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Kenya
Business News: DP Ruto to chair talks on sale of western Kenya-based sugar firms
Deputy President William Ruto will chair a committee seeking to remove obstacles to the planned sale of five western Kenya-based sugar firms.
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Kenya
Kenya: Undercover police arrest woman selling her baby for Sh80,000
A 26-year-old woman was Thursday arrested in Nakuru attempting to sell a day-old baby to start a vegetable business.
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Nigeria
There’s bound to be corruption in foreign exchange – Osinbajo
Olalekan Adetayo, Abuja Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Thursday said it was impossible for corruption not to exist in the nation’s foreign exchange as it is currently structured. He also said there were ongoing discussions on how to reduce interest rates. According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on ...
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Giappone
Dollar weaker around ¥111.25 in late Tokyo trading
The dollar was weaker at levels near ¥111.20 in late Tokyo trading Thursday, with closely watched U.S. events coming ahead, such as a congressional vote on an Obamacare replacement plan. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥111.24-25, down from ¥111.50-50 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was at ...
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Grecia
Euro membership
ONE BIG QUESTION has lurked throughout the euro crisis: should one or more members quit? The most obvious candidate is Greece, the country where the trouble began. It never met the criteria for joining, but its deficit and debt figures were misrepresented. And the crisis has inflicted agonies on the ...
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Russia Turchia USA
The importance of a European foreign and security policy
All in a day’s work THE EUROPEAN UNION is at heart an economic and trade project built on its foundation as a customs union. The 1980s saw the addition of the single market, the world’s most deeply integrated economic union, followed a decade later by the launch of the single currency. ...
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Danimarca
Europe’s future is multi-speed and multi-tier
Charlemagne had a point IS EUROPE READY to embrace a new model built around not sameness but difference? Although the recent commission white paper and several national leaders have come out for a multi-speed Europe, they really have in mind a way for small groups of countries to go forward in ...
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Human rights violations in DRC up 30 percent in one year
Source: UN Human Rights Council Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri LankaThe increase could be explained by two factors: violations related to restricting democratic space and the resurgence of activities of several armed groups, the Human Rights Council heard.Human Rights Council MIDDAY 22 March 2017 The Human Rights Council in its midday meeting ...
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USA
UN and partners appeal for US$20 million to help 250,000 people hit by Cyclone Enawo
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: MadagascarThe US$20 million will fund food aid for 170,000 people, provide water, sanitation and hygiene assistance for 168,000 people and support more than 230,000 farmers in replanting crops. (Antananarivo, 23 March 2017) – The United Nations and humanitarian partners are appealing for ...
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Portogallo
Tem um BMW? Então tem desconto no MAAT
A BMW Portugal é parceira oficial do MAAT – Museu de Arte, Arquitetura e Tecnologia. No âmbito desta parceria, os clientes da marca terão condições especiais de entrada no museu.