Les négociations entre ArcelorMittal et Oxbow Mining, concernant la reprise de la cokerie d’Ougrée, ne sont pas rompues malgré l’ultimatum du 31 mai lancé par Aditya Mittal, le responsable européen d’ArcelorMittal lors d’un récent conseil d’entreprise européen au Luxembourg.

L'AVENIR

Le Conseil Otan-Russie s’est réuni lundi pour la première fois depuis le rattachement de la Crimée à la Russie, à «la demande de l’ambassadeur russe» Alexandre Grouchko, a indiqué Oana Lungescu, la porte-parole de l’Otan.

SUDINFO

The Department of Work and Pensions within the UK Government is in denial about the cause of the increase in food bank use. This is the conclusion of the Scottish Parliament’s Welfare Reform Committee in a report published today.

SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

Reaction from lawmakers, environmental activists, industry groups and others to President Barack Obama’s proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants...

WASHINGTON POST

All able-bodied youth, girls and boys aged 18 and above, be given training in civil defence, and given security duties rotationally, according to the need. Requirement assessment can be done by the local police. All these students doing duties could be part of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGs) or the security apparatus of home guards and civil defence. This way, they can earn an honorarium too. This investment is a win-win situation. It will groom grassroots leadership, and also create a rural leadership for the future, unlike today.

HINDUSTAN TIMES

The case arose from a lurid domestic dispute that started when a Pennsylvania woman, Carol A. Bond, learned that her husband was the father of her best friend’s child. Ms. Bond, a microbiologist, spread harmful chemicals on the friend’s car, mailbox and doorknob in late 2006 and early 2007, and the friend sustained a minor injury. Local authorities decided not to pursue the matter. But federal prosecutors charged Ms. Bond with using unconventional weapons in violation of a law based on the Chemical Weapons Convention, a treaty concerned with terrorists and rogue states.

NY TIMES

Manufacturing growth unexpectedly slowed last month as fewer factories reported increases in new orders and hiring, the Institute for Supply Management said Monday.

LA-TIMES

-> More: At least two economists think the Institute for Supply Management may have released faulty data LOL :D (Market Watch)

If you speak more languages than one, it is good not only for your social image but also for the health of your brain, a research said. Bilingualism has a positive effect on cognition later in life. Individuals, who speak two or more languages, even those who acquired the second language in adulthood, may slow down cognitive decline from aging, the research found.

TIMES OF INDIA

os presidentes de Rusia, Bielorrusia y Kazajistán han firmado en la capital de este último país, Astaná, el acuerdo por el que estos tres estados se integran en la Unión Económica Euroasiática, una unión económica transnacional que entrará en vigor el 1 de enero de 2015.

RTVE

Die Gründung einer eigenen Förderbank in den Schwellenländern rückt näher. Brasilien, Russland, Indien, China und Südafrika haben sich offenbar auf die Struktur einer Konkurrenz zu IWF und Weltbank geeinigt. Sie wollen keine politischen Forderungen aus den USA mehr akzeptieren.

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