Author: AFPID: 1534303656838159500Wed, 2018-08-15 03:16WASHINGTON: Researchers have discovered a new security flaw that could let hackers pry information from supposedly secure virtual vaults in Intel chips, the company warned on Tuesday.Intel…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534252377293015500Tue, 2018-08-14 12:13OSLO: A British renewable energy investor Quercus said it will halt the construction of a 500 million euro ($570 million) solar power plant in Iran due to recently imposed US sanctions on…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534247668552664800Tue, 2018-08-14 11:48LONDON: Britain’s unemployment rate fell to its lowest in over 43 years in the three months to June and fewer workers made do with insecure jobs, but there was little upside for most as…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534238102302053900Tue, 2018-08-14 09:08SINGAPORE: Singapore police said on Tuesday an aircraft linked to an investigation into a multi-billion scandal at Malaysian state fund 1MDB is parked at the city-state’s Seletar Airpor…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534236768801993400Tue, 2018-08-14 08:47DUBAI: Dubai’s Damac Properties, owner and operator of the only Trump-branded golf club in the Middle East, is confident of its financial position despite registering its worst quarter…
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Author: APID: 1534234679111916700Tue, 2018-08-14 (All day)BERLIN: The German economy accelerated in the second quarter despite the US move to impose new tariffs on Europe, official data showed Tuesday, performing slightly better than economists h…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534230273391753300Tue, 2018-08-14 06:59SINGAPORE: Oil prices inched up on Tuesday after a report from OPEC confirmed that top exporter Saudi Arabia had cut production to avert looming oversupply, although concerns over a slowd…
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Author: APID: 1534228554401716300Tue, 2018-08-14 (All day)BEIJING: China appealed to Washington on Tuesday not to misuse security concerns to hamper business activity after President Donald Trump signed a law that expands the jurisdiction of an i…
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Author: ReutersID: 1534225509921663900Tue, 2018-08-14 05:40TAIPEI: Foxconn posted second-quarter net profit well below expectations as a rise in component costs and unsold inventory weighed on the performance of the Apple supplier and world’s t…
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Author: AFPID: 1534224638891641800Tue, 2018-08-14 05:28MUMBAI: The Indian rupee hit a record low of 70 to the dollar on Tuesday as emerging market currencies are sold off by investors spooked by the Turkish financial crisis.The under-pressure…
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A study by fDi Intelligence reveals which countries outperform their size when it comes to generating greenfield FDI
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Africa's agricultural potential is widely acknowledged but the task of unleashing it is vast, curtailing any continent-wide ambitions that the major global companies in the industry may have. However, US-based AGCO is looking to change that, as Phil…
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Africa must harness the competitive strengths of its cities if it is to maximise its full FDI potential, argues a UN-Habitat report.
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After years of Chinese-backed, state-led development,Ethiopia is opening up to foreign investment, but it is unclear whether Addis Ababa is in the throes of changing its economic model or just looking to raise desperately-needed funds. Yigal Chazan…
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In spite of political and social upheaval, Egypt has enjoyed a strong few years when it comes to attracting FDI. 
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Google siting of a new artificial intelligence centre in Ghana is testament to Africa’s hi-tech capabilities. Erika Morphy reports  
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Members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries threw their weight behind UN sustainable energy goals – along with the “bedrock” of petroleum – at a recent forum. Courtney Fingar reports.
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Modeste Bahati Lukwebo, minister of Planning for the Democratic Republic of Congo, tells Sebastian Shehadi about the country's vast renewable energy potential, privatisation programme and need for infrastructure investment.  
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The building of the One Africa Place development in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is, its backers say, the first grade A project in east Africa. It is also, as Wendy Atkins reports, a vote of confidence for a country and region that have a turbulent…
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One of Palestine’s wealthiest businessmen, Bashar Masri, has built a city – Rawabi – from scratch in the West Bank, valued at $1.5bn. But misperceptions are widespread and the historic project needs more FDI, as he explains to Sebastian Sheh…
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Government calls for resignations after Genoa disaster kills at least 36
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Lira rallies sharply as Ankara retaliates for ‘deliberate attacks’ on economy
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The rising grip of a small group of large companies comes under scrutiny
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Blueprint to establish road and rail links comes amid faltering progress on denuclearisation
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Report identifies growing cyber espionage threat in countries from Europe to Asia
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Move comes as Turkey turmoil hits emerging markets
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Andrew Brunson’s plight has soured relations and plunged Ankara into currency crisis
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Once considered independent, the judicial system risks becoming politicised by graft scandals
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Do we really want Silicon Valley coders to predict who we may or may not like?
