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Nigeria
VC Condemns Refusal To Admit NOUN Graduates Into Law School
LEADERSHIP The Vice Chancellor of the National Open University of Nigeria, (NOUN), Professor Abdalla Uba Adamu has described the refusal of the Legal Council on education to admit graduates of the university into law school as unfair. Adamu stated this on Thursday while fielding questions from journalists during a two day ...
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India
India’s Supreme Court Legalises Adultery
LEADERSHIP Adultery is no longer a crime, India’s Supreme Court ruled Thursday, declaring a colonial-era law that punished the offence with jail time unconstitutional and discriminatory against women. The more than century-old law prescribed that any man who slept with a married woman without her husband’s permission had committed adultery, a ...
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Nigeria
Economy May Slip Back Into Recession – Central Bank
LEADERSHIP The monetary policy committee of the Central Bank of Nigeria has warned that Nigeria may head for another economic recession due to weak economic fundamentals currently visible in the economy. Addressing newsmen shortly after the two-day meeting of the MPC members held at the headquarters of the apex bank, the ...
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Thailandia Singapore
Grab said to be in talks to sell Thai unit stake to Central
Singapore-based ride-hailing firm Grab is in talks to sell "a decent-sized stake" in its Thai business to Thailand's largest retailer, Central Group, people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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Indonesia
Indonesia raises key interest rate to 5.75%
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the fifth time since mid-May on Thursday and unveiled plans for an instrument aimed at helping the rupiah by encouraging foreign investors to do their currency hedging onshore.
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Giappone
Japan and U.S. to enter trade talks, deferring higher auto tariffs for now
Abe said he confirmed with Trump that Japan will be exempted from the potential imposition of tariffs on car and auto-part import as long as ...
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Cina Giappone
SoftBank and DiDi start taxi-hailing service in Osaka
A joint venture between SoftBank Corp. and China’s DiDi Chuxing launched a taxi-hailing service in Osaka Prefecture on Thursday.The service, operated by DiDi Mobility Japan ...
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Giappone
Japan-U.S. trade talks may be less of a concession than they appear
At a glance, it may appear U.S. President Donald Trump has scored a significant victory after his latest talks with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in ...
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Giappone
Toyota to adapt car sales strategy amid trend toward vehicle sharing
Toyota Motor Corp. will overhaul its long-held market segmentation sales strategy in Japan, with plans to sell all models at its stores by the mid-2020s, ...
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Egitto
Israel selling gas to Egypt: Mark of the real New Middle East
The economic case for Egypt to import Israeli gas is overpowering, but this is the Middle East and politics may still upset everything