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Senegal
Touba Khayra 2 : Al Rahma offre des consultations médicales à 5000 personnes
Dakar, 1er sept (APS) - L'Association "Al Rahma" organise, samedi à 8h, à Touba Khayra 2 (Diourbel), une journée de consultations médicales gratuites pour cinq mille personnes, annonce un communiqué parvenu à l'APS. Dakar, 1er sept (APS) - L'Association "Al Rahma" organise, samedi à 8h, à Touba Khayra 2 (Diourbel), ...
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Senegal
Accord de l'OMC sur la facilitation des échanges : Le Sénégal dépose ses instruments de ratification
Dakar, 1er sept (APS) - Le Sénégal a ratifié l'Accord de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce sur la facilitation des échanges (AFE), a appris l'APS, jeudi. Dakar, 1er sept (APS) - Le Sénégal a ratifié l'Accord de l'Organisation mondiale du commerce sur la facilitation des échanges (AFE), a appris l'APS, jeudi. ...
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Giappone
SpaceX rocket with Facebook satellite blows up on Canaveral launchpad
An explosion destroyed a Falcon 9 rocket belonging to Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its satellite cargo during routine test firing at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday, two days before it had been due to blast off and place the satellite in orbit. SpaceX said there were no injuries and ...
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USA Giappone
Report: White nationalists use Twitter with impunity, dwarf Islamic State’s use; Trump camp no comment
White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with “relative impunity” and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found. Eighteen prominent white nationalist accounts examined in the study, including the American Nazi Party, have seen a ...
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Giappone
Abe, Saudi prince vow cooperation on economic plan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Saudi Arabian Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman affirmed Thursday their resolve to work together to achieve planned reforms of the Saudi economy with the potential to deliver significant benefits to Japan. The deputy crown prince, a son of King Salman bin Abdulaziz, doubles as ...
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Giappone
57% of Japanese cautious about using credit cards: survey
A majority of Japanese people are cautious about using credit cards, according to the results of the Cabinet Office’s first public opinion survey on the payment method released Thursday. In the survey, 57.9 percent of respondents were negative about actively using credit cards, while 39.8 percent were positive. As reasons ...
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Giappone
JR Kyushu set to list on TSE Oct. 25
Kyushu Railway Co. will make its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Oct. 25, informed sources said Thursday. The TSE is set to approve the stock listing of the railway operator on Sept. 15 at the earliest, the sources said. With the company’s total market capitalization expected to reach ...
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USA Giappone
California’s eco-car campaign short on fuel as automakers use green credits to offset quotas
Toyota’s zero-emission vehicle sales in California this year amount to a drop of hydrogen in an ocean of gasoline. The world’s largest automaker has so far sold about 270 fuel cell cars in the state, where it delivered nearly 400,000 gasoline-powered vehicles last year, according to an Edmunds.com analysis of ...
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Giappone
Dollar climbs above ¥103.50 in Tokyo
The dollar climbed above ¥103.50 in Tokyo trading on Thursday, while a wait-and-see mood strengthened ahead of U.S. jobs data Friday. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥103.56-57, up from ¥103.27-27 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at $1.1128-1130, slightly down from $1.1131-1133, and at ¥115.25-29, up ...
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Giappone
Merger of FamilyMart and Uny creates Japan’s No. 2 convenience store chain
FamilyMart Co. and Uny Group Holdings Co. merged on Thursday to create the nation’s second-largest convenience store chain after Seven-Eleven Japan Co. The formation of FamilyMart Uny Holdings Co. marks consolidation in an industry where retailers face intense competition to boost sales in a sputtering economy with a declining population ...