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Durban - The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has directed the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) to launch an investigation into possible non-compliance with the Companies Act by the battered South African-based global retailer Steinhoff.

DEMOCRATS HAVE MASSIVE TURNOUT IN 2017 SPECIAL ELECTION– In 2016 Republican Donald Trump won Alabama with 62% of the vote. Trump had 1,318,255 votes Hillary had 729,547 votes On Tuesday night Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama special election for US senate. In 2017 Democrat Doug Jones won the Alabama senate […]

DEMOCRATS HAVE MASSIVE TURNOUT IN 2017 SPECIAL ELECTION– In 2016 Republican Donald Trump won Alabama with 62% of the vote. Trump had 1,318,255 votes Hillary had 729,547 votes On Tuesday night Democrat Doug Jones defeated Republican Roy Moore in the Alabama special election for US senate. In 2017 Democrat Doug Jones won the Alabama senate […]

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• Charles Barkley, a former NBA star and Alabama native, hailed Democrat Doug Jones' upset victory against GOP Senate candidate Roy Moore in Alabama on Tuesday night.
• Barkley said Jones's win is a "wake-up call" for Democrats that they need to pay closer attention to black voters, who helped Jones win in a deep-red state.

Former NBA star and longtime Alabama native Charles Barkley weighed in on Democrat Doug Jones' shocking upset over Republican... Читать дальше...

Doug Jones, a Democrat, should not have won a Senate seat in Alabama. Sure, there were polls in the run-up to Tuesday’s special election showing Jones with a ten-point lead, after allegations surfaced that his Republican opponent, the disgraced former judge Roy Moore, had molested and preyed upon teenage girls decades ago. But Alabama, one of the most conservative states in the country, hasn’t had a close race for national office in decades, and the polls are notoriously fickle. Donald Trump won the state by 28 points in the 2016 election. Читать дальше...

Doug Jones, a Democrat, should not have won a Senate seat in Alabama. Sure, there were polls in the run-up to Tuesday’s special election showing Jones with a ten-point lead, after allegations surfaced that his Republican opponent, the disgraced former judge Roy Moore, had molested and preyed upon teenage girls decades ago. But Alabama, one of the most conservative states in the country, hasn’t had a close race for national office in decades, and the polls are notoriously fickle. Donald Trump won the state by 28 points in the 2016 election. Читать дальше...

Am zweiten Tag des Korruptionsprozesses gegen Ex-Finanzminister Karl-Heinz Grasser und andere haben am Mittwoch die Anklage und Grasser-Verteidiger Manfred Ainedter ihre Pflöcke im Verfahren eingeschlagen. "Geld, Gier, Geheimnisse", seien hinter dem Tatplan von Grasser und seinen Freunden Walter Meischberger, Peter Hochegger und Ernst Karl Plech gestanden, so Oberstaatsanwalt Alexander Marchart.

Am Tag zwei im Untreueprozess gegen Ex-Finanzminister Karl Heinz Grasser, seinen Trauzeugen Walter Meischberger, den Lobbyisten Peter Hochegger und andere waren am Mittwoch erstmals die Staatsanwälte am Zug. Laut Staatsanwalt Alexander Marchart habe sich Grasser zwar in Broschüren gegen Korruption gewendet, aber in Wahrheit "war Grasser Teil des Problems, nicht Teil der Lösung", so der Vorwurf.

Am Tag zwei im Untreueprozess gegen Ex-Finanzminister Karl Heinz Grasser, seinen Trauzeugen Walter Meischberger, den Lobbyisten Peter Hochegger und andere waren am Mittwoch erstmals die Staatsanwälte am Zug. Laut Staatsanwalt Alexander Marchart habe sich Grasser zwar in Broschüren gegen Korruption gewendet, aber in Wahrheit "war Grasser Teil des Problems, nicht Teil der Lösung", so der Vorwurf.

Tag zwei im Untreueprozess gegen den früheren Finanzminister Karl Heinz Grasser, seinen Trauzeugen Walter Meischberger, den Lobbyisten Peter Hochegger und andere startete am Mittwoch mit dem Plädoyer der Staatsanwälte. Gerald Denk und Alexander Marchart geben erstmals Einblick in die Strategie der Anklage. Für Aufsehen sorgte auch der Ausschluss eines im Gerichtssaal anwesenden Journalisten.

