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USA
Business: : Reuters/Ipsos poll: Galaxy Note 7 recall did not damage Samsung brand in US
A global recall of fire-prone Galaxy Note 7 smartphones did not appear to hurt U.S. consumers' willingness to buy Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) phones, a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Sunday showed.
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Kenya
Business News: Film board steps in to sponsor 2016 Nairobi broadcast and film professionals' meeting
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has committed to support the 2016 edition of the Broadcast, Film and Music Africa Conference, #BFMA8 opening this week Nov 23-24 at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi.
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Kenya
Business: Film board steps in to sponsor 2016 Nairobi broadcast and film professionals' meeting
The Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) has committed to support the 2016 edition of the Broadcast, Film and Music Africa Conference, #BFMA8 opening this week Nov 23-24 at the Kenya National Theatre in Nairobi.
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Kenya
Kenya: You can't grow economy when citizens' toilets have no water
When that call comes, you cannot say mteja wa nambari unayopiga haipatikani kwa sasa. You must answer. On the spot.
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Malta
INDEPTH: Nursery compensation fees to be removed within one or two years – MFA general secretary
Compensation fees demanded by football nurseries when children move in between clubs will be eliminated within one or two years, outgoing Malta Football Association general secretary Bjorn Vassallo believes.Interviewed by Online editor Stephen Calleja on INDEPTH, The Malta Independent's online programme, Mr Vassallo said that in the meantime certain measures ...
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Malta
Planning gain for Marsaxlokk in return for Electrogas permits amount to €125,000
Electrogas had to pay a planning gain of €125,000 for the permits it was granted, yet the station itself is an eyesore for Marsaxlokk residents, in addition to the enormous LNG tanker that must berth there.The development permissions for the construction of the combined cycle gas turbine and liquefied natural ...
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USA
Trump says cast of ‘Hamilton’ was very inappropriate, drops hints on cabinet jobs
President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday that he had "made a couple of deals" after spending the weekend meeting with a long list of potential administration appointees, but he did not reveal any more picks.Trump and the vice president-elect, Mike Pence, did drop some hints. Pence said that Mitt Romney was ...
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Regno Unito
UK Treasury chief: Brexit uncertainty could drag on economy
Britain's economy could face a slowdown because of the uncertainty caused by the decision to leave the European Union, the government's finance minister said Sunday.In an illustration of the conflicting forces at work, the Conservative government is facing pressure from dozens of its own lawmakers to make a decisive break ...
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Singapore
Shilla Duty-Free Speeds up Globalization Drive
Hotel Shilla opened a duty-free shop in Katu in Phuket, Thailand, on November 19. This is Hotel Shilla's first duty-free shop in the downtown of a foreign country. At present, Hotel Shilla runs duty-free shops at Singapore's Changi Airport and Macao International Airport. Hotel Shilla officials said, "Starting from the ...
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Cina USA Perù
APEC Leaders Voice Concerns about Trump's Protectionism
The leaders of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation member economies strongly voiced against the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's protectionism at the APEC summit meeting held in Peru's capital Lima. Some leaders warned that if the United States withdraws from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement as Trump pledged during the presidential campaign, they would ...