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Giappone
Retailer hopes PET-bottled rice will revive Japan’s consumption of the staple
A retailer in northern Japan has come up with a product it hopes will help turn around the country’s declining appetite for rice: several varieties of the staple sold in PET bottles to appeal to young people. More than 30 brands are on offer, including the popular Hitomebore and Akitakomachi ...
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Giappone
Trump vows to quit TPP ‘on day one’
Donald Trump said Monday he would move to pull out of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal the day he takes office, in line with a central campaign pledge. “I’ve asked my transition team to develop a list of executive actions we can take on day one to restore our ...
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Giappone
Canada to end coal power by 2030
Canada will shutter its coal-fired power plants by 2030 as part of its strategy to cut greenhouse gas emission under the Paris climate accord, Environment Minister Catherine McKenna announced Monday. The plants, located in four provinces, produce about 10 percent of Canada’s total CO2 emissions, and closing them will remove ...
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Giappone
Trump vow to bring back coal, ditch pollution curbs brings guarded hope to miners
The hard-eyed view along the Tug Fork River in West Virginia coal country is that President-elect Donald Trump has something to prove: that he’ll help bring back Appalachian mining, as he promised time and again on the campaign trail. Nobody thinks he can revive it entirely — not economists, not ...
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Giappone
17 pipeline protesters taken to hospitals after being hosed in freezing weather
Authorities on Monday defended their decision to douse protesters with water during a skirmish in subfreezing weather near the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and organizers said at least 17 protesters were taken to the hospital — including some who were treated for hypothermia. Protesters trying to push past a long-blocked ...
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Giappone
Lufthansa pilot union to strike Wednesday over pay gripe
A union representing pilots at Germany airline Lufthansa says it’s going on strike in a long-running dispute over pay. The Cockpit union said Monday that pilots of all short- and long-haul flights out of Germany will go on strike all of Wednesday. The union says Lufthansa has been posting “very ...
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Israele
Business in brief: Overseas Commerce plans IPO to trade in Tel Aviv
Teva gets European approval for drug to treat aggressive form of leukemia | Four U.S. developers eye combined NIS 1.7 billion in bond issues | Tel Aviv ends higher, led by insurance stocks
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Human suffering in Syria 'ever-worsening', UN relief chief tells Security Council
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Syrian Arab RepublicUN humanitarians and partners will not give up on the people of Aleppo, but the only solution, as has been said countless times before, is a political solution, Stephen O’Brien said today. Mr President, As we meet again this month, ...
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Nigeria
Nigeria: 2017 Budget Targeted At Stimulating Private Sector Investment - Udoma
[Premium Times] The Federal Government said on Monday that the focus of the 2017 Budget would be to stimulate private sector investment and fast-track the exit of the economy from recession.
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UNESCO assessing urgent needs in restoring education after the Haiti hurricane
Source: UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Country: HaitiThe hurricane, which hit the southern parts of the country on 4 October 2016, has disrupted education for more than 100,000 children, with over 770 schools affected, 150 of which are currently used as shelters.UNESCO is working to restore education for children and ...