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Toronto’s population overtakes Chicago For years, the Big Smoke has called itself the continent’s fifth largest city. The latest census data puts Toronto fourth, blowing ahead of the Windy City. By:Paul Moloney, City Hall Bureau reporter Toronto Star Well, move over, Chicago. Toronto is laying claim to being the fourth largest city in North America. […]

47th Berlin International Tourism (ITB) -The world’s leading travel trade show Xinhua BERLIN– The 47th Berlin International Tourism Fair (ITB), the world’s leading travel trade show, opened here on Tuesday to showcase the international tourism industry’s new trends, latest travel products and attractive niche markets. Some 10,086 companies from 188 countries will present their products […]

Eastern European tourists no longer need visa to visit Jamaica Xinhua KINGSTON– Jamaica has made it easier for citizens of several Eastern European countries to travel to the island country by removing visa requirements to boost tourist arrivals from emerging markets. Citizens from Russia, the Chez Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Ukraine will no longer […]

ECOWAS parliament calls for international arrest warrants against terrorist groups The 42nd  Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) took place in Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire, on February  27 and 28, 2012 under the chairmanship of H.E. Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic […]

Shard team to build world’s tallest building in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Sky News The team behind the construction of the Shard in London has landed a contract to project-manage the \$1.2bn (£780m) construction of the world’s tallest building. London-based Mace will work with fellow British firm EC Harris to create the Kingdom Tower in Jeddah […]

The 3rd Africa – South America Summit (ASA) was held February 20-23, 2013 in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea South meets South in Equatorial Guinea Deutsche Welle Heads of state and government from 66 countries in Africa and South America are meeting in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea’s capital, with the goal of improving cooperation. Analysts warn […]

Ghana targets annual growth of at least 8 pct in next four years Reuters ACCRA – Ghana will target minimum GDP growth of 8 percent over each of the next four years, President John Dramani Mahama said on Feb 21, 2013 in his first state of the nation address since his election in December. The […]

Vietnam set to further facilitate trade with Africa By Le Phuong Xinhua HANOI — Vietnam plans to further facilitate trade with Africa, a potentially populated market with over 1 billion people. It expects to pocket about 3.12 billion U.S. dollars from the exports to this continent in 2013, an increase of 20 percent year on […]

Portugal sells bonds worth 1.5 billion euros Xinhua LISBON– The Portuguese government sold bonds totaling 1.5 billion euros (about 1.7 billion U.S. dollars), Portuguese Treasury and Debt Management Agency said on Wednesday. The government raised 1.155 billion euros from the 12-month bonds sale with 1.277 percent yield, down from 1.61 percent last month. It said […]

South Africa: President Zuma vows to deepen cooperation with China Xinhua South Africa is ready and looking forward to meeting Chinese leaders at the BRICS summit and pledged to deepen cooperation with China, South African President Jacob Zuma told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi in Cape Town on Tuesday. South Africa wishes to deepen […]