Source: Time By Sam Frizell Trump once supported “leaving borders behind” With the aid of a teleprompter,Donald Trump on Tuesdayrepeated the defiant anthem of his campaign: selfish businesses are sending American […]
Source: JTA (JTA) — The New Jersey Legislature passed legislation that prohibits the state from investing pension and annuity funds in companies that boycott Israel or Israeli businesses. The bipartisan bill in response to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, or BDS, movement against Israel passed the state’s General Assembly on Monday by […]
Source: BBC Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has accused China of “raping” the US, in renewed criticism of China’s trade policy. He told a rally in Indiana that China was responsible for “the greatest theft in the history of the world”. Mr Trump, a billionaire businessman, has long accused China […]
Source: China Daily A container train linking China and Iran departed from Yiwu City in east China’s Zhejiang Province loaded with Chinese small commodities on Thursday morning. According to the […]
Source: BBC Iranian president Hassan Rouhani will arrive in France on Wednesday for the second leg of his state visit to Europe, after three days in Italy. Mr Rouhani is […]
Source: BBC China has announced $60bn (£40bn) of assistance and loans for Africa to help with the development of the continent. President Xi Jinping said the package would include zero-interest […]
Source: BBC China’s President Xi Jinping is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, where he is expected to announce investment of $46bn (£30.7bn). The focus of spending is on building […]
Source: BBC China’s President Xi Jinping is on a two-day visit to Pakistan, where he is expected to announce investment of $46bn (£30.7bn). The focus of spending is on building […]
theguardian: by Leah Borromeo — Original Unverpackt founders Sara Wolf and Milena Glimbovski. It works like this. You bring your own containers and have those weighed. Berlin-based supermarket Original Unverpackt labels your containers. You shop. When you get to the till, the weight of your containers is subtracted and you […]
STORY SUMMARY That is what the World Economic Forum asked at a recent meeting in Dubai that focused on the future of governance under three potential scenarios arising from the ongoing information revolution. The first scenario that participants considered is a world ruled by so-called “megacities,” where governance is administered […]
FAROUK LUQMAN ARABNEWS It is a five-and-a-half hours flight from Jeddah to Casablanca, the largest city of Morocco — one of the most beautiful countries in the world and the […]
Courtesy: NY Times U.S. to Suspend Trade Privileges With Bangladesh By STEVEN GREENHOUSE The Obama administration on Thursday will suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh over concerns about safety problems and labor rights violations in that country’s garment industry, according to administration and Congressional officials. The administration has come under intense […]
Courtesy: The Daily Star Thursday, May 09, 2013 Savar tragedy, garments industry and Bangladesh Muhammad Yunus Photo: AFP THE Savar tragedy is a symbol of our failure as a nation. The crack in Rana Plaza that caused the collapse of the building has only shown us that if we […]
Union head quits Fiji Labour Party Updated 29 August 2012, 17:36 AEST The head of Fiji’s largest trade union body has quit the Labour Party. Union head quits Fiji Labour Party (Credit: ABC) Fiji Trades Union Congress secretary Felix Anthony has criticised the FLP for not being multiracial and for […]
Source: NY Times. ISHWARDI, Bangladesh — The air thickened with tear gas as police and paramilitary officers jogged into the Ishwardi Export Processing Zone firing rubber bullets and swinging cane poles. Panicked factory workers tried to flee. A seamstress crumpled to the ground, knocked unconscious by a shot in […]
By RFI France on Wednesday accused Korean carmakers of unfair competition as it announced a programme of subsidies to revive the troubled French car industry. The boss of PSA Peugeot-Citroën welcomed the government’s announcement of aid to clean car producers. Read More.
Foreign countries are increasingly demanding that products made in the settlements be labeled accordingly JERUSALEM (AP) — For decades, Israel has marketed an array of cosmetics and food products manufactured […]
Business Insider Barton Biggs, the storied hedge fund manager who runs Traxis Partners, recently had an interesting encounter recently over lunch with a Saudi businessman who explained to him the […]
Fiji’s Wedding Market One of the BestTourism Fiji acting chief executive officer Michael Meeds says weddings can be among Fiji’s major market segments, especially for tourists from Australia and New […]
Yahoo.news The Indian government has approved a deal to buy natural gas from Turkmenistan via a $7.6 billion pipeline passing throughAfghanistan and Pakistan, reports said on Thursday. The cabinet approved the signing of the Gas Sale and Purchase Agreement as well as the payment of a transit fee to Afghanistan and Pakistan for allowing […]