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Giappone
Startup tests egg-beater-type wind turbine that can resist typhoons on Okinawa
With hurricanes threatening Florida and typhoons lashing Japan, a startup company working on the island of Okinawa is testing a wind turbine that could withstand winds that blow the blades off traditional machines. Backed by government grants and loans, Challenergy Inc., run by Atsushi Shimizu, is working to bring to ...
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Egitto Russia USA
UN envoy in Middle East warns against ‘sleep-walking into another violent conflict’
Source: UN News Service Country: Iraq, occupied Palestinian territoryThe absence of progress towards a two-state solution has led to growing anger and frustration among Palestinians and profound disillusionment among Israelis, the top UN Middle East envoy warned today.19 October 2016 – The absence of progress towards a two-state solution has led ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Officers cite bottlenecks in new police health scheme
Police officers have pointed out bottlenecks in signing up for a new medical insurance plan for the service.
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Kenya
Kenya: LSK defends Judiciary in war on graft
The Law Society of Kenya on Thursday defended Judiciary on claims of being part of system slowing fight against corruption in the country.
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Cina
"China Manufacturing 2025" Exerts Impact on Corporate Korea Already
China risk is weighing heavily on Corporate Korea. What threatens Korean corporations that rely too much on Chinese demand is not just the current recession in the world's second-largest economy. China, which has become self-sufficient in the areas of basic industries such as steel and petrochemical, is now steadily gaining ...
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Vietnam
Taekwang Group to Expand Operations in Vietnam
Taekwang Group, led by its chairman Park Yeon-cha, is set to expand its business in Vietnam. Taekwang plans to build its third shoe plant in Can Tho in southern Vietnam. Park’s dream of building a “shoe kingdom” in Vietnam is slowly coming true. Taekwang, which produces Nike shoes on an OEM ...
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USA
Addis Abba Confirms Ceasefire Between Galmudug and Puntland
[Dalsan Radio] Ethiopian government has confirmed new peace initiative between Galmudug and Puntland regional states of Somalia. Foreign Affairs Statement posted online confirmed cessation of hostilities between the two administrations that clashed several times over territorial dispute.
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Cina Australia
Arrested staff Crown’s ‘highest priority’
THE welfare of 18 staff arrested in China remain top priority but foreign laws have to be respected, Crown Resorts’ chairman has told its AGM in Perth.
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USA
Fed in attesa delle elezioni USA. Beige Book segnala tassi in stand-by fino a dicembre
(Teleborsa) - L'economia americana si sta espandendo, ma l'imminenza e l'incertezza delle elezioni Presidenziali sta causando molta incertezza. Lo conferma il Beige Book, il consueto rapporto mensile...
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Russia USA
Debate stunner: Trump won't say he'll accept election result
Threatening to upend a fundamental pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused to say Wednesday night that he will accept the results of next month's election if he loses to Hillary Clinton. The Democratic nominee declared Trump's resistance "horrifying."Trump had spent the days leading up to the third and final ...