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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
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Kerry hopes to revive TPP trade deal
WELLINGTON - US Secretary of State John Kerry refused to call last rites on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Sunday, expressing hope President-elect Donald Trump will drop his opposition to the contentious free trade deal.
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I titoli dei quotidiani di oggi
Corriere della Sera: “Sfida aperta nel centrodestra” La Repubblica: Due destre in piazza. Salvini: “Io leader” La Stampa: A New York la marcia contro Trump Il Messaggero: Trump, il contratto dei 100 giorni Il Sole 24 Ore: Casse e fondi, meno tasse sugli investimenti in ...
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In Birmania scontri tra l’esercito e militanti rohingya provocano 8 morti.
In Birmania scontri tra l’esercito e militanti rohingya provocano 8 morti. Trentasei persone sono state arrestate negli scontri tra l’esercito birmano e individui sospettati di essere militanti musulmani rohingya nello stato settentrionale del Rakhine. Gli scontri sono iniziati la mattina del 12 novembre quando, secondo i giornali locali, circa sessanta uomini ...
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Toyota agrees to $3.4 billion settlement over rust complaints
Toyota has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit and pay approximately $3.4 billion to owners of trucks and SUVs in the United States who complained that their vehicles lacked proper rust protection. The agreement relates to some 1.5 million Toyota Tacomas, Sequoias and Tundras sold in the United States by ...
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JAL celebrates 50th year of service for Japan-New York route
Japan Airlines marked the 50th anniversary of its Japan-New York route, with an event at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, on Saturday. On Nov. 12, 1966, JAL became the first domestic carrier to launch flight services between Tokyo and New York using Douglas DC-8 jets. Stopping over in Honolulu and ...
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Trump will not kill global trade
TRADE Minister Steve Ciobo said global trading will continue if even US President elect Donald Trump kills the planned Trans-Pacific Partnership.
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British, French ministers snub EU talks on Trump
The British and French foreign ministers are to miss special talks with their EU counterparts on Sunday to discuss Donald Trump’s stunning US election win in a sign of divisions over how to deal with the new president. European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini summoned the ministers for dinner ...
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PM travelling to Moscow on Tuesday in wake of dispute over Russian warship
Prime Minister Joseph Muscat will be travelling to Moscow to meet Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin, The Malta Independent on Sunday has learnt. This meeting will be held in the wake of the recent decision by the Maltese government not to allow a Russian warship to enter ...
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President-elect Donald Trump takes on enormous task of building an administration
President-elect Donald Trump is shaking up his transition team as he plunges into setting up his administration, an enormous undertaking that likely requires him to alter his hands-on management style and consider going outside his small, insular group of loyalists.Vice President-elect Mike Pence is now heading the operations, a demotion ...
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Mark Pawley, man identified as owner of VGH, defends choice of Ram Tumuluri as director
Mark Pawley, the man who Vitals Global Healthcare (VGH) officials have identified as the ultimate beneficial owner of the company and is also the CEO of Oxley Capital Group, has come out in strong defence of VGH Director Ram Tumuluri, after local media reports about his past dealings in Canada ...
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Trump and fateful U.S. election
ONE of the reasons the United States of America is pejoratively called the policeman of the world is its insistence on global adherence to the values and virtues that have ennobled humanity over the centuries. The policeman was not always the best law and rights enforcer, and sometimes he showed ...
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After weeks of mostly bad news, Uhuru now faces his darkest hour
It hit where it hurt. Yes, the latest revelation of grand corruption in the Jubilee administration hit Uhuru Kenyatta where it hurt the most – his family. Revelations that his sister Nyokabi Muthama and cousin Kathleen Kihanya were awarded lucrative contracts in the Ministry of Health served Uhuru a massive ...
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Narita says passenger numbers will fall further after more U.S. flights reduced
Officials with Narita International Airport Corp. said Friday its airport will see a bigger drop in the number of passenger arrivals in the second half of 2016 than earlier forecast after a greater number of flight services with the United States were canceled. The airport operator is now bracing for ...
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INDEPTH: 'We are not the socialists of the Mintoff times' - Minister George Vella
Foreign Minister George Vella said that he is uncomfortable with high-rise buildings, saying that we are experiencing "over-development".Interviewed by Pierre Portelli, The Malta Independent's business and content director, in this week's edition of INDEPTH, Dr Vella said he is not against development but he would like to see a better ...
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Editorial: The correspondent bank crisis is suddenly news
Undiscussed up till some days ago, the correspondent bank crisis is now the talk of the town.The contemporaneous visit to New York by the prime minister, the finance minister, the MFSA chairman, and the Central Bank deputy governor raised public alarm, especially when this was broadcast in an alarmistic way.The ...
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Thai envoy to US plays down concerns over trade barriers
Thailand will not be the target of trade barriers under a Donald Trump presidency, according to Thai ambassador to the United States Pisan Manawapat.
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What Is Lost by Burying the Trans-Pacific Partnership?
Few in Washington will mourn the trade pact, but it would have set precedents in digital commerce, intellectual property rights, human rights and environmental protection.
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Zeid urges focus on victims’ rights, given “numbing” extent of civilian suffering in Iraq
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: IraqUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein has called for immediate action to ensure the rights and needs of victims and survivors are met – including, crucially, the need for justice, truth and reconciliation.GENEVA (11 November 2016) ...
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Namibia: Promising Projects From Investment
[Namibia Economist] The Minister of Industrialization, Trade and SME Development, Hon Immanuel Ngatjizeko on 9 November gave a press briefing on the closing ceremony of the Invest in Namibia International conference and informed the press that the conference secured 11 investments projects throughout the country, one of which bagged US$250 ...
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Canada, Mexico ready to talk about NAFTA with US
Canada and Mexico agreed on Nov. 10 to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s demand to have a fresh look at their tripartite 22-year-old free trade pact, fearing they could be shut out of the US market
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IEBC selection panel receives huge list of 778 applications
Six lawyers and a judge are among 13 applicants to chair the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission to prepare for and oversee the 2017 election. IEBC Selection Committee yesterday also released a list of 765 people who have applied for the six commissioners' posts. "As a result of the unprecedented ...