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USA Giappone Australia Singapore
Asian allies’ envoys urge Trump to drop opposition to TPP
U.S.-allied Asian ambassadors are urging President-elect Donald Trump to reconsider his opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement and keep the U.S. engaged in Asia. Ambassadors from Australia, South Korean and Singapore made the appeal at a Washington think tank Tuesday. The Obama administration championed the trade pact, which was ...
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Giappone
Tech, retail giants help Dow test 20,000 ahead of expected Fed rate hike
Major U.S. stock indexes are reaching record highs Tuesday as big-name technology companies like Apple trade higher and energy companies extend a recent winning streak. The Dow Jones industrial average traded above 19,900 for the first time. The Federal Reserve began its last policy meeting of the year, and it’s ...
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Nuova Zelanda
It's old, it's fire damaged, it's a fixer-upper: Seatoun Scout Hall fails to sell
The historic, fire damaged Seatoun Scout Hall has failed to sell, after it was put up for tender by Wellington City Council for $500,000.
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Brasile
Em sessão tumultuada, CPI da Merenda aprova relatório que isenta políticos
Em sessão marcada por confusão entre estudantes e policiais militares e bate-boca de deputados estaduais, a Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito (CPI) da Merenda na Assembleia Legislativa do Estado de São Paulo (Alesp) aprovou nesta terça-feira (13/12), relatório final responsabilizando 20 pessoas pelas fraudes nos contratos do ...
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USA
ICPC, EFCC, others, call for special court to try corruption cases
In a bit to prevent delay of criminal cases at law court, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Crimes Commission (ICPC), The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), judiciary and other anti-corruption agencies have called for special courts that will be devoted to corruption cases in all states of ...
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Nigeria
FG will prosecute Boko Haram suspects – NSA
The Federal Government has vowed to prosecute Boko Haram terrorists and others involved in acts of terrorism, using the instruments of the law. The National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, at the technical consultations on developing comprehensive approach to prosecuting, rehabilitating, and ...
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Nigeria
U.S Presidency: Trump hands over businesses to sons
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has announced on Tuesday that he would be leaving his businesses before his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2017, to concentrate on the presidency. He said his two sons, Don and Eric would manage them, with other executives. “Even though I am not mandated by law to ...
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Nigeria
Fight Against Illicit Drug In Sokoto, A Continues Battle – Gen Nwosu
The Commander, 1 Brigade Nigeria Army, Sokoto, Brigadier General, Ginikanwa Nwosu yesterday assured that the fight against illicit drug seller, hoarding and consumption in the Seat of the Caliphate remained a continues one for the command. Gen. Nwosu who decried that the ban on sales of illicit drug within the ...
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Francia
Sonatrach gagne dans un arbitrage contre Medex
La groupe Sonatrach a remporté une victoire dans un arbitrage international contre la société Medex petroleum North Africa (Medex) sur des contrats de recherche et d'exploitation des hydrocarbures sur les périmètres Bourarhat Nord et Erg Issaouane, apprend-on auprès de Sonatrach. Sonatrach avait introduit une procédure d'arbitrage en 2015 devant un ...
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Kenya
Gay-friendly clinics fight stigma, high HIV infection among men
Mitchell, a gay man, found out he was HIV-positive two years ago. Thoughts of making frequent visits to hospital frightened him, he says. The last time he had been to hospital, a doctor had called a group of his colleagues and they examined him without touching him. Mitchell had anal ...