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USA
Treasury bulls face test after September sell-off
Foreign investors’ appetite for US debt will determine sustainability of bond sell-off
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Giappone
Nissan to recall all new cars sold in Japan in last 3 years
Nissan Motor Co Ltd will recall all 1.2 million new passenger cars it sold in Japan over the past three years after discovering final vehicle inspections were not performed by authorised technicians, it said today. The recall is the second major misconduct incident involving a Japanese automaker in as many years, ...
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Malta
Developers against over-regulation of rental market
The Malta Developers Association has warned that while some regulation of the rental sector was necessary, it did not believe that a return to rent control would help the economy “since this will stunt the growth of the rental market”. MDA said it was aware that the government was being lobbied to regulate ...
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USA
Watch: The moment bullets rained down on Las Vegas concert
A gunman killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 400 at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, raining down rapid fire from the 32nd floor of a hotel for several minutes before he was shot dead by police. The death toll, which police emphasized ...
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Indonesia
App for polygamy stirs up controversy in Indonesia
A dating app in Indonesia that aims to bring together men and women interested in polygamous marriages has stirred controversy and debate in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation. Polygamy is legal in Indonesia, where a man is allowed to be married to up to four women at a time, but the ...
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USA Malta
August tourist arrivals up by 12.2% to 288,033
A total of 288,033 tourists visited Malta in August, an increase of 12.2 per cent compared to the corresponding month in 2016.The National Statistics Office said 259,392 foreigners visited on holiday and 7,839 on business. Tourists from the EU member states went up by 11.5 per cent to 245,390 when compared ...
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Updated (4): At least 50 killed, 200 injured as gunman opens fire at Las Vegas concert
A gunman perched high on the 32nd floor of a Las Vegas Strip casino unleashed a shower of bullets down on an outdoor country music festival below, killing at least 50 people and wounding more than 200 as tens of thousands of frantic concert-goers screamed and ran for their lives, ...
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FIRST MAGAZINE: The rise of the one-child family
Across the EU, only one-sixth of all households are composed of three people or more. Those with more than four are rare, those with five account for fewer than 4.5 per cent and those with six or more for less than two per cent.In the UK, over half of all ...
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USA Malta
Teachers need to be provided with proper salary that reflects their profession – MUT president
You were elected MUT President last June. What vision do you have for the union over the coming years?We will always look towards strengthening the profession, but as it stands we are focusing on some internal MUT reforms. Currently, the union has two roles; a trade union and a professional ...
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Malta
Plastic Deposit Return System proposal: GreenPak calls for waste recycling impact assessment
GreenPak Cooperative Society has said that while it is in favour of increased plastic bottle recycling, and Deposit Return Systems (DRS) are one possible direction to evaluate, such systems have been shown to be ineffective in certain societal and economic contexts.Based on current data, GreenPak told The Malta Independent on ...