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Kenya
Business: Egyptian firm opens Sh2b sports club in Runda, Nairobi
Egyptian firm Wadi Degla Holdings has launched a Sh2 billion sports club in Kiambu County. This is one of the three clubs the firm is investing in at a total cost of Sh10 billion.
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Kenya
Business: E-commerce retailer offers free shippingof small, medium items during Black Friday
Jumia will offer free shipping on thousands of popular, small and medium items like Mobile phones, computing, medium sized television sets, consumer goods and fashion among others during this year's Black Friday sale across Nairobi.
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Brasile
Para secretário de Doria, Trump pode criar oportunidades para SP
O empresário Júlio Serson, anunciado nesta quinta-feira, 10, como secretário de Relações Internacionais na gestão de João Doria (PSDB) na capital paulista, afirmou que vê com "certo otimismo" a eleição do republicano Donaldo Trump para a presidência dos Estados Unidos.Durante coletiva de imprensa para o anúncio ...
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Brasile
AGU defende que gestantes e lactantes sejam afastadas de condição insalubre
Em manifestação encaminhada ao Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF), a Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU) defendeu o afastamento de gestantes e lactantes de locais insalubres. A manifestação da AGU foi feita no âmbito de uma ação direta de inconstitucionalidade ajuizada pela Confederação Nacional de Saúde, Hospitais, Estabelecimentos e Serviços, que questiona dispositivo legal ...
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Nigeria
Buhari seeks judiciary’s cooperation to battle corruption
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday swore in Walter Samuel Onnoghen as the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN). At the occasion in the Council Chamber of the State House, the President sought the judiciary’s cooperation in the fight against corruption and insecurity. Besides, it should join the efforts to boost the ...
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Kenya
Lamamra, Kenya's FM discuss election of AU Commission Chairperson
ALGIERS-Kenya's Foreign Affairs and International Trade Minister Amina Mohamed said Thursday that she discussed with Minister of State, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ramtane Lamamra "the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) Commission," and its various structures. In a statement to the press following her meeting with ...
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Cina Russia Giappone
Trump factor hitting investors in emerging markets, ETFs, spurring flight
Investing in Mexico, China and other emerging markets has never been for the fainthearted. Big swings have been a hallmark, caused by everything from the 1994 “tequila crisis” where Mexico devalued the peso to Russia’s default on its debt in 1998. Here’s the latest addition to the list: Donald Trump’s ...
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USA Giappone
Canada, Mexico willing to discuss NAFTA with Trump, sidestep U.S. on TPP
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he is willing to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has said he wants to change or scrap. During the campaign, Trump called NAFTA the worst trade deal the United States has ever signed, while proposing ...
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Giappone
Robotic dinosaur replicas stomp in Tokyo ahead of planned park
Stomping and roaring dinosaurs took to the stage in Tokyo on Thursday as part of a presentation for a proposed entertainment park where visitors will be able to see the realistic replicas first-hand. Japanese firm ON-ART Corp. unveiled man-operated robotic models of raptors, an allosaurus and a tyrannosaurus rex, in ...
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Russia Giappone Vietnam
Vietnam seeking legislative nod to ditch nuke plants backed by Japan, Russia
The Vietnamese government submitted a resolution to the National Assembly on Thursday requesting that plans to build nuclear power plants with Japanese and Russian assistance be scrapped. The parliament is expected to vote on the resolution on Nov. 22 and it is likely to be approved without amendment. The National ...