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Giappone
Firm shuts down platforms after workers find another oil leak in Alaska’s Cook Inlet
An oil leak was discovered in Alaska’s Cook Inlet on Saturday, causing a major oil and gas producer to shut down two of its platforms there, officials say. Hilcorp Alaska LLC workers felt an impact on the company’s Anna Platform shortly before noon Saturday, then noticed an oil sheen and ...
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Giappone
Mexican paper tells readers ‘Adios!’ after journalist slayings, state cash for ads falls short
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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Portogallo
Madeira “só combaterá os constrangimentos através da atratividade fiscal diferenciada, que funcione como verdadeiro catalisador do investimento”
O Secretário Regional madeirense das Finanças afirmou no Funchal que “só lograremos combater os nossos constrangimentos através da criação de uma atratividade fiscal diferenciada, que funcione como verdadeiro catalisador do investimento”.
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Nigeria
NGO Empowers 500 Women With Skills In Kaduna
A Non Government Organization under the auspices of ‘Rigar Yanchi ‘ International Foundation for less privileged has trained 500 less privileged women in various trade and handicrafts that will make them entrepreneur and earn revenue to support their family. The national Chairman of the Foundation, Comrade Mustapha Haruna Khalifa speaking ...
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Nigeria
CBN Reiterates Determination To Sustain Foreign Exchange Liquidity
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) on Sinday reiterated its determination to sustain the provision of foreign exchange with a view to ensuring liquidity in the market and enhance accessibility and affordability for genuine end users. The apex bank’s acting Director, Corporate Communications; Mr Isaac Okorafor in a statement on ...
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Nigeria
NIS boss tasks Officers on Strict Enforcement of New Immigration Regulations
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mr Muhammad Babandede, has charged officers and men of the Service to ensure strict enforcement of the new Immigration Regulations 2017. Babandede gave the charge on Sunday in Abuja at workshop for senior officers of the Service on the implementation of the ...
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Brasile
Falta de planejamento em ferrovias causam prejuízos 50 anos depois
Durante todo o percurso de quase 10km, entre o acampamento do 2º Batalhão Ferroviário do Exército e a Estação Ferroviária Bernardo Sayão, no Distrito Federal, o então ministro dos Transportes, general Juarez do Nascimento Távora, puxava repetitivamente o apito da Maria-fumaça que chegava pela primeira vez à capital federal. Távora ...
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Turchia
Around 50,000 return to areas cleared of terrorists in Syria, Turkish says
Tens of thousands of displaced Syrians have returned to an area which was cleared of terrorists by Turkey and Turkish-backed opposition fighters in northern Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said April 1.
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Spagna Regno Unito
Spain would not ‘initially’ block Scotland from joining the EU after Brexit
Spain has said it would not “initially” veto an attempt by an independent Scotland to join the European Union after Britain has left the bloc, its foreign minister said in interview with Spanish newspaper El Pais
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Turchia
Turkey has right to defend itself with practices under rule of law: NATO secretary-general
Turkey is the NATO member that has been affected the most by violent attacks, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said March 31, adding that the country had a right to defend itself under the rule of law.