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Ungheria
In Ungheria il parlamento ha approvato una legge che colpisce le università straniere nel paese.
In Ungheria il parlamento ha approvato una legge che colpisce le università straniere nel paese. L’obiettivo principale sarebbe la Central european university fondata dal finanziere di origini ungheresi George Soros, più volte criticato dal primo ministro Viktor Orbán. La legge prevede che le università debbano avere una sede nel paese d’origine ...
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USA Giappone
French lab slates international race of microscopic molecular ‘nano-cars’
Microscopic molecular vehicles piloted by chemists and physicists will line up in the world’s first nano-car race in France this month — but don’t expect to see anything with the naked eye. Teams from France, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, the United States and a joint Austrian-American group have qualified, but only ...
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USA Giappone
Seattle tunnel borer Bertha reaches end of long, troubled journey
The world’s largest tunnel-boring machine broke through a concrete wall beneath Seattle on Tuesday to reach the end of its long, troubled journey, a milestone in a multibillion-dollar project to replace an aging highway hugging the city’s waterfront. Critics of the effort to build an underground roadway called it an ...
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USA Giappone Uruguay
O’Reilly sex allegations prompt advertisers to pull out
Major auto brands have decided to pull advertising from a popular Fox News program following reports of sexual harassment involving host Bill O’Reilly. Companies dropping advertising with “The O’Reilly Factor” included BMW North America, Mercedes-Benz and Hyundai, according to statements to AFP. “While it’s hard to tell what the facts ...
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USA Giappone
Ralph Lauren to close Fifth Avenue Polo store but keep nearby bar open
Ralph Lauren Corp. said Tuesday that it is shuttering its high-profile Polo store on New York’s Fifth Avenue, less than three years after opening it. The closure is part of the New York fashion company’s plan to save $140 million annually. The company said it will close other stores, cut ...
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USA Giappone
Trump gives CEOs infrastructure pitch, wants shovel-ready participants
With legislation overhauling taxes and health care on an uncertain path, President Donald Trump returned to the familiar. Trump brought 52 business leaders from New York City to the White House Tuesday to talk about another favorite campaign issue — infrastructure and economic growth. The U.S. economy has so far ...
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Nigeria
Constitute Customs Board Immediately, Reps Tell Adeosun
The House of Representatives has urge the Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun to urgently constitute the governing board for the Nigeria Customs Service. The House also resolved to forward it’s resolution to the Senate for concurrence, as it mandated it’s committee on Customs and Excise to ensure implementation and ...
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Malta
Updated: PM, Owen Bonnici ‘defending’ crisis plaguing Identity Malta – Beppe Fenech Adami
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat and Minister Owen Bonnici are downplaying a serious crisis at Identity Malta by choosing to say nothing wrong is happening when there is clear evidence to the contrary, Nationalist Party deputy leader Beppe Fenech Adami said today. “Instead of recognising the problem, and finding a solution and ...
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Malta
Car dealer acquitted of charges of tampering with VAT receipts, ‘evidence not authenticated’
A car dealer who was charged with tampering with fiscal receipts to claim higher refunds from the VAT department has been acquitted. The court heard how 48-year-old Charles Bianco, from Birkirkara, submitted two receipts which the VAT Department suspected had been tampered with. The department launched an investigation, believing that ...
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USA Panama Malta
'PM should at the very least tell us who the Gozo drugs case ministers are' - Busuttil
Opposition Leader Simon Busuttil said tonight that the Prime Minister surely knows who the ministers involved in the Gozo drugs case are and, as a minimum, should name them.The case revolves around a statement given to the police during a drug investigation in 2013, which was changed following a meeting ...