January 2020
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Communities across Asia commemorated the more than 230,000 victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami on Thursday, the 15th anniversary of one of the world’s most deadly disasters. On the morning after Christmas Day in 2004, a 9.1 magnitude quake off northern Sumatra island triggered a tsunami with waves as high as 17.4 meters (57 feet) that swept over vulnerable…
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Trump said that Qassem Soleimani military history was enough for his team to make the decision to kill him. United States President Donald Trump said Monday that it “doesn’t really matter” if U.S. authorities did not have clear evidence that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was an imminent threat to the country because the leader’s military history was enough…
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Trudeau said Canada did not receive a heads up before the United States killed Soleimani, and that he “obviously” would have preferred one. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Monday that the victims of the Ukrainian airliner shot down in Iran would still be alive if the recent escalation of tensions in the region had not…
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U.S. Treasury has determined that China should no longer be designated as a currency manipulator. The United States Treasury Department dropped Monday its designation of China as a currency manipulator, two days before the signing of a preliminary trade agreement to ease an 18-month tariff war. The currency report from the U.S. Treasury said the Chinese yuan, had depreciated as far as…
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President Muhammadu Buhari is respected in regional and global circles for his commitment to fighting corruption, but his daughter’s recent show of “affluence” has got tongues wagging. Nigerians are expressing outrage over the decision by the Nigerian Government to authorise the use of a jet from the presidential fleet to fly President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter,…
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Inaction when it comes to the fight back against damaging climate change is not an option, the President of the UN General Assembly told a major energy conference in Abu Dhabi on Friday. Tijani Muhammad-Bande was addressing the International Organization for Renewable Energy High-Level meeting on the particular threat faced by Small Island Developing States, or SIDS, and their partners…
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France’s president and his counterparts from the Sahel region are due to meet to discuss military operations against Islamist militants in West Africa. We look at the figures behind the conflict, which is slipping out of control. Attacks on army positions and civilians across the region are occurring with increasing regularity, despite the presence of…
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Sergio Aguero scored his 12th hat-trick to become the highest overseas goalscorer in Premier League history in rampant Manchester City’s six-goal hammering of struggling Aston Villa. The Argentine moved level – and then past – Thierry Henry, before joining Frank Lampard on 177 goals in England’s top flight. Only three men – Alan Shearer, Wayne…
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The Ukraine International Airlines plane was shot down minutes after taking off from Tehran on Wednesday. Many on board were Iranians with dual citizenship, while 57 were holders of Canadian passports. The downing of the plane came at a time when Iranian forces were on alert for U.S. reprisals following tit-for-tat strikes. A U.S. drone…
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POTENTIAL DBA PERSPPECTIVES FOR CLIENT BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION (A case study for Nigerian Breweries Plc.) In his work on poor management, Kreisman categorized managers between those who are loyal and productive and others who are unmotivated and disengaged. Further, productive workers are synonymous with high turnover and are most likely promoted, retained and motivated whereas those…
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Protesters piled pressure on Iran’s leadership on Sunday with demands for top authorities to quit after the Iranian military admitted it had mistakenly shot down a Ukrainian airliner at a time when it had feared U.S. strikes. “They are lying that our enemy is America, our enemy is right here,” dozens of protesters outside a…
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Trump was damn right to have ordered the killing of Qasem Souleimani when he did. The Trump administration’s de-escalation of Iranian tension has become a divisive partisan issue, according to the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll released Sunday. Overwhelmingly, almost unanimously in opposing directions, 87% percent of Republicans back Trump on Iran, while 90% of Democrats do not, according to the…
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A man impersonating Adolf Hitler was arrested by police after trying to get into a brewery in Germany. Harald Zenz was stopped outside of a bar in Munich, where he was reportedly wearing a Nazi outfit – decorated with symbols and fake memorabilia – which is forbidden in public in Germany. The man who also…
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Daniel Kaluuya has said the glam and glitz of Hollywood life isn’t always what it seems. The 30-year-old actor has quickly become one of the most sought-after stars in Hollywood, following his performances in ‘Get Out’ and ‘Black Panther’. But Daniel is still coming to terms with his own success and his new-found status. He…
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In the aftermath of Prince Harry and wife’s decision to ignore media protocols, and the royal family’s disappointment at the embarrassing situation, Tom Bradby has called on everyone to support a meaningful peace deal.” The 52-year-old journalist who interviewed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex in 2019 warns that, in light of the royal couple’s…
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Organizations function with distinct management, placement and communication procedures but their BSC remains a workable path which defines value-creation methodologies. In their performance assessment study, Kaplan R. S. and David Norton (2005) opined that successful firms don’t just examine operations with monetary measurements but use other assessment tools such as clients, internal processes, together with…
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