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USA
Planning Authority slaps removal notices on election campaign billboards
The Planning Authority has ordered the removal of a number of political billboards which were placed during the election.Images of a couple of billboards in question can be seen in the images in this article, however this newsroom was informed that such notices were seen on other campaign billboards.Last week, ...
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Malta
INDEPTH: I don’t believe Franco Debono has a place in the PN - Delia
“I don’t believe Franco Debono has a place in the Nationalist Party,” PN leadership contender Adrian Delia said. Interviewed by The Malta Independent news editor Rachel Attard on INDEPTH, Delia was categorical in his reply that Debono will not set foot at the PN headquarters if he (Delia) becomes leader.Last ...
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Nigeria
Presidency To Continue Consultations On Nigeria’s Unity – Akande
The consultations by the Presidency with various segments of the Nigerian society will continue, the Spokesman of the Acting President, Mr Laolu Akande, said on Tuesday. He stated this in a release while emphasizing the import of the dialogue the Acting President had with leaders from the North, Southeast and ...
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Cina
Trump Growing Frustrated With China, Weighs Trade Steps: Officials
President Donald Trump is growing increasingly frustrated with China over its inaction on North Korea and bilateral trade issues, officials. According to Reuters, the officials said Trump was looking at options including tariffs on steel imports, which Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross already has said he is considering as part of ...
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Panama
Panamá participa en foro de migración por inversión
Miembros del sector público y privado de Panamá participaron en el Foro de Migración por Inversión, organizado por el Consejo de Migración por Inversión (IMC, por sus siglas en inglés) en Ginebra, Suiza. La delegación estuvo liderada por Alberto Alemán, director de Proinvex; Aldo Stagnaro, vicepresidente de Acobir; Francisco Álvarez ...
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Russia Turchia
SunExpress starts direct Antalya-Moscow flights
SunExpress, a joint venture between Turkish Airlines and Lufthansa, has started its direct flights between Turkey’s Mediterranean resort Antalya and Moscow, taking its first step into the Russian market.
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USA
IMF cuts US growth forecasts, cites Trump fiscal plan uncertainty
The International Monetary Fund on June 27 cut its growth forecasts for the U.S. economy to 2.1 percent for both 2017 and 2018, dropping its assumption that President Donald Trump’s tax cut and fiscal spending plans would boost growth.
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Francia Nigeria
France to invest €1bn in Nigeria’s oil sector
Okechukwu Nnodim, Abuja The French government has announced that it has set aside about €1bn to be invested in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry, and that Nigeria remains its first economic trading partner in Africa. The France Ambassador to Nigeria, Denys Gauer, announced this when the Group General Manager, Group ...
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Nigeria
NDLEA arrests mothers for selling cannabis
Afeez Hanafi Three women have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Badagry, Lagos State. It was learnt that the suspects — Adesola Kolawole, 30; Sade Oyewale, 44; and 36-year-old Kadijat Mojeet — were found with about four kilogrammes of cannabis in their hideouts. A ...
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Nigeria
Probe NHIS’ functions, HMOs tell Presidency, others
Niyi Odebode, Abuja The Health and Managed Care Association of Nigeria on Tuesday urged the Presidency and the National Assembly to set up a high-powered committee to investigate the functions of the National Health Insurance Scheme from its inception. The National Publicity of the organisation, Mr. Lekan Ewenla, who stated ...