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Player France 24 Mobile – International News 24/7 france24 FRANÇAIS ESPAÑOL عربي TOP STORIES SHOWS VIDEOS FRANCE AFRICA MIDDLE EAST EUROPE AMERICAS ASIA / PACIFIC SPORTS BUSINESS / TECH CULTURE ENVIRONMENT DOCUMENTARIES INFOGRAPHICS INFOMIGRANTS THE OBSERVERS TERMS OF USE Spain approves contested data protection law Latest update : 21/11/2018 © Gowidenews/File | The Spanish senate approved a law which aims to make Spanish law comply with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation           MADRID (Gowidenews) -  The Spanish senate approved Wednesday a controversial online data protection law which critics say will allow political parties to target voters with ads based on their internet browsing history. The law was approved in Spain's upper house of parliament with 220 votes in favour and 21 against. ADVERTISING inRead  invented by Teads It aims to ...

News Opinion Photos Radio Television Publications Specials Offers Contact   Twitter Facebook Google+ President of the Spanish Government to Visit Cuba Havana, Nov 22 (Prensa Latina) The president of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sanchez, will arrive on Thursday in Cuba, where he will fulfill an busy agenda that includes talks with local authorities, it was reported here. According to the program, Sanchez will pay tribute to Cuban National Hero Jose Marti at the memorial that bears his name in Havana and will meet with Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel to address issues of common interest. Sanchez and Díaz-Canel met in New York in September in the framework of the high-level segment of the United Nations General Assembly. During his visit, which will end on Friday, Sanchez will tour Havana's historic heart, which was declared a World Heritage Site in 1982 by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)....

Nigeria Spends $2.5bn Or More Annually Only On Aircraft Maintenance In Overseas (Gowidenews) - Nigerian airlines, presidential fleet, Nigerian Air Force and the Nigerian Police spend an estimated $2.5 billion annually in conducting C-check and other levels of aircraft maintenance overseas, THISDAY's investigations have revealed. THISDAY gathered that most of the funds are expended on the technical personnel, airframe maintenance, landing gear, engine overhaul and aircraft spares. Aeronautical engineers, airline operators and pilots told THISDAY that this amount would have been halved if Nigeria has major Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility, a leasing company, which could also supply spares and simulators for the training of pilots. THISDAY gathered that the high cost of maintenance is responsible for the short lifespan of Nigerian carriers, which operate for average of 10 years. The long time spent in taking aircraft overseas has forced airlines to in...

Presidency React to Buhari’s Death November 21, 2018 430 (Gowidenews) – T he Special Assistant to the President on Prosecution, Mr. Okoi Obono-Obla, has written to the Department of State Services and the Nigeria Police seeking the probe of an alleged peddler of false claim of the death of President Muhammadu Buhari. Acknowledgment copies of the separate letters addressed to the Director General of the DSS, Mr. Yusuf Bichi, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, were obtained by The PUNCH on Tuesday. Copies of the letters dated November 14, 2018 were received at both the DSS and Police Force Headquarters in Abuja on November 6. Obono-Obla, whose office is domiciled in the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation, specifically informed the heads of the security agencies in his petitions that one Bishop Eze Orieke made the false claim with purported documents from the London Bridge Hospital (Regional Medical Laboratory)...

Navy test-fires Israel missiles NOVEMBER 22, 2018 ABOARD BRP DAVAO DEL SUR: The Philippine Navy on Wednesday tested newly acquired missile systems from Israel, which Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana described as “impressive.” TEST MISSILE A multipurpose attack craft fires a Spike-Extended Range Missile during a live demonstration of the newly acquired missile system from Israel at the vicinity of Lamao Point, Bataan. PHOTO(Gowidenews) Navy personnel went on board the multipurpose attack crafts (MPACs) carrying the Israeli Spike-Extended Range (ER) missiles and weapons systems. Lorenzana was joined by Navy officials including Vice Admiral Robert Empedrad, the flag officer in command, on BRP Davao del Sur, which was used to observe the Mark III-class MPACs made in Subic free port. During the tests at Lamao Point in Bataan, the MPACs had three surface targets. Among the targets was the decommissioned patrol boat BRP Dionisio Ojeda. In the first exercise, the MPACs u...

HAMAS LEADER SINWAR’S DAYS ARE NUMBERED, GALLANT SAYS Play Video Gallant: "Hamas leader's days are numbered", November 21, 2018 (Gowidenews) According to Gallant, Hamas is at a “very dramatic junction,” in which it has to recalculate whether it wants to fight Israel or keep the calm of the past week. Israel is ready for a large-scale operation in Gaza if necessary, Housing and Construction Minister Yoav Gallant, a retired IDF major-general, said at  The Jerusalem Post  Diplomatic Conference in Jerusalem on Wednesday . “Let me say it to be clear: [Hamas leader in Gaza] Yihya Sinwar’s time is limited. He won’t finish his life in an old-age home,” Gallant said. According to the minister, Hamas is at a “very dramatic junction,” in which it has to recalculate whether it wants to fight Israel or keep the calm of the past week. “Look at what Israel did in the past 10 years: We closed off the sea, we closed maneuvering on the ground from...