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Nepal’s int’l passenger traffic drops in 13 years

Kathmandu / DPA International air passenger traffic through Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) dropped for the first time in 13 years as travellers stayed away due to the April earthquake last year and a jet fuel shortage caused by an Indian trade embargo. According to TIA, the number of travellers passing through the country’s sole international airport plunged 8.37 per cent ...

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Dutch snub EU in vote hailed from ‘Brexit’ camp and Le Pen

Bloomberg Dutch voters rejected a treaty between the European Union and Ukraine by a resounding margin, in a referendum that exposed the extent of anti-EU sentiment in one of the bloc’s founding members. British campaigners to leave the bloc hailed the news from the Netherlands, as did the leader of France’s anti-EU National Front, Marine Le Pen, and Russian Prime ...

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UK’s exit from EU would damage London’s role as currencies hub: Poll

Bloomberg London’s role as the world’s hub for foreign-exchange trading would be weakened if U.K. voters opt to leave the European Union in June, with Frankfurt benefiting the most, according to a poll of currency traders and market professionals. Some two-thirds of respondents said a Brexit — a British exit — would weaken the City of London’s dominant position in ...

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