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Giappone
GM testing autonomous Bolts on Michigan’s public roads
General Motors has started testing fully autonomous vehicles on public roads around its technical center in suburban Detroit. The announcement comes just one week after Gov. Rick Snyder signed legislation that allows the cars to be tested on public roads without a driver or a steering wheel. But the automaker ...
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Giappone
Tokyo eyes ¥1 trillion in financial support for Japanese firms pursuing U.K. nuclear plants
The government is considering offering financial assistance through state-affiliated banks for projects won by Japanese companies for nuclear power plant construction in Britain, sources said Thursday. Under study is a plan for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation and the Development Bank of Japan to invest in and provide loans ...
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USA Nigeria
Tens of thousands in Lake Chad region to benefit from increased EU contribution
Source: World Food Programme Country: Chad, NigeriaThe one-million euro contribution will allow the World Food Programme to provide more emergency relief for 12,500 families, including 62,500 very vulnerable people in western Sahel.N’DJAMENA – The World Food Programme (WFP) welcomes a one-million euro contribution from the European Union through the Instrument Contributing ...
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Regno Unito Yemen
Warning of humanitarian catastrophe in Yemen unless more food reaches millions
Source: Disasters Emergency Committee Country: YemenBefore the conflict, Yemen had one of the highest levels of malnutrition in the world. Now, 3.3 million children and pregnant and breastfeeding women are acutely malnourished.Aid workers are warning that Yemen is heading towards a humanitarian catastrophe should more emergency food not reach the millions ...
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Sudafrica
South Africa: SA Welcomes R150 Million Chinese Investment
[SAnews.gov.za] Pretoria -Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies has welcomed the R150 million Chinese investment at the Dube Trade Port which will build local capacity in the manufacturing of fibre optic cables.
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Panama
Falla técnica masiva dejó a cajeros automáticos de bancos en Panamá fuera de servicio durante dos horas
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Senegal
Affaire Doungou Camara : Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop en phase avec la FSHB
Dakar, 15 déc (APS) - Le "Grand Serigne" de Dakar, Abdoulaye Makhtar Diop, s'est dit jeudi en phase avec la décision de la Fédération sénégalaise de handball (FSHB) de porter devant la justice sportive l'affaire portant sur l'exclusion de l'équipe féminine du Sénégal de la CAN 2016 de la discipline, ...
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Turchia
Arno Fischer at Milli Reasürans Art Gallery
In collaboration with the Foreign Cultural Relations Institute (IFA) and the Goethe-Institut Istanbul, Milli Reasürans Art Gallery is displaying 183 workds of late German photography artist Arno Fischer. The exhibition will continue through Jan 7, 2017.
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Turchia
New free trade deals, update in Customs Union deal to jumpstart Turkish economy in 2017: Minister
An update in Turkey’s Customs Union deal with the EU and the signing of new free trade deals with other countries will help Ankara overcome its economic slowdown in 2017, Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci has said
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USA Venezuela
Venezuela gate-crashes meeting with regional powers
Venezuela’s top diplomat turned up uninvited to a meeting of the South America’s Mercosur on Dec. 14, despite Caracas’ suspension from the trade bloc for failing to meet democratic and trade standards.