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Turchia
Blazes contained in Antalya districts after 218 hours of firefighting
It took 218 hours of firefighting at full pace to contain forest fires in Antalya's Manavgat and Gündoğmuş districts, Turkey’s foreign minister said on Aug. 6.
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Turchia
Turkey maintains tourism targets for 2021
Despite the impacts of recent forest fires on its Aegean and Mediterranean resort towns, Turkey still hopes to host 25 million foreign visitors this year, Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said on Aug. 6.
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USA Bielorussia
Time to replace France with EU in Karabakh Minsk Group: Op-ed
France has difficulty formulating a foreign policy strategy towards conflicts and has supported separatism and the territorial integrity of states. This has led to France losing its ability to portray itself as an honest broker in conflicts.
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Thailandia
CIMBT: Contraction likely this year
CIMB Thai Bank (CIMBT) expects the economy to contract this year if the government is unable to get Covid-19 infections under control in the third quarter.
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Vietnam
The rise of aCommerce
Buoyed by the flourishing sector, Southeast Asia e-commerce enabler aCommerce plans its initial public offering (IPO) to drive business expansion in the region and invest in new technologies to improve services.
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Yemen
I Annulled June 12 Poll To Preempt A Coup – IBB
Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has provided insights into why he annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election. Late business mogul and philanthropist, Chief MKO Abiola, was presumed to have won the election on the platform of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP). But days into the ...
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Nigeria
AFF, Access Bank Deepen Digital Inclusion With Tech-focused Summer Camp
Driven by the vision to nurture the next generation of fintech innovators, the Africa Fintech Foundry, in partnership with Access Bank, is organising a week-long physical coding summer camp for 90 children aged 10-18 at Africa Fintech Foundry, Victoria Island, Lagos. Themed “Raising a Tech-Savvy Generation” and scheduled from August ...
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Nigeria
Lagos Assembly Cuts Former Governors’ Pensions By 50 %
Lagos State House of Assembly has approved the report of its Committee on Establishment which recommended the reduction of pensions for former governors and other affected officials by 50 per cent. The committee also expunged the provision of houses in Abuja and Lagos for former governors as stipulated in ...
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Nigeria
NIMN : New President Unveils Repositioning Plans
Barely two months after being given the mandate to lead the National Institute of Marketing of Nigeria (NIMN) for the next two years, the institute’s new president, Mr. Idorenyen Enang has said one of his priorities is to enhance the equity of the marketing institute, in order to give it ...
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Panama
Sábado picante
Cuando decidí abordar los dos temas de esta columna (Panama Ports Company-PPC y la modificación de la ley de incentivos al turismo) me pregunté qué los conecta. Desde un estricto punto de vista técnico, pareciera que nada los une. Pero si dejamos los prismáticos y miramos el horizonte, ...