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Giappone
Execs at Toshiba U.S. unit Westinghouse pressured workers to understate losses: sources
Executives at Toshiba Corp.’s troubled U.S. nuclear unit pressured subordinates to understate losses related to nuclear plant construction, sources said Thursday. Toshiba now faces the risk of having to pay damages to those former employees of the U.S. nuclear power unit Westinghouse Electric Co. if they file suits claiming harassment ...
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Myanmar
UNFPA responds to acute needs of pregnant and breastfeeding women on the run in Myanmar
Source: UN Population Fund Country: MyanmarThe conditions of extreme stress combined with lack of privacy for displaced women and girls in Kachin State results in their increased vulnerability to violence.KACHIN STATE, Myanmar – Since the armed conflict in northern Myanmar’s Kachin State intensified in December, nearly 7,000 people have fled the ...
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USA
Elderly bear brunt of hardship in frontline Ukraine village
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: UkraineAs temperatures fall below minus 20 Celsius, winterization support for eastern Ukraine is not adequate to help vulnerable residents cope with the conditions caused by the conflict.A handful of older people who stayed behind struggle to keep warm in the harsh winter after conflict ...
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Portogallo
PS volta a acusar o PSD por causa da revisão do Estatuto Político da Madeira
O PS desafiou o Governo Regional a retirar da revisão do estatuto Político-Administrativo as propostas que são inconstitucionais limitando-se a debater as que estão de acordo com a Constituição.
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Portogallo
Mercado de e-commerce vai crescer 25% até 2020
Portugal ocupa a 26ª posição no ranking dos principais retalhistas locais com uma quota de tráfego internacional superior a 15%, com 26% da quota.
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Russia USA
Watch: Trump lashes out at the media and says it is making it hard to strike a deal with Russia
US President Donald Trump has mounted a vigorous defence of his presidency and accused America's news media of being "out of control". At a White House news conference he vowed to bypass the media and take his message "straight to the people". Nearly a month into his presidency, Mr Trump said his ...
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Malta
Yachting company sues for libel
A yachting company has filed libel proceedings against the editor of an online business review over comments which were allegedly intended to tarnish its reputation and that of its chief executive officer. Yachting Malta Ltd together with Wilfred Buttiġieġ, in his capacity as director and CEO, instituted proceedings against Martin Vella ...
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Spagna
Doubling of fine in libel cases is an attempt to gag the media - PN
Government plans to raise the maximum penalty for libel to €20,000 were another way how this administration was trying to gag the media, the PN said today. Deputy Leader Beppe Fenech Adami said the obligation to register every website publishing any form of news was also another government measure which would ...
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Spagna Malta
OSCE representative urges Maltese authorities to protect free expression
Intimidating journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia could restrict public debate and diminish media freedom in Malta, the OSCE representative on freedom of the media Dunja Mijatović said today. “I follow with concern media reports of the pressure on (Ms) Caruana Galizia for her critical work,” Ms Mijatović said. “It is the ...
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Cina
China Inc hits brakes on foreign property investment
Spending plunges 84% as regulators battling capital flight target ‘irrational’ deals