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USA
Five in six children under two not getting enough nutrition - UNICEF
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: WorldUNICEF data show that poor nutritional practices are widespread, depriving children of essential nutrients when their growing brains, bones and bodies need them the most. Five in six children under two not getting enough nutrition for growth and brain development - UNICEF NEW YORK, 14 October 2016 –Five ...
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USA Camerun Vietnam Etiopia Nigeria
An emergency within an emergency - placing polio response in a broader response in Nigeria
Source: Global Polio Eradication Initiative Country: Cameroon, Chad, Niger, NigeriaIn the first instance, the emergencies team and polio team work together on a day-to-day basis as ‘one WHO’, citing collaboration as "the most effective way" to achieve polio-free Africa.The polio outbreak response in Nigeria and across the Lake Chad basin is ...
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Kenya Regno Unito Paesi Bassi
Ending contract with KLM could have saved KQ Sh26bn
Kenya Airways management could have ended the KLM partnership earlier to save the airline from last year’s Sh26 billion losses, the National Assembly Transport Committee was told yesterday. The International Air Transport Association told legislators KQ management failed to evaluate financial benefit from the KLM partnership so it could not ...
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USA Kenya
I’m a liberal Christian and faith won’t cloud my mind – Maraga
Chief Justice nominee David Maraga, 66, yesterday told MPs he will work to end frequent wrangles pitting Parliament and the executive against the judiciary. He told the Justice and Legal Affairs Committee that as a “liberal Christian rather than a fanatic”, he will follow the law when discharging his duties. ...
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Kenya Etiopia Nigeria
Audit calls for reduction of MPs, MCAs
Kenyans are over-represented by exorbitantly paid lawmakers and should slash the number of elected leaders and reduce their allowances, an audit report on the Constitution says. The report presented to Parliament yesterday says Kenyans are spending far too much on their far too numerous MPs and MCAs in 47 counties. ...
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USA Corea del Sud
Hanwha Techwin Joins Hands with GE to Realize Factory Digitalization
Hanwha Techwin decided to develop a business model for digitalization of plants and facilities in collaboration with GE of the United States. Hanwha announced on October 13 that it signed a memorandum with GE to promote cooperation in digital and industrial Internet areas at the Plaza Hotel in Seoul's downtown ...
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USA Corea del Sud
Court decides to sell Hanjin Shipping’s Asia-US network
The Seoul court said Friday it has decided to sell the core business route of Hanjin Shipping as part of court receivers
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Brasile
Pós-impeachment destrava negócios e atrai estrangeiros
A perspectiva de maior estabilidade econômica e política no médio e longo prazos destravou o mercado de fusões e aquisições no Brasil, com forte participação de empresas estrangeiras
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Nigeria
Corruption’ll drive away investors unless tackled –Jimoh Ibrahim
Billionaire businessman and politician, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, yesterday said no nation would do business with Nigeria with the current high level of corruption in the country. Barrister Ibrahim disclosed this while delivering a paper entitled: “Nigeria’s economy: The roles of worshippers in the temple of justice”, at an event organised ...
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Paraguay
Canciller aprueba el plan de frigoríficos
“Está bien”, respondió ayer el canciller nacional sobre el anuncio de la Cámara Paraguaya de la Carne (CPC) de abrir una oficina comercial en China para explorar el mercado y en vista de que el Paraguay no mantiene relaciones diplomáticas con el gran país asiático