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USA Giappone
NHTSA confirms 11th U.S. death blamed on Takata air bags
A 50-year-old woman who died after a car wreck last month in California is the 11th U.S. victim of Takata Corp.’s defective air bag inflators. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed the woman’s death on Thursday but didn’t release her name. Up to five people also may have been ...
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Giappone
Bicker over liquor: Overworked Jim Beam ranks offered new contract
Striking Jim Beam workers upset over extended work hours to keep up with demand for the brand’s whiskeys were presented a new contract offer Thursday that includes a company pledge to hire more employees, a union official said. About 250 union workers are scheduled to vote on the latest contract ...
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Kenya
Interpol issues arrest warrants for brothers in ivory trade
Interpol helped Kenyan police in the arrest of Mombasa businessman Feisal Mohamed Ali in Tanzania after months of being on the run.
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Kenya
Embu Governor Wambora bans selling of alcohol in the morning
Mr Wambora said he would scrap a controversial alcoholic drinks law that allowed bars to operate as early as 8am, saying it was being abused.
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Cina
Duty-free Shop Sales Projected to Surpass 10 Tril. Won This Year
The sales of Korea's duty-free shops have increased more than 36 percent for the past three quarters. This is largely thanks to a higher number of incoming foreign tourists including those from China. According to the Korea Customs Service on October 20, the aggregate sales revenue of 50 duty-free shops ...
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USA
KEPCO Invests 1 Tril. Won in UAE Nuclear Power Plant
Korea Electric Power Corp. acquired an 18-percent stake in the United Arab Emirates' Baraka nuclear power plant for US$900 million. The Export-Import Bank of Korea will offer a loan of $3.1 billion to the Baraka nuclear power plant project. This would be the largest financial support extended by a domestic financial ...
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Cina
China Grows 6.7% for Three Consecutive Quarters
China's economic growth rate stood at 6.7 percent for three consecutive quarters starting from the beginning of this year. Some analysts said that the Chinese economy entered a stage of "L-shaped" growth. The National Bureau of Statistics of China announced on October 19 that the nation's economy grew 6.7 percent ...
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Cina
Trade surplus with China halved in 3 years: report
South Korea’s trade surplus with China halved in three years, with the nation’s shipments to the neighboring country als
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USA
iPhone 7 goes on sale amid void of Note 7
Sales of Apple’s iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus began in South Korea on Friday, amid high expectations that the US tech gian
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Etiopia
State of Emergency Command Post Claims Sweeping Success
[Addis Standard] In a statement it released yesterday, the Command Post leading Ethiopia's recently enacted State of Emergency claimed a sweeping success in restoring law and order in different parts of the country within the last three days alone.