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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching he Champions League final in Turin, local authorities said Sunday. AFP reporters witnessed the chaotic scenes that ensued in a packed square 10 minutes before the end of the match on Saturday evening. The panic seemed to have been triggered by fireworks being let off and one or more people shouting that a bomb had exploded — a notion that quickly filtered through the crowd. The incident compounded a miserable night for supporters of Juventus, who lost the Cardiff final 4-1 to Real Madrid. It also underlined the impact recent acts of terror are having on a jittery public across Europe and the problems now faced by organisers of any mass gathering of people following the Bataclan, Paris and Manchester concert attacks. The scare in Turin came just minutes before another deadly attack unfolded in London with assailants driving a van into ...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J At least 1,000 people were injured, seven seriously, after a bomb scare triggered a stampede among Juventus fans watching he Champions League final in Turin, local authorities said Sunday. AFP reporters witnessed the chaotic scenes that ensued in a packed square 10 minutes before the end of the match on Saturday evening. The panic seemed to have been triggered by fireworks being let off and one or more people shouting that a bomb had exploded — a notion that quickly filtered through the crowd. The incident compounded a miserable night for supporters of Juventus, who lost the Cardiff final 4-1 to Real Madrid. It also underlined the impact recent acts of terror are having on a jittery public across Europe and the problems now faced by organisers of any mass gathering of people following the Bataclan, Paris and Manchester concert attacks. The scare in Turin came just minutes before another deadly attack unfolded in London with assailants driving a van into ...

http://ift.tt/2qKHCxb In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker. Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday. In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker. Two years later they jointly developed sport utility vehicles with electric-power engines and sold some 2,500 units in California and other markets. But their joint development has since decreased and Toyota sold all the Tesla shares it held by December last year as part of its effort to “review destinations for investment,” the Asahi Shimbun reported. The Corolla and Prius hybrid maker, meanwhile, has set up a joint team with its group companies to develop electric cars, it said....

http://ift.tt/2qKHCxb In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker. Toyota has terminated its tie-up with Tesla and stepped up efforts to develop electric vehicles by itself, a newspaper said Saturday. In 2010, the two companies agreed on a comprehensive cooperation with the Japanese auto giant paying $50 million to buy 3.15 percent of shares in the US electric automaker. Two years later they jointly developed sport utility vehicles with electric-power engines and sold some 2,500 units in California and other markets. But their joint development has since decreased and Toyota sold all the Tesla shares it held by December last year as part of its effort to “review destinations for investment,” the Asahi Shimbun reported. The Corolla and Prius hybrid maker, meanwhile, has set up a joint team with its group companies to develop electric cars, it said....

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Rights group Amnesty International slammed Australia on Thursday as Foreign Minister Julie Bishop prepared to launch a bid in New York for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. Amnesty International Australia said in a statement that Australia’s bid for the council “glosses over” the country’s issues with refugee, indigenous and asylum-seeker rights. Amnesty National Director, Claire Mallinson, said: “It’s not enough to talk the talk in New York, this government must must walk the walk at home. “Australia must demonstrate that it would be a principled, effective and accountable Human Rights Council member.” Bishop arrived at the UN in New York on Monday. Before leaving Australia, she said the country’s campaign for the council “reflects our commitment to working with other nations to find long-term practical solutions to complex human rights challenges.” Since 2016, three UN special rapporteurs who have visited Australia to report on racism, indigenous affa...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J An economist, Mr Emmanuel Eze, has called on all tiers of government to urgently encourage more Nigerians into agriculture value chain businesses to contain any upsurge in inflation in future. Eze, Chief Executive Officer, Perfecta Investment Company, Lagos, gave the advice while speaking with journalists on Thursday in Lagos. He said the advice was necessary because one of the causes of the rise of the country’s inflation was too much demand for forex for the importation of finished products. He said since most of the finished products were in the agriculture value chain businesses, it was better the government encouraged more Nigerians into the ventures. He said it was wrong for the country to rely always on high price of oil at the international market to contain the rise in inflation. He noted that so long the oil price in the international market continued to rise, the inflation rate would drop domestically. “This is because our country is an import-dri...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Shelter Afrique (SHAF), also an Pan-African housing finance institution and the UN Agency for Human Settlement (UN-Habitat), are collaborating to foster housing delivery and sustainable urban development in Africa. Mr Babatunde Oyateru, SHAF Communication and Marketing Officer, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on delivering on the New Urban Agenda. The New Urban Agenda is an action-oriented document which set global standards of achievement in sustainable urban development, rethinking the way countries build, manage, and live in cities. He further said the MoU was signed in October 2016 in Quito, Ecuador at the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development – Habitat III. He noted that the MoU, which was signed during the 26th General Council of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Kenya, will see the two organisations deliver an ambitious...