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Marocco Algeria
CMA CGM reliera la mer Noire à l’Algérie et au Maroc
Le leader mondial du transport maritime va lancer une ligne de transport express de marchandises reliant les ports de la mer Noire à ceux de l’Algérie et du Maroc. La ligne en question reliera les principaux pays donnant sur la mer Noire, à savoir la Turquie, la Roumanie et l’Ukraine ...
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India
Israeli arms manufacturer opens missile factory in India
Rafael's plant, co-run with an Indian partner, will produce 8,000 Spike missiles for India
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Cina
Amazon China partner tells users to stop using illegal VPNs
BEIJING/SHANGHAI - A Chinese partner of global e-commerce firm Amazon.com Inc has told customers to stop using illegal virtual private networks (VPNs), which can circumvent internet censorship.
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Brasile
Rio violence exposes Brazil’s missed chance
A year after the Olympics, crime is up, the economy down and corruption rife
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Iran
Rouhani vows to improve Iran’s foreign relations
President calls for ‘effective interaction’ at swearing-in ceremony after May poll win
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Malta
Valletta basilica to get €500,000 paving
The basilica of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Valletta will finally get paving to cover up its shabby concrete flooring. Fr Alex Scerri told the Times of Malta the paving of the basilica floor in an intricate design would cost some €500,000. Work is expected to begin at the end of September ...
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Regno Unito
Sterling skids to nine-month low vs. euro as BoE keeps rates unchanged
Britain's pound skidded to a nine-month low against the euro today after the Bank of England voted 6-2 in favour of keeping interest rates at their record lows and revised down its growth and inflation forecasts. BoE Governor Mark Carney and his top officials reiterated their message that they might raise ...
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Malta
NCPE welcomes PL's action to address low participation of women in politics
The National Commission for the Promotion of Equality welcomes the steps taken by the Labour Party to address the low participation of women in the political sphere and to increase the number of women candidates in its electoral lists. It hoped that all political parties in Malta would adopt initiatives aimed ...
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Spagna
Watch: The Spanish Republican heroine who stood up to Franco (ARTE)
July 1936. A chaotic Spain is in the throes of civil war. Francisco Franco's fascists are advancing. But republican and Communist Party activist Dolores Ibárruri is having none of it. In an iconic speech, Ibárruri called on the Spanish people to resist, insisting that the fascists would not pass - "No Pasarán!" The ...
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USA Malta
Blog: Thinking ahead: how will the project become sustainable?
In my last blog I mentioned how time is rushing by so fast, so much so that soon, we will find ourselves back in Malta. With every day that goes by, we are approaching our destination - the aims of our project. Or I'd rather refer to it as the ...