March2018
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Cuba opened its first wholesale food-market for the private sector
Mar 18, 2018This market center to operate under the name of “Mercabal” will for the moment, only have clients from the non-agricultural cooperatives, explained the Domestic Trade Minister, Mary Blanca Ortega. The Cuban government opened on Saturday in... -
Le Méridien Dhaka comes alive with French food festival “Goût de France”
Mar 18, 2018Goût de France’ is an annual event that aims to commemorate French cuisine being named as a feature of UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2010. To present the innumerable variety of French cuisine, Le Méridien Dhaka... -
Shortage of pathologists inhibits progress on universal health coverage in low and middle income countries
Mar 18, 2018Shortage of laboratories, staff, and basic medical tests results in misdiagnoses, inappropriate treatments and wasted resources in countries with already scarce resources. Pathology is the cornerstone of modern medicine, ensuring that patients are correctly diagnosed and... -
Britain accuses Russia of secretly stockpiling deadly nerve agent used in attack
Mar 18, 2018British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Sunday that Russia has been stockpiling the deadly nerve agent used to poison a Russian former double agent in England and has been investigating how such weapons can be... -
Trump consultants harvested data from 50 million Facebook users
Mar 18, 2018Data analytics firm Cambridge Analytica harvested private information from more than 50 million Facebook users in developing techniques to support President Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, the New York Times and London’s Observer reported on Saturday.... -
Hotel fire kills at least three in Philippine capital
Mar 18, 2018A fire at a hotel in the Philippine capital killed three people on Sunday and injured nearly two dozen, police and rescue officials said, with two people listed as missing. The fire broke out at the... -
Facebook critics want regulation, investigation after data misuse
Mar 18, 2018Facebook Inc faced new calls for regulation from within U.S. Congress and was hit with questions about personal data safeguards on Saturday after reports a political consultant gained inappropriate access to 50 million users’ data starting... -
Academy of Motion Pictures chief John Bailey accused of sexual misconduct
Mar 18, 2018The president of the Academy of Motion Pictures, the body that hands out the Oscars, is being investigated for sexual misconduct, Hollywood trade publications reported on Friday. Two weeks after the annual Oscars ceremony, the Hollywood... -
Morocco plans to spend $15.8 billion if it gets 2026 Football World Cup
Mar 18, 2018Morocco has proposed using 14 stadiums and budgeting to spend 15.8 billion dollars on infrastructure if it wins the right to host the World Cup soccer finals in 2026, the country’s bid committee announced at a... -
WFP needs support to give sustenance help to Rohingya and host communities in Bangladesh
Mar 18, 2018With monsoon rains on their way, the World Food Programme (WFP) urgently needs more funding to continue providing food assistance Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis living in the Cox’s Bazar area close to the border with...
