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Senegal
Adama Barrow encouragé à promouvoir les droits de l'homme
Dakar, 27 jan (APS) - L'Assemblée nationale du Sénégal, se félicitant du dénouement pacifique de la crise postélectorale en Gambie, dit encourager le nouveau président gambien Adama Barrow à s'investir pour la promotion des droits de l'homme et de la bonne gouvernance. - Société
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Giappone
Foreign workforce in Japan tops 1m
The number of foreign workers in Japan surpassed one million for the first time last year, as the labour-strapped country struggles to find enough Japanese workers.
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Giappone
Toshiba chairman to resign over struggling U.S. nuclear business
Toshiba Corp.’s chairman, Shigenori Shiga, plans to resign over the expected massive write-down in the company’s U.S. nuclear business, sources said Saturday. Shiga once served as president of the U.S. nuclear unit, Westinghouse Electric Co., which Toshiba has said could face a multibillion-dollar loss due to cost overruns from delays ...
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Giappone
U.S. economic momentum faces wild card in Trump trade policy
The U.S. economy entered 2017 with a solid head of steam, driven by consumer spending and a pickup in business investment. President Donald Trump could add to that momentum — or kill it, if trade tensions keep flaring. Fourth-quarter figures released Friday showed how swings in trade can have big ...
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USA Giappone
Japan may begin auto trade talks with Trump administration
The government is considering the possibility of launching bilateral auto trade negotiations with the United States as the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is seen urging Japan to begin talks on a bilateral trade pact, sources have said. Ahead of the first summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and ...
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Giappone
ANA concerned Trump’s policies may slow global growth
ANA Holdings Inc., owner of Japan’s biggest airline, said it’s concerned the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump may slow global growth, which in turn affects airline passenger traffic. “We have to consider the effect on logistics and movements if trade frictions arise as in the past,” Yuji Hirako, an ...
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Brasile
Homens entram em posto de saúde do ES para furtar vacinas de febre amarela
Na disputa para conseguir se imunizar contra a febre amarela, no Espírito Santo, bandidos invadiram uma unidade de saúde, na Barra do Jucu, em Vila Velha, na madrugada desta sexta-feira, 27. A tentativa de furtar as doses da vacina foi frustrada quando eles perceberam que não havia mais nenhum frasco ...
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Brasile
Brasil teme entrada de armas de rebeldes das Farc pela fronteira
O ministro brasileiro da Defesa, Raúl Jungmann, reúne-se na próxima terça-feira (31/1) com seu contraparte colombiano, em Manaus, para estabelecer novos procedimentos de segurança na fronteira, por onde temem a entrada de armas de rebeldes das Farc.Em novembro passado, as Forças Armadas Revolucionárias da Colômbia (Farc, marxistas) assinaram um acordo ...
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Nigeria
We won’t reverse forex ban on 41 items – CBN
Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The Central Bank of Nigeria is not considering the reversal of its policy banning foreign exchange sale to importers of 41 items, which the country has the capacity to produce locally. The apex bank said rather than reversing the policy, it would continue to come up with ...
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Nigeria
High import duties threaten LPG market growth – NLPGA
Eric Dumo The Nigeria Liquefied Petroleum Gas Association has said that the high cost of importation of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (cooking gas) equipment is seriously affecting the industry and threatening its growth. The NLPGA also said that if the situation persisted, the growth of the LPG market in the country ...