Category: World News

SIPA giving SMEs, OTOPsdigital lift

THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY Promotion Agency plans to promote 4,000 small and medium-sized enterprises and OTOP entrepreneurs to utilise digital technology to support their businesses. Chainarong Chatrattanawaree, business promotion measures manager at SIPA, said that the agency had develop Entrepreneur Total Digital Services to allow SMEs and OTOP entrepreneurs to utilise digital technology in terms of digital commerce, enterprise resource planning software for SMEs, training and consultants to support their businesses.

Uttarakhand Elections 2017: Mass exodus from state due to lack of job opportunities, says PM Modi

Accusing the Congress government in Uttarakhand of having no vision for growth even though the state has great potential in tourism and allied sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the people to vote out the ruling party and give BJP a chance to ensure new heights of development in the next five years. “Have you ever thought why despite having such great potential Uttarakhand has lagged behind Chattisgarh and Jharkhand which were created together by Atal Bihari Vajpayee? In spite of the Maoist problem, Chattisgargh with a BJP government has established itself among the fastest growing states,” he told a poll rally at the GITI Maidan here.

Forecasting the 2017 Assembly Election

The snap Assembly election called for the 2nd of March 2017 will be the first to return 5 MLAs from each constituency, reducing the total number of MLAs from 108 to 90. This, combined with indications of a fall in support for the DUP and a rise in support for the Green Party and People Before Profit, makes this year’s election less predictable than is usually the case for Northern Ireland elections. I have built a forecast model in an attempt to predict who will be returned to the next Assembly.

Netanyahu pledges to promote ‘responsible policies’ at Trump meeting

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would present “responsible policies” in talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, signaling to the Israeli far-right to curb its territorial demands in the occupied West Bank. Netanyahu leaves for Washington on Monday and will see Trump at the White House on Wednesday for their first meeting since the Republican’s inauguration last month, with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and policy toward Iran on the agenda.

Authoritarian leader is favorite in Turkmenistan election

Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, center, greets journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Berdymukhamedov has been the overwhelmingly dominant figure in the former Soviet republic for a decade, when he assumed power after death of his eccentric predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov.

The Latest: Italy says N. Korea missile tests threaten peace

People watch a TV screen in Tokyo showing a live broadcast from Florida of a news conference by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, joined by U.S. President Donald Trump on a missile launch by North Korea, Sunday… . A woman walks past a screen showing a TV news on a missile launch by North Korea with a photo of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the map of North Korea in Tokyo, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

.com | Smart ID Card – The real criteria

After queuing for 4h30 at Home Affairs in Malmesbury, I was told by an Official and then the Manager that even though I was born in SA, I don’t qualify for a Smart ID card as my parents were not born here. Online Smart-Card ID criteria makes no mention of this The Manager could not and would not provide me with any paperwork to prove this requirement.

Death toll in Surigao quake rises to 6

Six people, including a four-year-old boy, have been confirmed dead while 202 were injured after a powerful magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck near Surigao City in Caraga Region, Mindanao at 10:03 p.m. Friday, February 10, the local disaster mitigation agency said. A report by the Caraga Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council as of 11 a.m. Saturday also said a bridge collapsed, some roads sustained cracks and were not passable, and residential houses and some commercial buildings were damaged.

Expansion in the US, enhanced infrastructure, growth:Successful 2016…

The language service provider, flexword Translators & Consultants, with headquarters in Mannheim in Southern Germany, has continued its success story this past year and can look back on an outstanding 2016. The language service provider, flexword Translators & Consultants, with headquarters in Mannheim in Southern Germany, has continued its success story this past year and can look back on an outstanding 2016.

The EU country whose brutal crackdown on Muslim migrants makes Trump look liberal

The hypocrisy of EU leaders is astounding: they rant against Trump for his “anti-Muslim” immigration policy and his proposed wall, yet there is one EU Member State which takes a far tougher stance against Muslims and has built a fence, yet the silence from the EU’s leaders is deafening…. Bounty hunters chasing immigrants on horses, a 110-mile razor fence and bans on new mosques: ANDREW MALONE reports from the EU country whose brutal crackdown on Muslim migrants makes Trump look liberal Laszlo Toroczkai, 47, and his bounty hunters have caught hundreds of migrants He is mayor of Asotthalom, Hungary, a small town that borders Serbia During the refugee crisis, thousands poured in across the unprotected border By Andrew Malone for the Daily Mail 11 February 2017 At first glance, the video looks like a Hollywood thriller.

