BRUSSELS, Aug 11 (APP/AFP); Insecticide-tainted eggs from European poultry farms have now been found in Hong Kong and Switzerland as well as 15 EU countries, the European Commission said Friday. European Commission spokesman Daniel Rosario said all had received eggs contaminated with the pesticide fipronil, with the Commission adding that a crisis meeting of EU […]
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Hong Kong, Switzerland, 15 EU states hit by egg scandal: EU
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Algae blooms irk Canaries beachgoers
TENERIFE, Spain, Aug 7 (APP/AFP): Microalgae blooms proliferating in hot weather in Spain’s Canary Islands are irritating beachgoers, who should avoid direct contact with them, local authorities said Monday. Tenerife in particular is awash with visitors at this time of year but some of those having an Atlantic dip have come out scratching themselves after […]
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Turkish stock index hits record high
ANKARA, Aug 7 (APP/Xinhua): Borsa Istanbul’s BIST 100 index, the Turkey’s benchmark stock index, reached its highest level of over 109,700 points during Monday’s afternoon session, amid a more-than-40 percent rise since this year. Continuing recent months’ upward trend, the BIST index started Monday at 109,105.09 points its highest opening of all time. The index […]
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AU says success of Kenya polls key to regional stability
NAIROBI, Aug 7 (APP/Xinhua): The African Union (AU) on Monday said that the success of Kenya’s Tuesday elections is key to regional stability. Head of the African Union Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to the 2017 Kenya general elections Thabo Mbeki told a media briefing in Nairobi that by holding the elections, Kenya will demonstrate its […]
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Turkey becomes Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN
ANKARA, Aug 7 (APP/IINA): Turkey has become a Sectoral Dialogue Partner for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the country’s foreign minister said on Sunday. “Turkey has officially become the sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN,” Mevlut Cavusoglu told Anadolu Agency in the Philippine capital Manila, where he attended the organization’s 50th Foreign Ministers’ meeting. […]
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OIC chief condemns killing of Somali provincial governor in Mogadishu
JEDDAH, Aug 7 (APP/IINA): The General Secretariat of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) strongly condemned the killing of Mohamed Ali Elmi, governor of Galgadud region in central Somalia, and his brother, by the al-Shabaab group on Friday in Mogadishu. OIC Secretary General Dr Yousef Al-Othaimeen expressed his sincere condolences to the relatives of the […]