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Regno Unito
Eliud Kipchoge, Edna Kiplagat to lead Kenyan marathon teams in London
Kipchoge will partner with the 2012 Olympic marathon silver medallist Kipsang.
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Corea del Sud
Incheon Int'l Airport Corp. Set to Switch Temporary Workers into Regular Ones
Currently there are 8,048 workers in Incheon International Airport Corp. of which 85 percent (6,831) are dispatched from partner firms. All the dispatches are considered temporary or contract-based workers. Of the 46 partner firms, tasks such as passenger terminal operation and boarding area and traffic management are undertaken by 842 ...
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Giappone
Japan’s potato chip shortage likely to linger until fall
Hokkaido’s potato farmers haven’t recovered from last summer’s typhoons, which means consumers will have to wait until at least fall before the usual range of potato chip products returns to store shelves. The farm ministry expects the chip shortage to last until the island prefecture’s next harvests get underway in ...
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Cina Australia Singapore Hong Kong
OCBC Bank to acquire National Australia Bank's private wealth business in Singapore and Hong Kong
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Nigeria
Parliamentarian decries lack of free movement of persons in ECOWAS
Mr. Edwin Snowe, the Vice Chairman, Administration, Finance, Budget Control and Audit of the ECOWAS Parliament has decried the lack of free movement of persons and goods in the region. Snowe spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria on the sidelines of the ongoing “2017 Fourth Legislature First Ordinary Session of ...
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Nigeria
Group demands probe of Boko Haram video
Friday Olokor, Jos A pressure group under the aegis of Save Humanity Advocacy Centre, has expressed concern over what it described as the promotion of a purported Boko Haram Commander, Shuaibu Moni, who is said to be one of the prisoners of the Boko Haram sect recently swapped for the ...
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USA
We’ll meet with US if conditions right – North Korea
A senior North Korean diplomat said Saturday Pyongyang would be willing to hold talks with the United States if the conditions are right. Choe Son-Hui, head of the foreign ministry’s North America bureau, told reporters at Beijing’s international airport that her country “will hold dialogue under right conditions” with President ...
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USA
PN in government will raise taxes, PL would give another good budget - Muscat
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat has warned that a new Nationalist government would mean higher taxes, while promising another positive Budget if the Labour Party is re-elected. “We all remember the budgets under the PN, when it was always about tightening the belt. Once they raised VAT, another time they raised national ...
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USA Malta
New deal will see amputees receiving 'much better' service
Maltese amputees will start to receive a much better service following a partership with one of the most "prestigious" names in the sector. Vitals Global Healthcare has partnered up with Medical Centre O&P to deliver high-level orthotic and prosthetic services to the Maltese community. MCOP is a leading prosthetic company, serving amputees ...
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Russia USA Regno Unito
UK foreign minister says Russia may try to interfere in election
There is a "realistic possibility" Russia might try to interfere in Britain's national election next month, according to Boris Johnson, Britain's foreign secretary. In an interview with The Telegraph newspaper, the Conservative politician also said Russian president Vladimir Putin would "rejoice" if Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party won the June 8 election. Referring ...