The Alberta government says five new organizations will now be able to train, test and provide service dogs to people across the province who may need them.

America dodged a bullet in Alabama last night. A man who was twice removed from his state’s Supreme Court for defying judicial orders, who said Muslims should not be allowed to serve in elective office, who suggested the black family was better off under slavery, and who declared that homosexuality should be illegal — this...

Berlín, 13 dic (dpa) - A la espera de conocer las propuestas del bloque conservador de Angela Merkel, el líder del Partido Socialdemócrata (SPD), Martin Schulz, acudirá este miércoles con los deberes hechos a su primer encuentro con la mandataria para ver qué opciones hay de reeditar una gran coalición de Gobierno.Sin fijar líneas rojas, el político socialdemócrata lleva bajo el brazo un catálogo de once temas clave sobre los que se espera que gire el grueso de las negociaciones. Son los siguientes... Читать дальше...

In an unprecedented move, President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, that the U.S. recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s official capital.  In an almost 20-minute speech, President Trump said, “I have determined that it is time to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.” Trump added, “For more than two decades previous presidents have signed a waiver to delay moving the U.S. embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but we are no closer to a lasting peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinians... Читать дальше...

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Turkey, China, Egypt continue to top list New York, December 13, 2017--For the second year in a row, the number of journalists imprisoned for their work hit a historical high, as the U.S. and other Western powers failed to pressure the world's worst jailers--Turkey, China, and Egypt--into improving the bleak...

Are investors in the region ready to support them?

Ask an American VC or angel investor what comes to mind when they think of the Middle East, and many are likely to say “war.” “When I see my friends from business school,” said Tarek Assaad, a 2000 MBA grad from Stanford University and managing partner at Egypt’s largest tech VC firm, “the discussions we have are always around problems—because that’s all they see in the media.”

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Berlín, 13 dic (dpa) - Acompañada de sus aliados bávaros, la canciller alemana Angela Merkel se reunirá hoy con el líder del Partido Socialdemócrata (SPD), Martin Schulz, para sondear las posibilidades de reeditar una gran coalición de Gobierno que ponga fin a la crisis política que atraviesa la potencia europea."Voy confiada y con gran respaldo a las conversaciones con los socialdemócratas (...) Queremos que se celebren con rapidez", apremió la mandataria, para quien una alianza con el SPD garantizaría... Читать дальше...

Phnom Penh (dpa) - The European Union has suspended its financial support for Cambodia‘s electoral supervisory body, saying upcoming elections are "illegitimate" in light of the recent dissolution of the main opposition party, local media reported on Wednesday.The Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), which was disbanded by the Supreme Court last month, was widely seen as the sole serious contender to challenge the rule of Prime Minister Hun Sen in the 2018 parliamentary elections.It won 44.5 per... Читать дальше...

Can an oyster dinner be heymish? Maybe when it’s at the swank yet unpretentious Oyster Bar at Grand Central Station. Hear me out. A few nights ago your humble correspondent was fruitlessly applying herself to some research at the New York Public Library when a text came in from Congress for Jewish Culture Director Shane Baker. Did I want to get an oyster pan roast? I sure did. Do I even like oysters? I sure don’t. No matter. A five-minute scrum through the holiday crowds and Shane and I were being seated at the famed Oyster Bar. Читать дальше...

Zum Fest hat er eine lange Tradition in Deutschland: der Weihnachtsbaum. Meist kommt er gar nicht aus dem Wald - und für die Umwelt macht wie beim Essen auch hier «Bio» den Unterschied.Berlin (dpa) - Ein festlich geschmückter Baum gehört für viele Menschen zu Weihnachten ins Haus. Ist das Fest vorbei, landet die Tanne auf der Straße. Das klingt nicht sehr nachhaltig. Aber ist ein Plastikbaum besser?Wo wachsen Weihnachtsbäume?Von den rund 25 bis 30 Millionen hierzulande verkauften Exemplaren kommen... Читать дальше...