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Giappone Indonesia
Plan to upgrade Indonesian railway moves forward
Progress has been made in talks between Indonesia and Japan on a railway project to link its two largest business hubs. Officials hope talks can be finalized by the end of next month, a close aide to Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said Thursday. The project will be part of ...
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Cina Giappone
Political upheavals around world may herald trouble for mega-deals in 2017
As companies brace for the impact of 2016’s political shocks and looming elections next year, global appetite for mega-mergers may slow amid the prospect of increased protectionism. The biggest transactions mostly involved buyers and sellers from different countries: Bayer AG’s acquisition of Monsanto Co. in the U.S., China National Chemical ...
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Giappone
The top tech stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these tech and digital stories as the most important of 2016. 1. All systems go: For a few weeks in the summer, it seemed to be all that anyone was talking about was “Pokemon Go,” an augmented-reality game you play on your phone. The game ...
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Kenya
Kenya: Speaker Ekwee Ethuro summons senators for special sitting
Senate Speaker Ekwee Ethuro has summoned Senators for a special sittings on Thursday, 5th January 2017 to debate contested electoral law amendments.
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Qatar India
FIFA will continue to pressure on Qatar over human rights
FIFA will continue to “put pressure” on Qatar about the treatment of migrant labourers building World Cup stadiums in the Gulf Arab country for the 2022 tournament, its President said on Wednesday. The world football governing body in the past admitted it was slow to act over concerns about the abuse ...
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Russia USA Regno Unito
Russian Embassy mocks Obama as a 'lame duck' on Twitter
Embassies are generally paragons of diplomacy, using language so measured it can often frustrate those not accustomed to the niceties of statesmanship. But acrimony between the US Obama administration and its Russian counterpart has led to at least one Russian Embassy throwing diplomacy out the window. Russia's UK Embassy yesterday tweeted a ...
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Spagna
Spain’s property market goes through the roof
According to a Spanish proverb, it is a bad idea to start building a house from the roof. But that is just what a Spanish firm is doing – and business is booming. Faced with a lack of available land in big cities such as Madrid and Barcelona, construction firm La ...
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USA
US refiners face severe labour shortage for deferred maintenance
After years of running flat out, US Gulf Coast refiners are lining up repairs to plants in 2017 – but facing a severe labour shortage that could delay work, drive up costs and raise accident risks. Fuel producers such as Marathon Petroleum Corp and Valero Energy Corp have delayed routine work ...
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Cina Egitto USA Malta
Methode Electronics identified Donald Trump among new potential risk factors
The American company Methode Electronics, which currently employs more than 1,200 people in its premises in Malta, has included another risk factor in its regulatory filings.The new risk factor identified by the company is called Donald Trump.According to the latest financial results for the quarter which ended in October 2016, ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: Right of freedom of expression does not mean people can break others' rights – President
President Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said that the right to freedom of expression should not entitle people to break the fundamental rights of another person, namely the right to a family life and the right to privacy. This, she said, is what is happening and making the medium problematic. ...