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USA Iran
US, Iran meet as Trump threat looms over nuke deal
Washington and Tehran’s top diplomats confronted each other for the first time Wednesday as envoys scrambled to save the Iran nuclear deal from a skeptical Donald Trump. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met as parties to the 2015 accord at an EU-hosted ...
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USA Taiwan
Google to buy part of Taiwan smartphone maker HTC for $1.1 bn
Taiwan’s struggling smartphone maker HTC said on Thursday it would sell part of its smartphone business to Google for $1.1 billion as the US giant looks to take greater control of its hardware business. Google will take on half of HTC’s research staff — about 2,000 people — many of ...
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Nigeria
Switzerland, DSI provide toilets for Lagos school
Oluwatosin Omojuyigbe The Development Support Institute in partnership with Switzerland has provided 10 toilet facilities to the pupils and members of staff of Anglican Primary School, Ayobo-Ipaja, Lagos. The facilities were inaugurated on Wednesday by the Consul-General, Embassy of Switzerland, Mr. Yves Nicolet. Nicolet, in his address, noted that the ...
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USA Nigeria
Forex market in doldrums as funds offer dollars at premium
Offshore funds in Nigeria offered on Wednesday to sell the dollar at close to its black market rate, traders said, worsening a liquidity lull on the foreign exchange market. The funds, which shifted dollars into the market last week to buy naira treasury bills, offered to sell the United States ...
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Malta
An early 1970s season at the Schreiber SG
In the 1970s, football in Malta went into decline. After the glorious years of the 1960s the game started to lose its sparkle and the attendances began to dwindle. In the first couple of seasons of the 1970s, however, the interest in the local game was still high and including in the ...
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Cina India
Thyssenkrupp, Tata Steel agree to forge Europe’s No. 2 steelmaker
Germany’s Thyssenkrupp and India’s Tata Steel agreed yesterday to merge their European steel operations in a preliminary deal that would create the continent’s No.2 steelmaker after ArcelorMittal. The deal will not involve any cash, Tata Steel said, adding that both groups would contribute debt and liabilities to achieve an equal shareholding ...
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Regno Unito
Held in Dubai prison for rude finger sign
A British IT worker says he faces a possible six-month term in a Dubai prison for sticking his middle finger up at another driver during a road row. Jamil Ahmed Mukadam, 23, made the rude gesture as he made his way to the airport in a hire car after a holiday ...
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Malta
Air Malta must keep flying
In a leader last month, this newspaper expressed the opinion that, in the ongoing efforts to save Air Malta, appeasing suppliers and unions should not come in the equation. It made the comment after sources close to the national carrier said the airline had “to fly below the radar of the ...
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Malta
Today's front pages
Good morning. Happy Independence Day. The following are the top stories in Malta's newspapers today. Times of Malta leads with yesterday's PN meeting on the Granaries, quoting PN leader Adrian Delia as saying he is not afraid of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. The Malta Independent says pilots see Air Malta's latest pay offer ...
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Cina Australia Nuova Zelanda Hong Kong
AIA plans $3bn buyout of CBA insurance units
Hong Kong-based group set to become largest life assurer in Australia and New Zealand