A private company in Vanuatu is embarking on an ambitious venture to build a new modern city on Efate this year. The Vanuatu Daily Post reported the project, dubbed “Rainbow International City” or “Little Singapore” is being driven by FPF Company Limited a self-described multi-profile company behind Vanuatu’s first English-Chinese newspaper the Vila Times. [restrict] […]
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Guam cannabis advocates slam new US policy
HAGÅTÑA (The Guam Daily Post) — Grassroots Guam Managing Partner Andrea Pellacani said the U.S. attorney general’s decision to scrap the Obama administration’s marijuana-friendly policies “flies in the face of democracy.” [restrict] In Washington on Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the so-called Cole Memo, which recommended a policy of federal noninterference in marijuana-friendly jurisdictions. […]
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Former WTO chief, UN envoy Peter Sutherland dies at 71
LONDON (AP) — Irish businessman and diplomat Peter Sutherland, who was the first director-general of the World Trade Organization and held top posts in the European Union and the United Nations, has died. He was 71. Sutherland’s family says he died Sunday at a Dublin hospital after a long illness. [restrict] Trained as a lawyer, […]
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Philippines VP derides ‘self-serving’ idea to cancel polls, extend terms
MANILA (Reuters) – The Philippines’ vice president has joined a chorus of opposition to a possible cancellation of mid-term elections and extensions to terms in office, including that of the president, amid a renewed push for a shift to federalism. [restrict] President Rodrigo Duterte is keen to follow through on his election campaign promise to […]
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Oil tanker burning off China’s coast at risk of exploding
BEIJING (AP) — An oil tanker that caught fire after colliding with a freighter off China’s east coast is at risk of exploding and sinking, Chinese state media reported Monday, as authorities from three countries struggled to find its 32 missing crew members and contain oil spewing from the blazing wreck. [restrict] State broadcaster China […]
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Vietnam starts high-profile trial over oil firm losses
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam put 22 executives on trial over losses at the state oil firm on Monday, including a businessman Germany accuses Hanoi of kidnapping from a Berlin park and the communist state’s first politburo member to face trial in decades. The executives are accused over losses at state oil firm PetroVietnam. The most […]