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— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— John Fitzgerald Kennedy
South Korea and the United States held a follow-up meeting on the bilateral free trade pact amid rising concerns over re
IFE OGUNFUWA identifies some states with top business investment opportunities Nigeria is a home to people from diverse tribe and one of the top 10 fastest growing countries in the world. Nigerians are known for their resourcefulness, resilience, and they offer good returns on investments. The country is full of ...
IMAGINE YOU ARE a 45-year-old long-distance lorry driver. You never enjoyed school and left as soon as you could, with a smattering of qualifications and no great love of learning. The job is tiring and solitary, but it does at least seem to offer decent job security: driver shortages are ...
UNIVERSITY EDUCATION IS designed to act as a slipway, launching students into the wider world in the expectation that the currents will guide them into a job. In practice, many people get stuck in the doldrums because employers demand evidence of specific experience even from entry-level candidates. Whether this counts ...
THE RECEPTION AREA contains a segment of a decommissioned Underground train carriage, where visitors wait to be collected. The surfaces are wood and glass. In each room the talk is of code, web development and data science. At first sight the London office of General Assembly looks like that of ...
The chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay, has disclosed that Nigeria risked losing another $550m recovered from the Abacha family to the government of United States. Speaking during a media parley on asset recovery jointly organised by PACAC and Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign ...
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, WorldThe Human Rights Watch report offers solutions host countries, donors, and humanitarian actors could adopt to promote secondary education in countries affected by crises or large refugee flows.Amin, 18, became a refugee when his family fled Syria for Lebanon five years ago. ...
Source: International Fund for Agricultural Development Country: MauritaniaWith 23.8% of households in the south affected by food insecurity, today's agreement will benefit the 285,600 farmers in the region to improve their incomes and nutrition.A total of 285,600 farmers, particularly women and young people in six regions in southern Mauritania will benefit ...
Source: UN Security Council Country: SudanLong-term comprehensive solutions to address the needs of the 2.6 million displaced persons in Sudan’s Darfur region also remain elusive, said the UN Head of Peacekeeping Operations.SECURITY COUNCIL 7860TH MEETING (AM) SC/12678 12 JANUARY 2017 Despite a significant decrease in armed conflict in Sudan’s Darfur region, civilians ...
Il governo statunitense accusa la Fiat Chrysler di aver truccato i test sulle emissioni inquinanti. La Environmental protection agency (Epa) degli Stati Uniti incolpa la casa automobilistica italostatunitense Fiat Chrysler (Fca) di aver falsificato i dati sulle emissioni inquinanti di circa 104mila veicoli con motore diesel e di aver quindi ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency will accuse Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV of using software that allowed excess diesel emissions in just over 100,000 US trucks and SUVs sold since 2014, two sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. The EPA told the automaker it believes its undeclared emissions control software allowed ...
The official opening ceremony of Malta's EU presidency was held this evening at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta, with Prime Minister Joseph Muscat officially being entrsuted with the leadership of the EU for the next six months in the presence of Eddie Fenech Adami, former Nationalist Prime Minister who ...
The SIMWESTMED project which the Planning Authority is a joint partner of has been chosen by the European Commission’s Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME) to carry out an EU Funded Project on Maritime Spatial Planning, the PA said in a statement.The project, entitled Supporting Implementation of Maritime ...
The Knights of Malta, the ancient Catholic lay order, is refusing to cooperate with a Vatican investigation into the sacking of a top official over a condom scandal — and is warning its members to toe the line if they choose to speak with investigators.In a statement, the Knights called ...
Graham Taylor, a former England coach who was labeled a "turnip" by the tabloids for failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup, has died. He was 72.Taylor died early Thursday of a suspected heart attack, his family said in a statement.Taylor, who also coach Aston Villa and Watford, reached ...
A police officer recounted today how a road rage aggressor had pulled his car door open and lunged at him, punching him with both fists until he had almost lost consciousness. PC Christian Agius was giving evidence against Angel Attard, 40, from Vittoriosa, who stands charged over the 3 January ...
Toshiba Corp. anticipates that total losses at its nuclear business in the United States could be larger than earlier stated due to a write-down at its subsidiary Westinghouse Electric Co., a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday. The development may further taint the financial standing of the company that ...
Kenya will advertise in Cuba and India to woo at least 188 doctors who are experienced, unemployed and more affordable than Kenyan medics. Both Cuba and India are well known for their high level of medical training and thousands of Kenyans seek treatment in India. doctors. Healthcare is in crisis ...
The German company agreed to pay $4.3 billion in civil and criminal fines in a settlement with the US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday, the largest ever US penalty levied on an automaker.
Trump made repeal of the healthcare law central plank of his insurgent White House campaign.
Anti-dumping duties ranging from 30 to 50 percent will be imposed on the washing machines that Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics produced in China and sold to the United States. Samsung and LG, however, have already relocated their washing machine production bases to Vietnam and Thailand. The U.S. International Trade Commission ruled ...