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USA
BoT eases up on forex regulations
The Bank of Thailand yesterday loosened a set of foreign exchange regulations, including allowing Thais to invest directly in securities abroad at an amount of up to $1 million a year, in a fresh bid to accommodate capital outflows, curb the appreciating baht (which briefly slipped below 34 to the ...
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USA
Government of Tanzania brings together ‘whole of society’ to implement landmark refugee reforms
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Burundi, United Republic of TanzaniaTanzania has volunteered to be a pilot country for the development of the Comprehensive Refugee Response Framework (CRRF), a game-changing commitment from 193 States agreed at last year’s Summit on Refugees and Migrants.Tanzania leads broad range of stakeholders to launch ...
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USA Nuova Zelanda
Partner a big reason for Kosta Barbarouses leaving Phoenix but is there more to it?
Kosta Barbarouses' partner struggled to adjust to life in Wellington, a major factor behind his decision to seek a release from the Phoenix in a significant blow for the club.
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Kenya
Business: Telkom Kenya drops Orange brand
Telkom Kenya is expected to unveil a new corporate identity, ushering in a new dawn for the struggling mobile telecommunications service provider.
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Business: Local fish processing firm clinches UAE market
CEER Processing Ltd, which initially exported chilled and frozen fish products through its Big Fish' brand only to the European Union market, has added the two markets after securing financing from the state-owned Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) early this year.
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Kenya
Business: New regional seed trade laws unveiled
The teams from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi meeting in Nairobi yesterday backed the new laws meant to improve the movement of seeds across the region.
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Kenya
Kenya: For some Nairobians, River Road is home
A few years ago, the thought of setting up a business or seeking decent accommodation in the River Road area would have been considered a big joke or a recipe for disaster.
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Turchia
Court orders arrest of son-in-law of former Deputy PM Bülent Arınç in anti-Gülen probe
An Ankara court on June 5 ordered the arrest of the son-in-law of former Deputy Prime Minister Bülent Arınç after police detained him as a part of the ongoing investigation into the Fethullahist Terror Organization (FETÖ)
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Turchia
Turkey insists Germany should extradite suspected Gülenists
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu once again highlighted on June 5 Ankara’s demand from Berlin to extradite the followers of Fethullah Gülen, the main suspect in the probes into the July 15, 2016 coup attempt.
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Turchia
Carmakers drive Turkey’s top 10 industrialists’ list
Car manufacturers have dominated Turkey’s largest 500 industrial companies list with a total of five automotive firms taking place in the top 10 list by the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (İSO), making more than 60 billion Turkish Liras ($17 billion) in sales revenue last year.