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Thailandia
Amata to boost land sales for B1bn revenue boost
SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, Thailand's largest industrial estate, expects its total developed land sales this year to rise to the target of 1,000 rai in line with the recovering global and Thai economies.
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USA
Trump to prioritise cutting US’s Nafta trade deficits
New era of American protectionism embraced in promise to bring back manufacturing jobs
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USA Australia Nuova Zelanda
Australian senator who breastfed in Parliament quits over dual citizenship
A second Australian senator in less than a week has said she is quitting parliament after discovering she was a dual national and had therefore never really been elected. The controversy has raised questions about how many other politicians might also have no right to be there. Larissa Waters, co-deputy leader of ...
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USA Malta
PANA committee insists on common rules for Financial Intelligence Units to ensure autonomy
While Malta has been left to digest the claims that a former Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit employee was prevented from carrying out investigations, the European Parliament’s PANA committee led by Werner Langen (above) has come out with a set of recommendations for FIAU’s across member states.The Sunday Times of Malta ...
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Malta
Chamber of Architects says PA ignoring obligations at law
The Kamra tal-Periti today noted "with deep regret" that the Planning Authority persists in failing to consult directly with the primary stake-holders on proposed amendments to the Development Notification Order. The obligation for consultation with the Kamra and with the Chamber of Planners has been entrenched in planning legislation for ...
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USA Regno Unito
Even ugly animals can win hearts and dollars to save them from extinction
The Earth is home to millions of species, but you wouldn’t know it from the media’s obsession with only a few dozen animals like tigers and gorillas.This narrow focus makes the most of popular fascination with large and cute creatures. Conservationists take advantage of these nonhuman celebrities to raise awareness ...
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Malta
Alfred Sant pushes for action to tackle 'societal impact of pain'
Leading experts and top decision makers and stakeholders convened in Malta at the 2017 Societal Impact of Pain Symposium to address this urgent issue and find solutions to help European governments and EU Institutions act and prioritise the societal impact of pain in their policy agenda. The Seminar was hosted ...
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USA Nigeria Malta
President in Chile: 'I hope visit will open ways to further cooperation'
On the first day of a historic state visit to the Republic of Chile, President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca held bilateral talks with President of the Republic of Chile Michelle Bachelet, at the La Moneda Palace, in Santiago. This is the first state visit by a Maltese Head of ...
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USA Panama Malta
Fostering educated national discussions on controversial issues - Julia Farrugia Portelli
After being elected to Parliament at your first attempt, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has entrusted you with an important portfolio within the OPM. How does that feel?It's flattering, but the fact that we are here means something. It means that we have to work hard to deliver, to act, and ...
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Regno Unito
Brexit talks begin in earnest with citizens' rights in focus
Talks to extricate Britain from the European Union began in earnest Monday with both sides still seemingly far apart on citizens' rights after Brexit officially takes place in less than two years.After an initial meeting last month where the structure of the talks was determined, Britain's Brexit minister, David Davis, ...