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Etiopia
Race to the Bottom - Ethiopia's Accelerating Crisis
[Addis Standard] An economy in free fall, ever-deepening repression, a deteriorating security, inter-ethnic violence, and a vicious infighting within the ruling party - Ethiopia is on the cusp of political explosion.
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Giappone
Japan banks downsize to stay alive
TOKYO: Japan's biggest banks are racing to adapt to changing business conditions amid a shrinking population and the spread of online banking.
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Costa Rica
Dez norte-americanos mortos em queda de avião na Costa Rica
Uma avioneta privada despenhou-se no domingo na Costa Rica. A bordo seguiam dez passageiros de nacionalidade norte-americana e mais dois tripulantes, revelaram as autoridades locais.
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USA Costa Rica
Queda de pequeno avião na Costa Rica faz 12 mortos, dez estrangeiros
San Jose, Costa Rica (Lusa) - Um pequeno avião despenhou-se hoje na Costa Rica e provocou a morte dos 12 ocupantes, entre eles dez turistas estrangeiros, anunciou um porta-voz do Ministério da Segurança Pública.
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Venezuela
Venezuela: Salário mínimo aumenta 40% a partir de segunda
O Presidente da Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, anunciou hoje, um novo aumento, o segundo em menos de 60 dias, de 40% do salário mínimo e das pensões dos venezuelanos, a partir de 01 de janeiro de 2018.
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Nigeria
Women Need Society’s Support To Excel
Women have been urged to seek for knowledge as part of efforts to support their immediate family and most especially to contribute to the economic development and growth of the Nigeria economy. This was the message at the 23rd National Al Mu’minaat Training Forum (ATF) organised by Al-Mu’minaat (The Believing ...
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Nigeria
Fed Govt’s renewable energy projects: An overview
President Muhammadu Buhari told the National Assembly that the Federal Government would launch the first African Sovereign Green Bond in December 2017 to finance renewable energy projects. The President, while presenting the 2018 Budget proposal, said: “I am pleased to inform this distinguished assembly that the Federal Government will be ...
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USA
Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law
State officials are considering legal challenges, looking at other sources of revenue and considering ways to, in effect, restore deductions that the overhaul scaled back.
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USA
Even in Poland, Workers’ Wages Flow to North Korea
Defying Washington, a NATO ally hosts North Korean laborers, showing how difficult it is to sever the nuclear pariah state from the global economy.
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Iran
Lawmakers vote to maintain secrecy of oil pipeline that once linked Israel with Iran
The Eilat-Ashkelon Pipeline Co was a joint venture between Israel and Iran in 1968. Today, releasing information about the pipeline is considered an act of espionage