Aren’t memories enough?

With school on half term and my daughter deciding to stay with her dad, I had time this week to visit my old colleagues and catch up with them. After a short stint calling on my friends at the newspaper, I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to visit my pals at the High Commission, where I had worked for 15 years.

Feb. 12: Immigration, Catholic school and garbage bags

Reports state on 09 February 2017 that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, California, is considering arguments over lifting a temporary halt to President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban, from seven predominantly Muslim countries, where a decision will be reached this week. EPA/NPS HANDOUT MANDATRY CREDIT: NPS HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES Cleveland: My grandfather Albert Joseph Bialek came to the United States from Poland in 1910.

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The biggest evacuation plan in peacetime in Greece is underway. Six bomb squat specialists are to remove the bomb’s detonator and then the WWII bomb which was found in the Kordelios area in Thessaloniki.

North Korean missile launch is Trump’s latest test

Embroiled in a legal battle over his immigration order, President Donald Trump now faces a new provocation in the first weeks of his presidency. After a stormy start on the diplomacy front, Trump was trying a more traditional approach of closely cultivating a relationship with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Suu Kyi urges Myanmar armed ethnic groups to sign cease-fire

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, standing by a portrait of her late father and national hero Gen. Aung San and the Panglong monument, delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the 70th anniversary of Union Day Sunday, Feb.12, 2017, in Panglong, Southern Shan State, over 800 kilometers northeast of Yangon, Myanmar.

US ‘stands behind Japan’ after North Korea’s missile launch

It said the action was Pyongyang’s attempt at a “show of force” against the Trump administration’s hard-line stance against the country. Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is currently on visit to the US, said the latest nuclear test is “absolutely intolerable”, and urged the country to comply with international rules.

Beautiful Ballilogue: Cottage chic in one of Ireland’s best-kept secrets

There’s a fresh log on the woodburner, a bottle of Villa Maria chilling in the fridge, and I’m wrapped in a soft cashmere throw enjoying a good natter with my friend. Safely tucked behind a balcony in the open-plan living room, our toddlers have played in the garden outside, built a train track around the coffee table, and are now curled up in a designer swivel chair watching Finding Dory on the DVD player.

Governor has to decide TN CM issue by tomorrow, else case can be filed: Subramanian Swamy5 min ago

Chennai, Feb 12 : A day after calling on Tamil Nadu Governor Ch Vidyasagar Rao, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said the former has to decide on the issue of government formation by tomorrow else a court case “can be filed charging abatement of horse trading”. “The TN Guv must decide CM issue by tomorrow otherwise a WP under Art 32 of the Constitution can be filed charging abatement of horse trading,” he said in a tweet.

Four militants, 2 army men killed in Kulgam encounter3 min ago

Kulgam , Feb 12 In a pre-dawn swoop, security forces today gunned down four Hizbul Mujahideen militants in an encounter in a village in south Kashmir that also left two army men and a civilian dead. Three army personnel, including an officer, were injured in the operation and airlifted to Army’s 92 base hospital in Srinagar.

UN chief defends choice of PA leader as Libya envoy

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday defended his choice of former Palestinian Authority leader Salam Fayyad to be the UN peace envoy to Libya, after the United States blocked the appointment. Guterres nominated Fayyad to the post on Wednesday and the Security Council had been expected to approve his appointment without objections.

Dominican paper apologizes for using Baldwin photo for Trump

This screen grab of the Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 digitized version of Dominican Republic’s El Nacional print edition shows comedian Alec Baldwin doing his impression of President Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” next to a photo of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the paper’s international page with the Spanish headline: “Trump says settlements in Israel don’t favor peace.” The Spanish caption under Baldwin’s photo reads: “Donald Trump, president of U.S.” The newspaper published an apology on Saturday.

Rockets Hit Baghdad’s Green Zone After Deadly Protests

From Pennsylvania to Tennessee to California, hundreds of protests of varying size against Planned Parenthood and counterprotests in support of the nonprofit hea… — North Korea fired off a ballistic missile into the East Sea from Banghyeon North Pyongan Province early Sunday, according to South Korean officials… Farmers in the Klamath Basin, located along the southern Oregon and northern California coasts, are challenging the federal government’s decision to cut off irrigation w… Lexington- 3rd Ranked Scottsbluff held off Lexington on Saturday afternoon 73-65 in the final day of the East/West Shootout.