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Thailandia
Thai export forecast given upgrade
The business sector has revised up the growth outlook for Thai exports this year to 2-3.5% amid the global economic recovery that has helped boost demand, says the Joint Standing Committee on Commerce, Industry and Banking (JSCCIB).
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USA
Texas governor signs anti-BDS bill on Israel's Independence Day
"The measure Gov. Abbott signed today became law with bilateral support because Texas stands with its business partners and for free trade."
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Giappone
Microsoft debuts Surface Laptop, slim Windows in bid to win over students from Google
Microsoft is taking aim at Google as it introduced a Surface device for students and slimmed down Windows for the classroom. The new Surface Laptop is the first Surface device without a detachable keyboard. Microsoft says the new laptop will have up to 14.5 hours of battery life, compared with ...
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USA Yemen
Conflict prevents two million children from attending school in Yemen
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Somalia, YemenThough public education remains free for local and refugee children, more than 1,600 schools are damaged and unfit for use while others remain close to the frontlines, jeopardizing the safety of students.With over two million children out of school in Yemen as a ...
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USA Pakistan
IOM to improve Afghan border management as thousands return from Pakistan
Source: International Organization for Migration Country: Afghanistan, PakistanThe assessment, led by an international border management expert, will help to streamline the registration process for returnees and identify other areas where IOM can help the government.Afghanistan – This week, the UN Migration Agency (IOM) completed an assessment of border management capacity at ...
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Nigeria
NNPC, TOTAL partner Ogun Govt on malaria elimination
In commemoration of the 2017 edition of the World Malaria Day, TOTAL companies in Nigeria, alongside the Nigeria National Petroleum Company, and in partnership with the Ogun State Ministry of Health, have held community intervention activities that focused on malaria prevention and elimination. The activities also included a training for ...
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USA
CP seeks law criminalising cultism in Imo
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, on Tuesday urged members of the state house of Assembly to enact laws that would prescribe heavier punishments for cultists in the state. Addressing the lawmakers at the Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital, Ezike encouraged them to ...
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Etiopia
Accountability and the Rule of Law in Developmental, Democratic State
[Ethiopian Herald] Ethiopia is currently celebrating 'Justice Week', with focus on accountability and the rule of law. In the context of political lexicon of ethical standards and good governance, accountability implies answerability, responsibility, liability, and the expectation of obligation.
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Portogallo
Franceses da Eurocast reforçam presença industrial em Portugal
O investimento da unidade fabril hoje inaugurada representou um investimento de cerca de 50 milhões de euros e foi cofinanciado por fundos comunitários.
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Nigeria
May Day: NLC/TUC demand prompt payment of salaries, others in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Chapter of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has urged the state government to prioritize the prompt payment of workers salaries in the state as it remain a frontline charge that should be more given more consideration than any project. The state ...