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Vai alla Scheda Paese »There are risks and costs to action. But they are far less than the long range risks of comfortable inaction.
— 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
None of the €417,000 collected by the PN during the latest fund-raising marathon held at Dar Centrali came from contractors, President of the PN Executive Anne Fenech said.Interview by The Malta Independent Business and Contect director Pierre Portelli on on INDEPTH, The Malta Independent online programme, Dr Fenech said the ...
The report comes on the heels of the US election campaign, from which allegations have emerged of Russian hacking against the US.
Barely a week after President Uhuru Kenyatta claimed that external powers are seeking to influence the 2017 polls, the government has suspended a civic education program worth Sh2 billion run by the USAID. Read: Uhuru hints at plans to pull Kenya out of ICC as country marks 53 years of independence The American ...
Any monetary policy changes in the US cause knee-jerk reactions in global economies, with interest rates usually having great influence on global financial markets.
Any monetary policy changes in the US cause knee-jerk reactions in global economies, with interest rates usually having great influence on global financial markets.
Hikes in interest rates in the US may make debt repayment for Kenya more expensive and reduce the country's foreign exchange cover.
Hikes in interest rates in the US may make debt repayment for Kenya more expensive and reduce the country's foreign exchange cover.
Federal energy officials have named the four companies that will pursue the possibility of conducting a test to determine whether nuclear waste can be buried far underground. The U.S. Department of Energy on Monday said the companies will explore potential sites for the test in South Dakota, Texas and New ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s ambitious plans to revive exports, return jobs to the United States and increase oil drilling are running up against a home-grown threat: The surging dollar. Since the Nov. 8 election, the dollar has shot up 5 percent. An index that tracks the dollar against other major currencies ...
The Obama administration has failed to renegotiate portions of an international arms control arrangement so that it’s simpler to export tools related to hacking and surveillance software – technologies that can be exploited by bad actors, but are also used to secure computer networks, the Associated Press reports. The rare ...
Apple is appealing a European Union order to collect a record €13bn ($14bn) in back taxes based on the way it reports European-wide profits through Ireland. The Associated Press reports that the move follows a similar appeal Sunday by Ireland. Ireland charges the Cupertino, California-based company only for sales within ...
Oyetunji Abioye The naira tumbled against the United States dollar to 490 on Monday from 487 on Friday, as acute shortage of the greenback continued to batter the economy and the country’s foreign exchange markets. Before falling to 487 on Friday, the local currency had consecutively closed flat at 485 ...
Donald Trump is giving signs at every opportunity that he will follow a very different line from the past U.S. presidents we have known until now, and that his management style will not be much different than that in his own real estate business.
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Government of the State of Palestine Country: occupied Palestinian territoryNearly 70% of the requested funds target Gaza, where humanitarian needs are highest due to the blockade and recurrent hostilities, further exacerbated by the impact of internal Palestinian divisions. Bethlehem, 19 December 2016 Today, the ...
Source: Amnesty International Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarAmnesty International has found that security forces have been guilty of deliberately killing civilians, firing at random in villages, and destroying homes and property. 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY “There is no one in Wa Peik [village] now. All the houses are destroyed… We are in very difficult times, ...
YANGON - While economic analysts argue over whether the weakening kyat is a preventable blight on the economy or a natural by-product of global macroeconomic conditions, a second question has arisen – how to tell if the currency is actually at record lows against the US dollar.
There can be no greater gift than the one of being to able to pick exactly the right present for someone, one that captures their best side or appeals on a personal, practical or sentimental level.Having any amount of cash does not actually help much either. In fact some of ...
The British government says it doesn't need maverick anti-European politician Nigel Farage to be its go-between with the incoming Trump administration.Senior figures in Prime Minister Theresa May's government rejected the idea Sunday after Farage, former leader of the United Kingdom Independence Party, argued he would be ideal given his bond ...
A Transport Malta representative said today that the authority received certification from the international certification authority Bureau Veritas regarding the storm moorings, the Floating Storage Unit (FSU) and the jetty at the Electrogas plant, confirming that they comply with applicable standards.He was addressing the Environment and resources Authority (ERA) Board ...
George Gathigi, University of Nairobi The ongoing health workers strike in Kenya has taken a new dimension with medics adopting social networking sites to air their grievances. In the process they have forged a discussion in the new information spaces, and rallied support for their actions. Kenya’s medical workers have ...
Majority Leader Aden Duale on Sunday claimed that Cord leader Raila Odinga has planted people at IEBC to help him rig the 2017 poll. He said that Raila was working with one Michael Yard in the plan that he says will see Cord use technology to influence the outcome of ...