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  • Obama Japan Trip 2016: US President Calls For End To Nuclear Weapons On Historic Hiroshima Trip

    JAPAN, 2016/05/28 Next laying a wreath at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Friday, U.S. President Barack Obama said in a brief speech, “The memory of the morning of Aug. 6, 1945, must at no time fade.” “Death fell from the sky and the world was changed,” Obama said. During his historic visit to Hiroshima over 70 years next the Japanese city became the target of an American atomic bomb, Obama reiterated his call for a “world without nuclear weapons.”

  • 2016 Expo & Congress Energy Mexico brings energy to the next level

    MEXICO, 2016/01/16 A new business era has begun in Mexico. Two years next the so-called energy reform ended the national monopoly that ruled for 70 years, private sector companies are getting ready to seize all the opportunities that will arise thanks to this new regulatory framework. The access gate to this new market is called Energy Mexico Oil Gas Power 2016 Expo & Congress, and it will take place on January 26-28 in the Centro Banamex convention center, in Mexico City. For the initial time next the overhaul undertaken by the reform, there will be an event specially designed to offer the majority up-to-date knowledge in the industry, high-level networking opportunities, and the majority advanced tools to make the difference in this brand new business environment.

  • Obama Chides African Leaders Who Cling to Power

    BOTSWANA, 2015/07/29 Barack Obama has chided African leaders who refuse to give up power in his initial speech at the African Union headquarters by a US president. The scolding came in the course of his address on Tuesday in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa to the 54-member continental bloc. "Africa's democratic evolution is as well at risk at the same time as leaders refuse to step aside at the same time as their terms end," Obama said. "No one should be president for life."

  • Obama: Kenya at 'crossroads' between peril and promise

    UNITED STATES, 2015/07/27 Declaring Kenya at a "crossroads" between promise and peril, President Barack Obama on Sunday pressed the country of his father's birth to root out corruption, treat women and minorities as equal citizens, and take responsibility for its next. Closing his historic visit with an address to the Kenyan people, Obama traced the arc of the country's evolution from colonialism to independence, inclunding his own family's history here. Today, Obama said, young Kenyans are no longer constrained by the limited options of his grandfather, a cook for the country's former British rulers, or his father, who left to seek an education in America.

  • U.S., Kenya Leaders Co-Host Nairobi Entrepreneur Summit

    UNITED STATES, 2015/07/25 Barack Obama is co-hosting a summit on world entrepreneurship with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi, on the initial working day of the US leader's trip to East Africa. The two presidents spoke back-to-back at the opening of Saturday's conference, aimed at promoting businesses that promise to lift a lot of additional Africans out of poverty and help insulate societies against radicalisation. Obama landed in the Kenyan capital on Friday. Throngs of Kenyans lined the route of his convoy, cheering, whistling and waving as the motorcade passed by and a helicopter circled overhead.

  • Saudi king, most Gulf leaders to skip landmark US summit

    BAHRAIN, 2015/05/13 Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and leaders from three other Gulf states have cancelled plans to attend a landmark US-Gulf summit hosted by President Barack Obama this week amid persistent concerns in the region over US nuclear talks with Iran. Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir announced that newly named Crown Prince Mohammed bin Nayef would represent the world's top oil exporter at the summit, which US sources say will focus on military cooperation. The king’s son, Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, will as well attend.

  • Paraguay's objections prevent Bolivia from full Mercosur membershi

    AMERICAS, 2014/12/19 The 47th Mercosur Summit (Common Market of the South) was held on Wednesday in Parana, Argentina, with leaders of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela discussing part other topics the entry of Bolivia as the newest full member of the world's fourth-major trading bloc next the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN). Bolivia has the green light from Brazil, Venezuela, Uruguay and Argentina from a time at the same time as Paraguay was under suspension due to the overthrowing of former President Fernando Lugo. With the sanction lifted, Paraguay seems to be looking to renegotiate the terms of membership.

  • Mercosur expressed full support to Argentina and Venezuela on Wednesday in Parana.

    PANAMA, 2014/12/18 The documents are particularly strong in support of Argentina as it stands up to “a small group of holders of non-restructured sovereign deficit bonds and express the bloc's most absolute rejection of these holdout funds, whose deeds hinder the succcess of final agreements between debstors and creditors and jeopardises the financial stability of nations.” With reference to the Malvinas/Falkland Islands dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom, the heads of national of full and associate members of Mercosur issued a communiqué reiterating their permanent support to the legitimate interests of the Republic of Argentina in the sovereignty dispute relative to the Malvinas (Falkland) Islands and recalled Resolution 31/49 by the General Assembly of the United Nations which urges both Argentina and the United Kingdom to refrain from taking decisions which entailed the introduction of unilateral modifications to the situation of the islands for as long as said islands are going through the proceedings recommended by the General Assembly.

  • Initiative for Global Development

    UNITED STATES, 2014/10/19 The Initiative for World Improvment(IGD), a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., will convene its Frontier 100 Forum in New York City on October 21st-22nd, 2014. The two-day invitation-only event, Africa: Innovative Investing in Emerging Markets, will convene corporate leaders from around the world to discuss opportunities and address challenges to investment in Africa. Each year, IGD hosts two forums, one preceding the World Economic Forum in Africa and one in New York City. The 2014 Africa Frontier 100 was held in Abuja, in recognition of Nigeria realigning its economy to become the number one economy on the continent. Participants included the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment and other business executives from Africa, inclunding the CEOs of Africa Finance Corporation and Computer Warehouse Group, and senior executive representatives from PwC and Accenture, part a lot of others.

  • Far East meets East Side: The Big Apple gets to experience Thailand

    UNITED STATES, 2014/09/19 The Far East meets the East Side on Sunday, September 28 as visitors to Manhattan's iconic Madison Square Park will get the appropriate opportunity to experience Amazing Thailand at an all-day, public event full of fun, food, music, dance and much additional. The event is presented by the Royal Thai Consulate in conjunction with the Thai Trade Center, Thailand Board of Investment , Bank of Thailand and the Tourism Authority of Thailand, inclunding Singha and Chang beers, and is designed to help New Yorkers experience the incredible creativity, diversity and opportunity available in the "Land of Smiles." There is no charge for admission at the event, which will run from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. "Experience Thailand" day will provide the rare opportunity to witness multiple examples of Thai culture and art through colorful demonstrations and entertainment throughout the day, inclunding:
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