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USA Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine
Sanktionen - USA bringen bisher schärfste UN-Resolution gegen Nordkorea ein
Export wichtiger Rohstoffe soll verboten werden – Erfolgschancen sind offen – ASEAN ruft Pjöngjang zu Selbstbeherrschung auf
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Brasile
Um ano após os jogos, malha de transportes é um dos principais legados
Inicialmente um dos grandes desafios para a realização dos Jogos Olímpicos no Rio de Janeiro, a mobilidade urbana tornou-se um dos principais legados do evento. Passados os jogos, a cidade ganhou três corredores de BRT (Bus Rapid Transit, ou Transporte Rápido por Ônibus), uma nova linha do metrô ligando Ipanema, ...
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Brasile
Forças de segurança iniciam 2ª fase da ação contra o crime organizado no RJ
As forças de segurança do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, com apoio do Exército e da Marinha, realizam desde a madrugada de hoje (5) uma grande ofensiva contra o roubo de cargas e tráfico de drogas em quatro comunidades da capital fluminense. A ação conta também com homens da Polícia ...
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Brasile
Criadores de cavalos saem em defesa da regulamentação da vaquejada
A proibição de esportes equestres entrou em pauta no Brasil tendo como foco a vaquejada — atividade na qual dois vaqueiros tentam derrubar um boi puxando-o pelo rabo. Os opositores à tradição nordestina alegam que os bois sofrem lacerações, têm o rabo arrancado e ossos quebrados, além de danos psicológicos. ...
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Kenya
Nairobi: Watchies' want to be part of election security
Security guards want to be recognised as special police officers, arguing the law allows them to cooperate with other national security organs
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Cina USA Singapore Hong Kong
Singapore accuses university professor of being a spy
Singapore said yesterday it had cancelled the permanent residence status of a professor at a prominent postgraduate school whom it identified as a US citizen, and accused him of being an agent of influence for a foreign country. The Ministry of Home Affairs said Huang Jing, a professor of US-China relations ...
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Russia
Russia: new EU sanctions over Siemens turbines violate international law
Russia said today the European Union's decision to sanction a Russian deputy energy minister over the delivery of Siemens' turbines to Moscow-annexed Crimea was politically motivated and illegal. The EU first imposed sanctions on Russia after the 2014 military annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. On Friday, it introduced additional measures in ...
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Regno Unito
UK needs Brexit fall-back position, says ex-BoE governor King
Britain needs to make clear to the European Union that it is prepared to go it alone if it fails to reach a satisfactory deal in Brexit talks, former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King said today. King - who said in December that Britain should leave the EU's single market ...
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Malta
Watch: Delia would publish assets declaration only if elected leader
PN leadership candidate Adrian Delia will be only publishing his declaration of assets if he is elected leader, saying by law this obligation only applies for MPs. However, he made it clear he had no foreign companies, bank accounts nor any commercial interests with Labour officials. Dr Delia was replying to Times ...
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Malta
The Times of Malta leaves Valletta after almost 90 years
The Times of Malta moved out of its Valletta offices this week after almost 90 years of operation from Strickland House in St Paul Street. The newspaper will now be run from its new complex in Mrieħel, which also houses Progress Press. Allied Newspapers Limited’s managing director, Michel Rizzo, said the time ...