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Nigeria
Extractive Industries: Stakeholders Want FG To Scrap Tax Holiday Incentive
By Ruth Tene Natsa, Abuja Stakeholders have called on the federal government to scrap tax holidays on extractive industries and instead strengthen the framework for ensuring the ease of doing business by investors. This according to them “Is because tax holidays has led to loss of essential revenue” The stakeholders ...
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Argentina
Grenergy entra en el mercado argentino con la compra de un parque eólico de 24 MW
Grenergy ha entrado en el mercado argentino con la compra de un proyecto eólico de 24 megavatios (MW) en la Patagonia, informó la compañía.
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Giappone
Tokyo stocks drop amid lack of fresh incentives
Stocks fell slightly Tuesday in thin trading amid a lack of fresh clues.The Nikkei 225 average lost 20.47 points, or 0.10 percent, to close at ...
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USA
Mirai sales looks bleak in U.S. states lacking hydrogen-fueling stations
Toyota Motor Corp., off to a slow start selling its car of the future on one U.S. coast, is struggling even to get started on ...
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Giappone
Meiji’s decision to end Karl sales in eastern Japan leaves older fans up in arms
After Meiji Co.’s decision to pull its long-selling corn puff snack Karl from shelves in eastern Japan, avid fans have flocked to stores to buy ...
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USA
Israeli finance minister visits US to talk taxes, economic cooperation
Kahlon also asked Mnuchin to exert pressure on the Palestinian Authority in the war against money laundering and terror financing.
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USA
Exclusive: Netanyahu secretly met with UAE foreign minister in 2012 in New York
After years of talking via intermediaries, Netanyahu and Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan met discreetly following the former's invitation, entering the hotel via an underground parking lot and special service elevator. UAE foreign minister made clear to Netanyahu there would be no warming of ties without progress with the ...
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Portogallo
Portugal regista a maior área ardida da última década
Este ano os fogos já consumiram 75.264 hectares de florestas. Esta é a maior área ardida em Portugal nos últimos dez anos, de acordo com o relatório do Instituto da Conservação da Natureza e das Florestas (ICNF).
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USA Kenya
MSF concerned by high numbers of AIDS deaths in sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Kenya, MalawiGlobal attention is needed to prevent and treat AIDS in antiretroviral era, with 50 per cent of hospital admissions in MSF hospitals already on treatment and showing signs of clinical failure. Global attention is needed to prevent and treat AIDS ...
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Kenya
Kenya project boosts maize production and climate change benefits
Source: World Bank Country: KenyaThe project, supported by the World Bank in partnership with the NGO Vi Agroforestry, aims to support a total of 60,000 farmers managing 45,000 hectares of farmland in western Kenya.A pioneering soil carbon project helps to double maize production in areas of Kenya, improving farmers’ livelihoods and ...