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Brasile USA Venezuela
Venezuela kicks out head of EU delegation after new sanctions
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said on Wednesday, February 23td, that the head of the European Union’s delegation in Caracas had 72 hours to leave the South American country and declared her persona non grata after the bloc imposed new sanctions on Venezuelan officials this ...
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Brasile USA
Brazil’s president again says he will expose Pfizer’s demands on Brazil for vaccine purchase
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - President Jair Bolsonaro said on Wednesday, February 24th, that the purchase of Pfizer vaccines is "something of great responsibility" given the requirements imposed by the American pharmaceutical company. Bolsonaro said once again that he will show to the population all contractual requirements imposed by the ...
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Australia
Australia passes law to make Big Tech pay for news
Move to force Facebook and Google to compensate publishers could be model for other countries
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Myanmar
Myanmar protests imperil economy as banking business slows
Lenders struggle to perform basic tasks while staff join mass demonstrations against junta
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Nuova Zelanda
Business case for second Mt Victoria tunnel in Wellington delayed, Lets Get Wellington Moving has 'no public credibility'
No date for spades to hit ground on second tunnel after delayed business case, as head of transport agency admits Wellington's transport plan has "no public credibility".
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Belgio
Alitalia, ora il carburante scarseggia: ma c?è il piano per pagare gli stipendi
Lo schema lo stanno mettendo a punto al Tesoro. In stretto contatto con il ministero dello Sviluppo e quello dei Trasporti. Per poi passare il tutto al vaglio di Bruxelles ed evitare, almeno questo...
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USA Thailandia
Privilege use drops among exporters due to outbreak
The use of free trade agreement (FTA) privileges and the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) by Thai exporters tallied US$62.3 billion in 2020, down 10.5% from a year before, mainly attributed to the pandemic.
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Nigeria
Corruption: Accountants Must Act Now – Finance Minister
BY MARK ITSIBOR, Minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed has said accountants must take urgent and drastic steps to face corruption head-on. The minister said professional accountants in Nigeria should imbibe ethical behaviour centered on competence, integrity, objectivity, independence, responsibility, conscientiousness and conformity to standards to deal ...
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USA
Governors Empowered By ECOWAS Protocol To Shut Out Armed Herdsmen – Falana
By GEORGE OKOJIE, Legal luminary and human rights activist, Femi Falana, has said that state governors are empowered by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) protocol to shut out armed herdsmen from other countries. In a statement yesterday, Falana, who was reacting to comments by some government officials ...
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Nigeria
Editorial: Why NDLEA Needs Tougher Laws
From being a section of the Police Force situated at the notorious Alagbon Close, Lagos, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has come a long way to its present status as a dare-devil arm of government working to clean the society of harmful drugs. Its evolution, however, is work ...