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Cina USA Giappone
Tears and cheers greet planned economic zone near Beijing
Business owner Hu Weibing weeps at the prospect of losing everything, including his home, after China’s surprise announcement to transform a rural spot outside Beijing into a modern metropolis nearly three times the size of New York City. Hu’s family run-clothing factory in the northern province of Hebei could close ...
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Giappone
Million-dollar teachers: Cashing in by selling their lessons
Miss Kindergarten is in the million-dollar club. So are Lovin Lit, the Moffatt Girls and about a dozen other teacher-entrepreneurs who are spinning reading, math, science and social studies into gold by selling their lesson plans online to fellow teachers around the world. Despite worries from some educators, such online ...
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Giappone
Amazon.com and Kumamoto Prefecture join hands on quake recovery
Amazon.com Inc.’s Japan unit and the Kumamoto Prefectural Government have signed an agreement aimed at boosting sales of local specialties to support its recovery from last year’s earthquakes in Kyushu. Under the arrangement, a special section was created on the online retail giant’s website to promote Kumamoto goods and provide ...
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Giappone
Microsoft says users are protected from alleged NSA malware
Up-to-date Microsoft customers are safe from the purported National Security Agency spying tools dumped online, the software company said Saturday, tamping down fears that the digital arsenal was poised to wreak havoc across the internet . In a blog post, Microsoft Corp. security manager Phillip Misner said that the software ...
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USA Giappone
Computer pioneer Robert W. Taylor dies at 85
Robert W. Taylor, who was instrumental in creating the internet and the modern personal computer, has died. He was 85. Taylor, who had Parkinson’s disease, died Thursday at his home in the San Francisco Peninsula community of Woodside, his son, Kurt Taylor, told the Los Angeles Times and the New ...
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USA
I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi
Corriere della Sera: “Kim mostra i missili agli Usa” La Repubblica: “Nel regno di Kim sfilano i missili: ‘Guerra nucleare’” La Stampa: “Il boom dei mercato delle armi” Il Messaggero: “Più Iva e meno tasse sul lavoro” [Padoan] Il Fatto Quotidiano: “Consip. Orlando attacca il Noe ...
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Qatar Kenya
Proposed plan to see Kenya export workers to Saudi Arabia
Emir of Qatar, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, was on a one-day State visit to Kenya on Tuesday.
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Kenya
Kenya: Why High Court got it wrong on presidential tallying case
This interpretation of the Constitution is clearly wrong because the duty to hold presidential elections in the 290 constituencies is vested in the chairperson of the IEBC as the presidential returning officer.
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Cina
Korea's duty-free sales fall 19% in March amid THAAD row
South Korean duty-free shops' sales fell 19 percent in March from a month earlier due to China's retaliation against the
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USA Nigeria
Dad teaches without using notes — Akin Oyebode’s daughter
Jumoke is a daughter to international law and jurisprudence professor, Akin Oyebode. She talks to MOTUNRAYO JOEL about her father’s life and career Tell us about yourself. I am Jumoke; the last of three kids and I am a lawyer. I currently provide consulting services. I studied at the University ...