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Regno Unito
South Sudan has little to celebrate at sixth independence day
Source: Catholic Agency for Overseas Development Country: South SudanJuly 9 marks the sixth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, but the promise of the world’s youngest country is marred by hunger and conflict, as millions of people still face starvation.9 July marks the sixth anniversary of South Sudan’s independence, but the promise ...
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Regno Unito
Worldpay emerges as a winner in the war on cash
Vantiv’s £9bn deal to buy its UK rival shows that ecommerce is big business. Banks are playing catch-up
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Turchia
Turkey’s Malatya apricots get coveted EU geographical brand
After a three-year wait, Turkey’s famous home-grown apricot has earned a coveted EU geographical indication, boosting hopes of bolstering the fruit’s export and marketing.
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Russia USA Iran Giordania
Putin and Trump agree Syria ceasefire - Lavrov
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed on a ceasefire in southwestern Syria during talks at the G20 summit, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said today. The truce, agreed during talks held in a "constructive atmosphere", would start on July 9, Lavrov told reporters. US Secretary of State ...
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USA
German states send more police to Hamburg as G20 violence escalates
Protesters injured at least 160 police officers, torched cars and lorries and broke into a locked-down metro station today, seeking to wrest control of the streets of Hamburg as leaders from the world's biggest economies met nearby. The escalating violence prompted Hamburg's police to call in reinforcements from around Germany to ...
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Malta
MSE Share Index retreats from over 3-month high
The MSE Share Index trended lower for the first time in the last three trading sessions as it slipped by 0.13% to 4,723.692 points from its highest level in over three months of 4,729.757 points. The declines in the share prices of IHI (-1.6%), BOV (-0.4%) and Farsons (-0.4%) outweighed ...
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Coppini moves to Von der Heyden Group
Luke Coppini is joining the Von der Heyden Group as group chief financial officer and will be appointed as a management board member of Timan Investments Holdings Ltd as of September 18. Mr Coppini has gained vast experience in the field of finance during the last more than 30 years of ...
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Malta
Illegal street betting gets men deported
Two men who engaged unwary passers-by in an illegal game of chance were each fined €500 today and ordered to leave Malta this very evening. Over the past days, police had been alerted to various instances of illegal betting allegedly taking place on the streets. Reports had even been published on social ...
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Francia
France to sell €10 billion worth of state assets - source
France will sell €10 billion worth of state assets to finance projects geared towards innovation, a finance ministry source said today. "It will be done as soon as market conditions will allow," the source said, adding that these would mostly concern minority stakes. While campaigning for the presidency, Emmanuel Macron had said ...
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Malta
A&H: Oral health... rotting teeth
Tooth decay is more common than we might think. Often, children have as many as eight holes in their teeth or teeth that are worn down to stumps. The cause is a diet that is high on sugary and acidic food and drink. Counterintuitively, "healthy" drinks are partly to blame. From ...