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USA
European Union gets breakthrough in cutting roaming costs; government reacts
The European Union has clinched a breakthrough in cutting costly mobile-phone roaming costs in the bloc ahead of the summer holidays.The EU presidency announced Wednesday that officials from the 28 EU nations and the European parliament reached a deal on how much operators may charge each other for using their ...
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Malta
EU leaders scheduled to discuss 'catastrophic' situation in Libya in Malta
The human rights situation in Libya is "catastrophic," with migrants heading for Europe bearing the brunt of abuse, the German government said.A report Sunday by German weekly Welt am Sonntag quoted an internal Foreign Ministry memo describing how migrants face torture and execution at detention camps in Libya. The country ...
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Malta
Editorial: Disintegrating the integrated
Times of Malta, The Malta Independent and MaltaToday have joined forces to call on the Maltese government to review Malta’s arbitrary system of ‘temporary humanitarian protection’ and to regularise the position of detained migrants whose looming ejection from the island appears to be guided by opportunistic politics rather than reasoned ...
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Messico Spagna
Cardona allegations have left public 'shocked and disgusted' – Simon Busuttil
The Maltese public is shocked and disgusted by the allegations surrounding Minister for the Economy and Labour Party Deputy Leader Chris Cardona.The allegations, which were revealed by blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia, claim that Mr Cardona visited the FKK Acapulco in Dusseldorf. Dr Cardona has since said that he will be suing Caruana ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Prime Minister Bill English reveals NZ will go to the polls on September 23
New Zealand's economy will be at the heart of the 2017 general election, Prime Minister Bill English said after revealing the country will go to the polls on September 23.English has also left the door open to working with New Zealand...
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Giappone
Dollar rallies to ¥113.50 in Tokyo on overseas dive
Following the dollar’s plunge overseas to levels close to ¥112 on remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. currency rebounded to around ¥113.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, led by demand from Japanese importers. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥113.58-58, compared with ¥113.52-53 at the same time ...
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks rebound on buybacks
Stocks overcame their early weakness stemming from the yen’s rise and closed moderately higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, supported by buybacks and buying on dips. The 225-issue Nikkei average gained 106.74 points, or 0.56 percent, to finish at 19,148.08. On Tuesday, the key market gauge tumbled 327.51 ...
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Giappone Thailandia
Toyota expects Thai auto sales to log 8% rise this year
Toyota Motor Corp. is aiming to boost its new vehicle sales in Thailand by 8 percent this year by introducing new models on the back of the recovering local auto market. The leading Japanese automaker’s Thai arm, Toyota Motor Thailand Co., announced Tuesday that the country’s total auto sales in ...
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Giappone
J-Power aims to burn more natural gas and wood as Abe fights climate change
Japan’s biggest electricity wholesaler knows it will take more than cutting-edge coal technology to save the environment. The Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, is looking to build its first major power plant that burns natural gas as well as use more woody biomass instead of fossil fuels, Executive ...
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Giappone
Komatsu joins peers in signaling mining rebound remains elusive
Komatsu Ltd., the world’s No. 2 supplier of construction equipment, said industry-wide demand from miners fell 13 percent in the last quarter, signaling that the rebound in commodities prices is yet to feed through into better sales of the giant trucks and excavators used in extracting minerals. The Tokyo-based company, ...