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USA Danimarca
Europol’s new legal framework a step forward for European policing and security
“The security challenges Europe is facing today have forced a reconsideration of how the European Union manages security concerns and where it focuses its energies. Thus, the coming into force of a new legal framework for the EU’s law enforcement agency, Europol, today 1st of May 2017 is not only timely ...
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Cina Spagna Azerbaigian Panama Nuova Zelanda Malta Hong Kong
A year of the Panama Papers
22 February 2016 – Journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia posted the first major hint that the biggest scandal in Maltese history was about to break. “It’s traditional to eat lamb on Easter Sunday, so Konrad Mizzi and his estranged wife Sai Mizzi Liang will be getting theirs from New Zealand, courtesy ...
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USA Spagna Panama Malta
Egrant Magisterial inquiry: why there are no terms of reference
Speculation has been rife on why no terms of reference have been made known for the magisterial inquiry into allegations made by journalist and blogger Daphne Caruana Galizia on the true beneficiary of Egrant Inc, a company named in the Panama Papers scandal. It is up to the Attorney General, ...
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Spagna
Los sindicatos apelan a una oposición unida para erradicar la corrupción
Madrid, 1 may (EFE).- Los sindicatos UGT y CCOO han salido a la calle el Primero de Mayo para clamar contra la corrupción y exigir a la oposición parlamentaria unión para hacer cambios estructurales con los que erradicar "esta lacra" y avanzar en la recuperación de los derechos de los ...
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Brasile
Mais de 160 mil pessoas trabalham em condições degradantes e sub-humanas
Séculos após o Brasil receber os primeiros escravos vindos de países africanos, essa prática condenada em diversas nações, continua se perpetuando no mercado de trabalho. No entanto, com a evolução tecnológica, da legislação e da fiscalização, o trabalho escravo sofreu uma metamorfose e agora ocorre de forma disfarçada. Mesmo diante ...
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USA
Mexico calls on Trump to reuse TPP deals for Nafta
Treat us as partner against low-cost Chinese producers, says economy minister
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Giappone
Visiting Merkel to press Saudi Arabia on refugees, rights, funding for fundamentalist schools
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, where she is expected to press royals on a number of sensitive issues, including taking in refugees, while also boosting important business ties in her first visit to the country in seven years. Merkel met King Salman in the Red ...
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Giappone Venezuela
Maduro hikes Venezuela’s minimum wage 60%, gives away homes as unrest mounts
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hiked wages and handed out hundreds of free homes Sunday amid his efforts to counter a strengthening protest movement seeking his removal. On his regular Sunday television show, Maduro ordered a 60 percent increase in the country’s minimum wage starting Monday. It was the third pay ...
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Giappone
Nikkei rises on brisk earnings, drop in yen vs. dollar
Stocks gained ground Monday, supported by brisk corporate earnings and the yen’s weakening against the dollar. The Nikkei 225 average rose 113.78 points, or 0.59 percent, to end at 19,310.52, its highest finish since March 21. On Friday, the key market gauge shed 55.13 points. The Topix, which covers all ...
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Cina Giappone
Tujia, Airbnb’s rival in China, seeking to raise $300 million
Airbnb Inc.’s Chinese rival Tujia is in talks to raise more than $300 million, putting pressure on the U.S. home-sharing startup less than a month after it officially debuted in the country. Tujia Holdings is one of China’s biggest platforms for property owners seeking to turn their homes into temporary ...