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Brasile
Operação da PM na Maré deixa 11 mil estudantes sem aulas no Rio
Onze mil estudantes estão sem aulas por causa de uma operação policial no Complexo de Favelas da Maré, na zona norte do Rio de Janeiro, na manhã desta segunda-feira (29/5). De acordo com a Secretaria Municipal de Educação, 17 escolas, quatro creches e dez espaços de desenvolvimento infantil não abriram.Nas ...
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Portogallo
Queda de avião causa mortes de piloto e empresário paulista em MS
O empresário Luís Fernando de Arruda Ramos, de 47 anos, morador de Araçatuba, interior de São Paulo, morreu na queda de seu avião numa fazenda em Coxim, neste domingo (28), no interior de Mato Grosso do Sul. Ramos seguia para sua fazenda em Porto Esperidião, noroeste de Mato Grosso, quando ...
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Nuova Zelanda
More Banks Group shoe shops could shut after talks with receiver
Trading will continue at Shoe Connection, Snkr, Banks Shoes, and Plimmer Shoes shops this week while owner the Banks Group is under receivership, though more stores could be in line to close. Since Banks Group was put in receivership on Friday at the request of its director, John Banks, the company has ...
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Giappone
Japan, Iceland reach basic agreement on tax convention
Japan and Iceland have agreed in principle to sign a convention aimed at eliminating international double taxation and preventing tax evasion, the Japanese Finance Ministry ...
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Giappone
Japan needs ‘bargaining leverage’ as U.S. likely to push for bilateral trade deal
Given U.S. President Donald Trump’s calls for breaking down trade barriers and expanding American exports as part of “fair” international commerce, his administration appears likely ...
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Giappone
Nikkei dropped in absence of trading incentives
The benchmark Nikkei average ended slightly lower on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday amid a dearth of fresh trading incentives. The Nikkei 225 average ...
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Kenya
Kenya: When strange widows and children pop out at a big man's funeral
There should be a law that bans people from turning up at funerals as last minute widows and children
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Etiopia
Single Window along with the Trade Facilitation Agreement to boost effective trade in Africa
The adoption of Single Window and electronic exchanges for handling import and export procedures and formalities are innovative ways to boost trade, efficiencies and increased revenue collection for governments, said participants at a meeting facilitated by the Pan African Chamber of Commerce and Industry on May 22 to May 23, ...
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Etiopia
Ethiopian Roads Authority signs 17.4 billion birr road construction contract
The Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) signed a deal for road construction and upgrading projects that are all together worth 17.4 billion birr. The deal that was made between ERA and 13 local and five foreign contractors involves the upgrading and construction of roads in the Oromia, Amhara, SNNPR, Tigray as ...
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Ghana Nigeria
West Africa: Premier David Makhura Visits West Africa to Promote Intra Africa Trade, 28 May to 3 Jun
[Govt of SA] Gauteng Premier David Makhura will on Sunday 28 May 2017 lead a delegation of government and business on a working visit to Ghana and Nigeria.