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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
LIMA, PERU - The leaders of the 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreed Saturday to step up efforts to implement the free trade agreement in a veiled counter to US president-elect Donald Trump over his protectionist stance.
Primo turno delle primarie del partito di centrodestra Le Républicaines in vista delle elezioni presidenziali in Francia. Si vota oggi in Francia per scegliere il candidato del centrodestra alle prossime elezioni. Tra i nomi in corsa ci sono l’ex ministro dell’economia Alain Juppé e l’ex presidente Nicolas Sarkozy, che ha ...
Trying to tie up loose ends of his foreign policy agenda, President Barack Obama on Saturday instead found world leaders more focused on someone else: President-elect Donald Trump.Global hand-wringing over America's next president has taken much of the wind out of Obama's final overseas trip. Adopting an altruistic tone, Obama ...
One can understand the European Commission’s reluctance to step on the toes of member states and one can also understand the fact that diplomacy has its many shades and tones. One can also understand that what is discussed in the corridors of power in Brussels is not always intended for, ...
Satabank has confirmed that the “temporary” suspension of outward payments in US DollarS was related to the correspondent bank issue. American banks have been limiting their networks to the United States and cutting down on channels to the EU in a bid to render themselves only liable to intra-US transactions. ...
The European Commission is turning a blind eye to Minister without Portfolio Konrad Mizzi’s presence in Brussels on official visits following the Panama Papers revelations that he had a company in the secretive jurisdiction of Panama.The most recent of meetings took place just this week, when Dr Mizzi travelled to ...
Last Wednesday the government appears to have thrown standard convention to the wind when no one was nominated to run the country in the absence of the Prime Minister.It is standard government practice that when the Prime Minister is abroad on business or on a private trip, that he leaves ...
"If an employee is diagnosed with cancer he or she will be eligible for more leave so that he or she can receive treatment," Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said in San Gwann this morning.He said that until now, when a cancer patient needs leave to receive treatment, his or her ...
John Key has a novel idea for getting US President-elect on board with the TPP - a simple rename.
Finance Minister Bill English has told the crew of the USS Sampson they provided vital reassurance after the 7.8 quake.
Kenya seeks to tap into the Sh360 trillion (US$3.6 trillion) global Halal industry and position itself as the hub of the growing sector in the region.
Hundreds of top business executives are set to arrived in the country for the Latin America, Carribean (LAC) and Africa Business Summit set for Tuesday next week at Safari Park Hotel.
Odilim Enwegbara, a development economist and international finance specialist, is an alumnus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of London. In this interview with CHIBUZO UKAIBE, he spoke on the significance and implication of Donald Trump’s emergence as President-elect of United States, to Nigeria and Africa. He also advocates ...
LIMA - Chinese President Xi Jinping pushed Beijing's free trade plans Saturday at a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, stepping up to fill the void left by US president-elect Donald Trump's protectionism.
The leaders of the 12 member states of the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreed Saturday to step up efforts to implement the free trade agreement in a veiled counter to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump over his protectionist stance. In a meeting in Lima, the leaders affirmed their intention to advance domestic procedures ...
Countries around the Asia-Pacific rim are shifting allegiances as a China-led trade deal excluding the United States gains momentum.
An expected U.S. economic retreat from Latin America under Donald Trump is causing the region’s leaders to look halfway around the world to China for help weathering the possible financial headwinds. They will have the perfect opportunity to make their appeal this week when Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a ...
A second Mitsubishi Aircraft Corp. passenger jet arrived in the United States on Friday to conduct required flight tests in order to get a safety certification in Japan, the company said Saturday. The subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. plans to send two more Mitsubishi Regional Jets, the country’s first ...
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.” A friend in the UK sent me this quote the day after Hillary Clinton’s stunning loss to Donald Trump in the U.S. elections.A white standup comedian, George Carlin ( 1937-2008 ) from New York said so.But another white friend in ...
Presidential results will first be announced at polling stations and instantly posted online for all to see, as the IEBC seeks to reduce disputes over next year's election. This time, electronic transmission of presidential results will not wait until they are tallied at the constituency level as in the past. ...
Samuel Macharia Njoroge, 42, refers to his earlier years as the dark ages. “This is a period that I faced a lot of hardship and stigma while undergoing psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation both residential and out-patient for quite some time. I was in and out of it for about 11 ...