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Nigeria
Govt warns against ISIS’ new recruitment strategy
The Federal Government yesterday urged parents and guardians to monitor their children and wards to prevent them from joining the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). It said that ISIS and other terror organisations target vulnerable individuals, including foreign students, using financial inducements to recruit them as members. Information, ...
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Nigeria
‘Customs responsible for 82% of ports charges’
• Over one million jobs created since concession The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) and other government agencies account for the huge cost of doing business at the ports, Nigeria’s leading accounting firm, Akintola Williams Deloitte, has said. It stated this in an industry report titled: “Public Private Partnership (PPP) As an ...
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Etiopia
Donkey Meat Up for Export, Slaughterhouse Opens
Ethiopia is to export donkey’s meat, following the start of operations at a slaughterhouse in Bishoftu (Debrezeit) town, 48Km east of Addis Abeba. Shandong Dong, a donkey slaughterhouse, has just…
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Argentina
Macri critica huelga general en Argentina y tilda de 'mafiosos' a gremialistas
El paro nacional es el corolario de seis masivas manifestaciones opositoras en marzo de obreros industriales, educadores, trabajadores estatales y defensores de los derechos humanos.
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Giappone
Mexican newspaper shut down in face of numerous, unpunished killings of journalists
A newspaper in the Mexican border city of Juarez announced Sunday that it is shutting down because the rampant, unpunished killings of journalists in the country have made it too dangerous to go on. Norte executive Oscar Cantu Murguia informed readers of his decision in a farewell letter titled “Adios!” ...
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Giappone Spagna Regno Unito
Spain sees its coveted ‘Rock’ as Brexit-EU bargaining chip
Madrid and London are once again locking horns over Gibraltar, a British overseas territory that appears to have become a Brexit negotiating weapon for Spain and the EU and signals difficulties ahead for Britain. Tensions over the territory known as “the Rock” have ebbed and flowed over the years, but ...
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Giappone
Over half of U.S. newspaper jobs lost since 2001 as online media gain
More than half of the jobs at U.S. newspapers have disappeared since 2001, with a large portion of the losses offset by employment gains at internet firms, government figures showed Monday. The data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed U.S. newspaper employment fell from 412,000 in January 2001 to ...
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Giappone
Trump camp warns firms at start of H-1B visa season to put skilled Americans first, or else
The Trump administration issued a stern warning to U.S. companies as they began applying for coveted skilled-worker visas Monday, cautioning that it would investigate and prosecute employers that overlook qualified American workers for the jobs. The message came on the opening day of applications for American employers seeking visas known ...
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Giappone
USJ rewrote visitor record while Tokyo Disney resort saw drop in 2016
The number of visitors to Universal Studios Japan in the city of Osaka in fiscal 2016 rose by 700,000 from the previous year to 14.6 million, hitting a record high for the third straight year, its operator said Monday. New attractions and events to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the ...
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USA Giappone
Panasonic, Airbus, Samsung, others lobby Trump team on investment, uncertainty amid populism
At a time of public skepticism about globalization, a dozen CEOs from foreign-based companies with big U.S. operations meet Tuesday with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and congressional leaders to talk up the benefits of foreign investment. Executives from Airbus Americas, Panasonic Corp. of North America, Samsung ...