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Giappone
Popularity of card loans add to financial woes
Supreme Court records show that there were 64,637 filings for personal bankruptcy in 2016, an increase of 781 cases over 2015, thus marking the first increase in 13 years. The number of personal bankruptcies peaked in 2003 at almost 250,000 nationwide. The reason for the subsequent decrease was greater scrutiny ...
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Giappone
Dakota Access oil pipeline could be operating within weeks
Oil could be flowing through the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline in less than two weeks, according to court documents filed by the developer just before police and soldiers started clearing a protest camp in North Dakota where pipeline opponents had gathered for the better part of a year. Energy ...
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Regno Unito Malta
Projects Malta nominated for international award
Projects Malta Ltd has been nominated as a finalist in the international Partnership Awards 2017 to be held in London. A total of 100 submissions were made for the awards, which will judge projects from Europe, Asia and Africa. The award recognises what it considers to be a model of joint projects between ...
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Russia
White House adviser asked FBI to rebut Russia links
Discussions breach policies designed to avoid political interference in law enforcement
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Cina
China bans fourth-richest man from insurance sector
Move against Baoneng chairman comes amid crackdown on hostile takeovers
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USA
Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee
US-backed Iraqi forces pushed deeper into western Mosul today, advancing in several populated southern districts after punching through the defences of Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq a day earlier. About 1,000 civilians also walked across the frontlines, the largest movement since the new offensive launched last week to ...
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Venezuela Finlandia
Watch: 'Worst skier alive' wobbles past world championship finish line
A Venezuelan athlete who had never worn skis or trained on snow has achieved his dream of competing in the world ski championships. Adrian Solano wobbled, rolled and slid down the cross-country course at the 2017 Nordic Skiing World Championships in Finland as commentators looked on aghast and dubbed him the ...
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Regno Unito Malta
ITV's Cannonball to be shot in Malta
ITV, one of the main broadcasters in the UK, has selected Malta as the prime location for all the water games of new TV show Cannonball. All the focus will be on Malta as the Malta Film Studios in Kalkara will be set up for the variety of water-based challenges. ITV has already ...
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USA Malta
INDEPTH: Eddie Fenech Adami had proposed to name Speaker from AD ranks in 2003 – Cassola
Former Nationalist Prime Minister Eddie Fenech Adami had proposed the naming of the Speaker of the House of Representatives from among the ranks of Alternattiva Demokratika in 2003, before the referendum on EU membership was held, AD chairman Prof. Arnold Cassola said.Answering questions by The Malta Independent editor Stephen Calleja ...
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Regno Unito Malta
International TV game show production 'Cannonball' aired on ITV to be shot in Malta
One of the main broadcasters in the UK, ITV, has selected Malta as the prime location for all the water games of their new show 'Cannonball'. ITV has already issued a call for contestants across the UK.Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis said that 2017 has already started off on a ...