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Giappone
Small French town’s ‘Wattway’ solar road converts sunshine to power street lights
France on Thursday inaugurated the world’s first “solar highway,” a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre. The 1-km-long (half-mile-long) “Wattway” covered with 2,800 sq. meters (30,000 sq. feet) of resin-coated solar panels was hooked up to ...
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Nuova Zelanda
Wellington tuk tuk company puts tours on hold after crash injures six people
A Wellington tuk tuk tour company has put the brakes on its business after a crash saw six passengers taken to hospital.
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Nigeria
Polaris unveils high resolution digital imagery at workshop
The 2016 edition of the Discovery Day Lagos Workshop was held on Thursday, December 8 at the Oriental Hotel Victoria Island, Lagos. The event organized by Polaris Digitech Limited – Nigeria’s premier geospatial business solutions company, in conjunction with Digital Globe, the world’s leading provider of high –resolution Earth imagery, ...
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USA Nigeria
Senate ‘recess delays’ resubmission of ambassadors’ list
Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the list of the 47 non-career ambassadors rejected by the Senate will be resubmitted when the upper legislative chamber resumes from its recess. Onyeama told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that the list was being delayed by the ...
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USA Nigeria
Buhari hails Lagos, Kebbi over Lake rice
President Muhammadu Buhari has commended Lagos and Kebbi states for the successful partnership that gave rise to the local production of LAKE Rice (Lagos-Kebbi Rice). The President specifically commended the commitment of Governors Akinwunmi Ambode and Atiku Bagudu in bringing to fruition the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in March ...
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USA Nigeria
Senate Recess Delays FG’s Re-submission Of Non-career Ambassadors’ List – Onyeama
Mr Geoffrey Onyeama, Minister of Foreign Affairs, says the list of the 47 non-career ambassadors rejected by the Senate will be resubmitted when the upper legislative chamber resumes from its recess. Onyeama told the Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in New York that the list was being ...
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USA Nigeria
PMB Commends Lagos, Kebbi On Lake Rice, Says There’s More To Come
President Muhammadu Buhari commends Lagos and Kebbi States for the successful partnership that gave rise to the local production of LAKE Rice (Lagos-Kebbi Rice). The president particularly salutes the commitment of Governors Akinwunmi Ambode and Atiku Bagudu in bringing to fruition the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in March 2016 ...
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Senegal
Loi anti-tabac : les hôteliers invités à s'équiper de fumoirs pour leurs clients
Dakar, 23 déc (APS) - L'Observatoire contre le commerce illicite des produits du tabac invite les hôteliers à équiper les établissements de fumoirs pour être en phase avec la nouvelle loi antitabac, s'ils souhaitent permettre à leurs clients de continuer à fumer malgré cette disposition. - Santé
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Senegal
Fer à béton normalisé : les commerçants invités à se conformer à la réglementation
Dakar, 23 déc (APS) - Le chef de service régional du commerce de Fatick (ouest), Babacar Diouf, a invité les commerçants de la région à se conformer à la réglementation en vigueur relativement au fer à béton, avant les opérations de contrôle prévues pour démarrer à partir du 1er janvier ...
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Israele
Business in brief: Teva reaches settlement with the U.S. over foreign bribery accusations
Drilling, Avner seek to boost bond issue | Strauss buys German coffee company | Weak Tel Aviv market kept aloft by Teva, Israel Corp., Israel Chemcials