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Cina
Foreign forces row over China’s Terracotta Warriors
Silent and enigmatic, China’s emblematic Terracotta Warriors are at the center of a bitter row, with patriots and scholars dismissing as impossible theories they could have been inspired by Greek sculpture.
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Turchia
Int’l investors praise Turkish economy, voice recommendations after key meeting with gov’t
Top representatives from 20 global companies have praised the Turkish economy’s investment climate following the failed July 15 coup attempt, while also voicing recommendations on improving stability and educational quality, carrying out structural reforms, and prioritizing technology at the 9th Investment Advisory Council Meeting in Istanbul.
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USA
Dow Chemical earnings up
The Michigan-based Dow Chemical Co has posted a 10% rise in sales volume in the third quarter of 2016 with operating Ebitda rising US$118 million to $2.5 billion.
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Giappone
EU and Canada to sign trade pact after Belgians approve changes
Canada and the European Union will sign a landmark free trade deal on Sunday after key votes in Belgian regional assemblies on Friday ended opposition that had threatened to destroy the agreement. Soon after the final Belgian vote, European Council President Donald Tusk called Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and ...
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Nigeria
Airforce To Niger Delta Militants: Dialogue With FG Or Face Military Force
The Nigeria Air Force has warned militants operating in the Niger Delta region to dialogue with the Federal Government and embrace peace, otherwise full weight of the law would descend on them. The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar, gave the warning yesterday, while commissioning new blocks of ...
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Nigeria
Governors’ Quest For Foreign Trips
Those in search of irrational and disgraceful justification of misconduct from Nigeria’s public officials should turn to Ekiti state Governor Ayodele Fayose. His vocabulary is always drenched in classic idiocy and lunatic ecstasy in support of an unpopular cause. Mid this year, Fayose would have wrestled to the ground President ...
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Malta
George Vella in Marseille for the Western Mediterranean Forum (5+5) Ministerial Meeting
Minister for Foreign Affairs George W. Vella joined nine other partners from Europe and North Africa for a ministerial meeting to discuss the present scenario in the Western Mediterranean. Focus was placed on unfolding events in Libya and regional cooperation on migration. The Libyan Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mohamed Taha ...
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Malta
Change in the educational sector is a long and complicated process - Evarist Bartolo
Education Minister Evarist Bartolo said that change in the educational system is a long and complicated process and if the government rushed it, the country would end up with a worse educational system, stressing that this was a "marathon, not a sprint".Speaking in Parliament, Mr Bartolo said he found himself ...
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Malta
Approval of Sliema development ‘contravenes planning laws’ – FAA
The approval of the application to build a six-storey pencil development on top of a Gzira house that had been certified as being unstable contravenes, planning laws, regulations and past refusals, Flimkien ghal Ambjent Ahjar said in a statement.Development application PA 03552/15 had again been recommended for refusal by the ...
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Nigeria
30 per cent of forex spent on fuel imports – Adeosun
The Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, on Friday said that 30 per cent of the Nigeria’s demand for foreign exchange was for fuel importation. Adeosun stated this in Lagos at the launch of “FirstGem” , a product of First Bank of Nigeria Ltd., aimed at empowering women through wealth creation. ...