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USA Malta
TMID Editorial: Protecting our oceans and seas - Plastics, Pardo and pollution prevention
It was on 1 November 1967, that Maltese diplomat Arvid Pardo delivered his historic speech to the United Nations General Assembly urging the nations of the world to draw up new regulations ensuring peace at sea, preventing further pollution and protecting ocean resources.His proposal that the seabed constitutes the common ...
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Malta
Watch: Adrian Delia sworn in as Opposition Leader
Nationalist Party leader Adrian Delia has been sworn in as Opposition Leader this evening by President Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca.After the swearing in ceremony, Delia has said that, had he been Prime Minister today, he would take strong and necessary measures to ensure that the illegal hunting of protected birds no ...
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USA Myanmar
UNICEF launches a response plan to prevent AWD/cholera outbreaks among Rohingya refugees
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarThe children caught up in the emergency are at very high risk for diarrhoea. UNICEF is working to upscale efforts in WASH, but the task in hand is immense.Remarks attributable to Maya Vandenant, Chief of Health, UNICEF Bangladesh This is a situation update from Maya Vandenant, ...
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Cina
Africa: Chinese Investments in Africa - Chopsticks Mercantilism
[Fahamu] China sees no evil, hears no evil in Africa - precisely the kind of posture African dictators, tired of Western lectures, relish. But the problem is not China. It is African leaders who adamantly refuse to learn from their own history, which teaches that every foreign entity that goes ...
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Uruguay
Setembro é mês de recordes de vendas nos automóveis
O terceiro trimestre do ano trouxe boas notícias a várias marcas automóveis, com crescimentos recorde, marcas históricas e uma procura acrescida. Mercedes, Volkswagen e Volvo são exemplo da boa prestação do setor no mercado mundial.
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Senegal
Divers sujets au menu des quotidiens
Dakar, 6 oct (APS) – Les quotidiens parvenus vendredi à l'APS abordent divers sujets de l'actualité, mettant surtout l'accent sur l'éducation et la politique, à travers l'affaire Yavuz Selim et la démission de Rewmi de l'ancien député Thierno Bocoum. Dakar, 6 oct (APS) – Les quotidiens parvenus vendredi à l'APS ...
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Senegal Costa D'Avorio
UEMOA : une croissance du PIB de 6, 9% attendue en 2017
Dakar, 6 oct (APS) - Le PIB de l'Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA) devrait enregistrer une croissance de 6, 9 % en 2017, selon un communiqué de presse rendant compte de la 3e session ordinaire du Conseil des ministres de l'Union, qui s'est tenue récemment à Abidjan. Dakar, 6 ...
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Australia
Pope’s economy minister faces historical sex charges
Vatican Treasurer Cardinal George Pell, would face a court hearing in Australia in 2018, a Magistrate said on Friday. Pell is to answer what the police described as “historical sexual offences’’; he is the most Senior Roman Catholic Official to face such accusations. Pell, 76, a top adviser to Pope ...
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Nigeria
Eight nabbed for prostitution in Kano
Kano State Hisbah Board on Friday said it had arrested eight young girls allegedly involved in prostitution in the city. Prostitution is banned under Sharia law in Kano State. The board’s Assistant Commander-General, Operations, Malam Nasiru Isa, said in Kano that the suspects were apprehended on Thursday evening at Rijiyar ...
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Nigeria
Apapa gridlock: Export business may collapse, operators cry out
Akinpelu Dada Indigenous exporters have cried out that their business is about grinding to a halt as a result of the difficulties in accessing the Lagos ports due to the near total collapse of roads leading to the port complex in Apapa. Highlighting the problems associated with the deplorable state ...