Tag: United States

Society of Professional Journalists offers awards

THE Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) is inviting entries for its Mark of Excellence Award. The award will be honoring the best in student journalism. Entries will be first judged…

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Oil set for 10% weekly drop as demand worries dominate

Oil prices were stable on Friday but both benchmarks were headed for a weekly loss on worries over weak economic outlooks in China, Europe and the United States weighing on…

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China’s Xi says willing to work with United States for mutual benefit

BEIJING, Oct 27 (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with the United States to find ways to get along to the benefit of both, state…

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Benin Republic developing home-grown textile industry

On a large factory floor in southwestern Benin, dozens of young people cut, stitch and assemble cotton shirts – part of a major push by the West African country to…

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The Many Lives and Credit Suisse Accounts of Gaddafi-Linked Lobbyist Hassan Tatanaki

The country’s longtime dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, nationalized his family’s businesses in the 1970s and Tatanaki spent years abroad, but by the early 1990s he had managed to return and establish…

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CNAS COMMENTARIES – Export Controls Are a Defining Instrument of U.S. National Security

Economic statecraft has become a crucial pillar of U.S. foreign policy. Over the past several years, there have been substantial shifts in both the scope and policy goals of American…

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Immigration: Nigeria may impose visa restriction on Americans, others

The Nigerian Government may reciprocate the visa restriction imposed on its citizens by the United States and other countries, the Nigeria Immigration Service has said. This Comptroller-General of the NIS,…

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China ‘to retaliate’ if U.S. acts against journalists

China is vowing to retaliate against the the United States if Washington continues, quote, "hostile action" against Chinese journalists - journalists who may be forced to leave in coming days…

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In Nigeria’s Capital Abuja, Fire Breaks Out at the World Trade Centre

Fire on Monday gutted a section of the World Trade Centre building located in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. An eyewitness said the fire started from the top of the skyscraper…

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$6m fraud: FBI on the Hunt for seek six Nigerians

The United States’ Federal Bureau of Investigation has appealed to members of the public to furnish it with vital information that would lead to the arrest of six Nigerians indicted…

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