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Portogallo
Pedrógão Grande: Municípios confiantes no processo de reconstrução
Autarcas de três municípios atingidos pelo incêndio de 17 de junho, no distrito de Leiria, lamentam não ser possível realojar todas as famílias que perderam a casa antes do Natal, mas estão confiantes no processo de reconstrução.
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Cina
Bolsa de Xangai abre sem direção
A bolsa de Xangai, principal praça financeira da China, abriu hoje sem direção, com o índice de referência estagnado nos 3,302.93 pontos.
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Cina
Taxas de câmbio do yuan definidas pelo Banco Central da China
O Banco Central chinês fixou hoje as seguintes taxas de câmbio do yuan contra um conjunto de moedas internacionais:
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Portogallo
Câmara de Torres Vedras sobe orçamento de 48 para 73,8 milhões de euros
Torres Vedras, Lisboa, 13 dez (Lusa)- A Assembleia Municipal de Torres Vedras aprovou hoje o orçamento da câmara para 2018, no valor de 73,8 milhões de euros, mais 25,8 milhões de euros do que para 2017.
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Nigeria
Nigeria:Why Investors Are Hesitant About Doing Business in Nigeria - IMF
[Premium Times] Despite seeing Nigeria as a viable investment destination, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, said on Wednesday that prospective investors are being held back by fears of possible difficulties in repatriating profits.
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Etiopia
Praising Record Feat, Lagarde Emphatic Calling for Reforms
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, is to arrive in Addis Abeba today, to start what is a historic visit by the Fund’s most senior official since its founding after the Second World War. She will be talking to Ethiopian authorities, including Prime Minister Hailemariam ...
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USA
WTO summit ends without substantial deals after U.S. criticism and snub of leadership role
A World Trade Organization conference dampened from the start by criticism from the United States ended Wednesday without any substantial agreements — the first in ...
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Colombia Venezuela
Venezuelans seeing bitcoin boom as survival, not speculation
CARACAS, Venezuela - In the last month, John Villar has bought two plane tickets to Colombia, purchased his wife's medication and paid the employees of his startup business in Venezuela - all in bitcoin. As Venezuela's national currency loses value at a catastrophic rate, thousands have begun turning to the world ...
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Kenya
Make housing plan work
Kenya needs 2 million low-income homes and building them would boost the economy.
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Kenya
Tame chaotic boda boda riders who have no respect for the law
Kenya is witnessing a culture that is very retrogressive and, to an extent, criminal.