January 2017

Publicis Groupe Governance as of June 1, 2017

Arthur Sadoun named Chairman & CEO Steve King to join the Management Board (Directoire) Maurice Lévy nominated to take on role of Chairman of the Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) The Publicis Groupe [Euronext Paris: FR0000130577, CAC 40] Supervisory Board (Conseil de Surveillance) has chosen Arthur Sadoun to succeed Maurice

ICC Urges Supporters to Rally if Trump Pulls Support

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM � The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor voiced hope Thursday that the Trump administration would not withdraw its backing and called on supporters to rally to its cause to counter rising nationalism.

While the United States does not directly fund the ICC, Fatou Bensouda said losing U.S. cooperation to capture

Homegrown Solar Farm, Wind Turbines Keep Kenyan Community Buzzing

OLOSHO-OIBOR, KENYA � When the first few residents of this village in the Ngong hills installed solar panels nearly a decade ago, the only aim was to power their own homes. Their town had no connection to the national power grid.

But today the community, south of Nairobi in the Rift

EU FLOATS NEW MEASURES TO CURB INFLOW OF MIGRANTS FROM N. AFRICA

The European Commission Wednesday floated news measures to curb the inflow of illegal migrants from North Africa to save lives at sea and step up fights against human smugglers’ networks.At a college meeting on the commission contribution to the Vallet…

Ekurhuleni to bestow Freedom of the City on Klaasen

The City of Ekurhuleni will undertake programmes to honour the memory of the late Thandi Klassen as an artist and for her contribution to the struggle for a democratic South Africa, says Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina.As a city, we will embark on nu…

XCMG’s “BlueDream” programs win two awards at 6th China Charity Festival

BEIJING, Jan. 25, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — XCMG was recognized for its outstanding contributions in corporate social responsibility with two awards presented by the 6th China Charity Festival held from January 10 to 11 in Beijing, China, the most distinguished Special Tribute Award and Green Model Award. At last year’s China

Drought continues despite good rains

While there has been good rains, the country is still firmly in a drought situation – and has not recovered enough to relax the restrictions to water use, implemented in provinces.This came up during a MinMEC (Minister and MEC’s) meeting on Water and S…

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