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USA Giappone
Mitsubishi’s second test jet arrives in U.S. for flight trials
A second Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet arrived in the United States on Friday to conduct required flight tests in order to get a safety certification in Japan, the company said Saturday. The subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to send two more Mitsubishi Regional Jets, the country’s first ...
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Giappone
Asia-Pacific leaders urged to defend free trade at APEC summit following Trump’s win
A summit of top world leaders was urged Friday to fight rising protectionism after Donald Trump’s election victory stoked fears that free trade and the global economy are under threat. Trump, who triumphed in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential vote, tapped the anger of working-class voters who feel left behind ...
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Giappone
JR Hokkaido says it can’t maintain half of its railways
Hokkaido Railway Co. said Friday it has difficulty maintaining half of its railways by itself. At a news conference at JR Hokkaido’s head office in Sapporo, President Osamu Shimada said the company finds it hard to continue operating 13 money-losing sections of 10 lines on its own. The 13 sections ...
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Cina USA Giappone
As Trump talks wall, China builds bridges to Latin America
An expected U.S. economic retreat from Latin America under Donald Trump is causing the region’s leaders to look halfway around the world to China for help weathering the possible financial headwinds. They will have the perfect opportunity to make their appeal this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ...
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USA
IEBC 2017 election transmission plan to reduce disputes
Presidential results will first be announced at polling stations and instantly posted online for all to see, as the IEBC seeks to reduce disputes over next year's election. This time, electronic transmission of presidential results will not wait until they are tallied at the constituency level as in the past. ...
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USA Kenya Yemen
The hidden hand behind Nasa and why it will never launch
RAILA Odinga is the ultimate political choke artist. In American sports, to choke is the failure by an athlete or team to win a game they were highly expected to. We could, for example, say that Hillary Clinton choked at the last minute. A history of Raila’s “would have beens” ...
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Russia USA Giappone Kenya Regno Unito
US elections: A mad man showed up and all hell broke loose
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” A friend in the UK sent me this quote the day after Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss to Donald Trump in the U.S. elections.A white standup comedian, George Carlin ( 1937-2008 ) from New York said so.But another white friend in ...
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USA Kenya
Kenyans living with mental illness get lost in the criminal justice system
Samuel Macharia Njoroge, 42, refers to his earlier years as the dark ages. “This is a period that I faced a lot of hardship and stigma while undergoing psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation both residential and out-patient for quite some time. I was in and out of it for about 11 ...
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Kenya
Business: Kenya to host first ever aquaculture symposium
The East African Aquaculture Symposium (EAASE 2016) is the first regional aquaculture symposium in Kenya and has been organised by Kiambu County Government in collaboration with Farm Africa and some 100 key stakeholders.
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Kenya
Business: Police arrest Nairobi businesswoman over allegations of spreading messages that Family Bank is about to collapse
A woman has been arrested for spreading a malicious report claiming that Family Bank was about to be put under receivership.