is to pay $17.5m to settle
The US government announced on Jan. 23 that former Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf has been banned from ever working at a bank again and will pay $17.5 million for scandals in which millions of fake accounts were set up to meet sales quotas.
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USA Iran
Iran slams US threat to new commander of Quds Forces
A U.S. envoy's threat to assassinate the new leader of Iran's Quds Force was condemned on Jan. 23 by a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
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Turchia
Turkey stresses independence of Central Bank at Davos
Addressing a panel discussion of World Economic Forum in Switzerland on Jan. 23, Turkey's treasury and finance minister stressed the independence of the national Central Bank.
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Cina
Foreign tourist arrivals up 4% in 2019
Thailand saw slower growth of foreign tourist arrivals of 4.2% last year and the outlook for a lucrative industry is weighed by strength in the baht and China's new coronavirus at a time of faltering economic growth.
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Thailandia
FTA perks, GSP see 2019 dip
The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters dropped by 4.14% in the first 11 months of last year, in line with the country's overall lower exports.
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Cina Giappone
Contraction in Japan’s factory activity slowing, easing recession fears
Factory activity contracted for a ninth straight month in January but at the slowest pace in five months, possibly reflecting easing U.S.-China trade tensions and ...
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Giappone
Japan’s supermarket sales fell 1.8% in 2019 amid tax hike
Supermarket sales in 2019 fell 1.8 percent from the previous year on a same-store basis, down for the fourth consecutive year, affected by the consumption ...
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Senegal
Meurtre d’un Américain Sénégal : Washington réagit, l’hôpital justifie
Alors que les autorités américaines ont dépêché des émissaires dans le centre du Sénégal pour faire la lumière sur le décès tragique d’un citoyen des Etats-Unis d’Amérique, l’hôpital fait diversion pour tenter de dégager sa responsabilité dans la prise en charge du blessé qui a succombé à ses blessures. L’affaire ...