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Month: December 2022

UnionPay International’s continuous expansion of its global network sees over 200 million cards issued outside the Chinese Mainland

December 30, 2022
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10 Years of Providing Innovative Global Payment Services SHANGHAI, Dec. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — With the issuance of UnionPay cards exceeding 200 million outside the Chinese Mainland, UnionPay International (UPI) is stepping into a new decade of providing high quality, cost effective and secure cross-border payment services to the world’s largest cardholder base. UPI’s partners […]

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Saint Lucia updates its Citizenship by Investment regulations to remain competitive in the investment migration industry

December 30, 2022
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Castries, Dec. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Saint Lucia has amended the regulations of its Citizenship by Investment Programme to remain increasingly competitive and ensure that the Caribbean country fulfils its mandate of growing demand for its investment products for the ultimate benefit of the people of Saint Lucia. As one of the youngest Citizenship […]

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Tunisia crowned champions of Four Nations Tournament after beating South Korea (35-32)

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – Tunisia’s handball team were crowned champions of the four-nation tournament, played in Poland from December 28 to 30, after defeating South Korea at a day-3 game played on Friday.   Tunisia had defeated Poland on day-1 and Brazil on day-2.   The tournament is part of the warm-up for the Handball World Cup (next January 11-19), co-hosted by […]

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Tunisia’s soccer League 1 – Day 5 results

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – Results of Tunisia’s soccer League 1 day-5 games in hand played on Friday:   Friday, December 30: Group A: Tataouine: US Tataouine       1         Ghaith Seghaier (57′) CS Sfaxien           1         Mehdi Guechouri (62′)         Standings P G W D L GF GA Dif ES Sahel 16 6 5 1 0 15 4 +11 Esperance ST 11 […]

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Minister of Cultural Affairs meets with Mauritania’s PM in Nouakchoot

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – Minister of Cultural Affairs Hayet Guettat Guermazi met on Thursday with Mauritanian Prime Minister Mohamed Ould Bilal and Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports, and Relations with Parliament Mohamed Ould Soueidatt, in the presence of Director-General of the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organisation (ALECSO) Mohamed Ould Amar.   The meeting takes place in the margins of the […]

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AfDB approves $27m and €10m loans for Kairouan solar power plant

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – The African Development Bank (AfDB) approved the granting of a loan made up of 27 million dollars (nearly 85.3 million dinars) and 10 million euros (nearly 33.5 MD ), to co-finance the construction of a 100-megawatt solar power plant in Kairouan, Tunisia, the Bank said on Thursday, December 22.   The project includes the design, construction and operation […]

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Contempt of military court case brought against Makhlouf postponed [Upd 1]

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – A contempt of military court case brought against lawyer and former MP Seifeddine Makhlouf (al-Karama Coalition) was postponed until next January 27.   The adjournment comes at the request of the defence collective, said lawyer Samir Dilou on Friday.   Makhflouf was handed last June 17 a one -year sentence by the Military Court of Appeal which also […]

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Administrative Court rejects 52 challenges against legislative elections results

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – The Administrative Court, on Friday, issued 55 rulings on the challenges against the preliminary results of the first round of the legislative elections.   The court rejected 40 challenges for formal defects and 12 for substantive defects, while 3 challenges were accepted, thus revoking the decisions of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE).   The ISIE is […]

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President Saied extends state of emergency until Jan. 30

December 30, 2022
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(TAP) – President Kais Saied extended the state of emergency until January 30, 2023, under Presidential Decree No. 2022-959 of December 30, 2022, published in the Official Gazette of the Tunisian Republic (JORT).   The state of emergency was extended last February, from Feb. 19 to Dec. 31, 2022, by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 2022-73.   The state of […]

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Bayt Mal Al Quds Asharif Agency: Projects Worth 3.2 Mln USD in Al-Quds City in 2022

December 30, 2022
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Rabat – The Bayt Mal Al Quds Asharif Agency has managed to implement in 2022, despite the limited funding, projects in Al Quds worth $3.2 million dollars, spread over the social assistance sectors to mitigate the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and the repercussions of rising prices due to the global crisis. In a statement on its 2022 report, the […]

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Morocco Reports 55 New COVID-19 Cases over Past 24 Hours

December 30, 2022
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Rabat – Morocco reported 55 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, said the Ministry of Health and Social Protection on Friday in its daily bulletin, indicating that 69 people recovered from the virus. The ministry also said a total of 24,917,872 people have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, that 23,418,604 received two doses, while […]

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