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Foreign secretary’s activist role contrasts with sidelining of Boris Johnson
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Millions of Russian tourists will no longer be soaking up the sun in Turkey and supermarkets across Russia will soon stop carrying Turkish produce after economic relations between the two countries further deteriorated on Monday. Russia prevented 1,2…
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Russia continued to ratchet up sanctions against Turkey Monday, announcing a ban on the import of Turkish fruits and vegetables, the Wall Street Journal reported. As sharp words are exchanged between the two trading partners, other countries are alre…
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World leaders convene in France on Monday for the latest global conference on climate change, called COP21, in an attempt to forge the first legally binding climate agreement amid increasing urgency. Yet officials from some countries are worried that…
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Turkey on Saturday issued a travel warning to its citizens, asking them to avoid all non-urgent travel to Russia, as diplomatic tension between the two countries escalates over the downing of a Russian jet by Turkey earlier this week.The Turkish…
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UPDATED 9:45 a.m. EST: Russia will suspend visa-free travel agreement with Turkey, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday. The action takes effect Jan. 1, the BBC reported.
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Russia threatened economic retaliation against Turkey on Thursday and said it was still awaiting a reasonable explanation for the shooting down of its warplane, but Turkey dismissed the threats as "emotional" and "unfitting".In an escalating war of…
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (Reuters) -- Speculation that Saudi Arabia could devalue its currency may owe more to a poor public-relations effort by Saudi authorities than to the economic pressures on the kingdom. Riyadh has the tools available to pro…
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One particular sentence spoken by the Russian foreign minister Tuesday has Turkish officials feeling particularly uneasy: “We do not recommend that our citizens travel to Turkey for tourism or any other reason,” Sergey Lavrov said. He was in So…
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Saudi Arabia and Angola both beat out Russia as the largest crude oil suppliers to China in October, Bloomberg reported Monday. The huge China market is one arena where the world’s suppliers continue to compete for share amid a global oil glut, a…
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European leaders are planning to crack down on the use of bitcoin, prepaid credit cards and other methods of anonymous payment in response to the Paris attacks last week, Reuters reported Thursday. It's part of a crisis plan that aims to dismantle…
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QUEBEC’S proudly Francophone separatists may want to learn some Arabic. On August 5th, as Canadians enjoyed a long weekend, Saudi Arabia abruptly expelled their ambassador and froze bilateral trade and investment. Its state-run funds have report…
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Who ordered this?IN THE early hours of August 5th four men broke into a house in eastern Zimbabwe known to be home to activists for the MDC Alliance, the country’s main opposition bloc. They dragged the husband and wife outside before beating t…
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Between a rock and a holy placeEVER since the Roman army tried to topple it in the 1st century, knocking a few slabs from the top, the Western Wall in Jerusalem has remained largely intact. A relic of the second Jewish temple, most of which the R…
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THE Democratic Republic of Congo has never had a peaceful transition of power. Mobutu Sese Seko, the president from 1965 to 1997, fled his jungle palace shortly before it was ransacked by looting soldiers; his successor, Laurent Kabila, was shot b…
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IT TOOK two years to negotiate a nuclear deal with Iran—and a few strokes of a pen to undo it. On August 6th President Donald Trump signed an executive order restoring sanctions aimed at Iran’s car industry, its trade in gold and its access to…
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RESIDENTS of Naunde village were woken by gunshots at around 2am on June 5th. Two of the attackers carried guns. The other three, armed with machetes, set houses on fire. Then they chased down a local chief and hacked off his head in front of ho…
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In the red? Free bedZIAD AL-ZAYYAN traded his home for his freedom. For years he ran a profitable business importing ceramic tiles to Gaza. In 2016 he took out a loan to pay for an order worth 80,000 shekels ($20,830). But in a besieged territory…
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The courageous fewFEW believed President Bashar al-Assad would survive the rebellion that swept his country seven years ago. But Syria’s blood-soaked dictator is on the brink of defeating those who tried to topple him. The only rebels left are…
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ERITREA, one of Africa’s newest countries, was born in battle. First it fought for 30 years to break away from Ethiopia, its bigger neighbour to the south, achieving that goal in 1993. In 1998 it was embroiled in another bloody war that cost per…
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FOR a generation the Saudi antiquities authority has kept it under wraps. The ruins remain out of bounds behind metal gates and wire fencing. A guard shoos the curious away with threats of arrest. But if independent studies are correct, tucked in…
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei ruled out direct political talks with the U.S. on Monday, rejecting an offer from Donald Trump in the president’s own style—a strongly worded, all-caps tweet.
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Calls grew louder for an investigation into airstrikes in Yemen that killed at least 29 children, as the United Nations and Western officials weighed their response to the attack by the Saudi-led military coalition.
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The allegations paralyzed Iraq’s politics and increased popular anger, and the recount result is unlikely to restore confidence in the democratic process.
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Saudi Arabia is easing its tight grip on popular culture as it tries to diversify the economy, and the kingdom is one of the biggest markets for rap music in the Arab world. Yet it is finding that rap, like other art forms, can be difficult to contai…
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Airstrikes on a market in northern Yemen killed dozens of people, including children in a school bus, drawing international condemnation and putting a spotlight on a U.S.-backed Saudi military coalition.
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