Kenyan President

Localization helps CCCC to build in Africa

Edit China Daily 22 Jul 2016

Localization is the prerequisite for real sustainable development," said Sun Ziyu, president of CCCC ... On May 11, 2014, Kenyan and Chinese leaders signed agreements for the construction of the project, which is now about 65 percent finished ... The Mombasa-Nairobi phase of the project is estimated to cost 327 billion Kenyan shillings ($3.8 billion)....

Take it from Eddy Merckx: Chris Froome can’t be beaten in Tour

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 22 Jul 2016

Froome finished 21 seconds ahead of Dutch rider Tom Dumoulin to take his second stage win of this year’s Tour ... Besides the flat opening 2.5 miles and a short descent at the finish, it was entirely uphill ... The Kenyan-born rider with Team Sky also won a time trial in the 2013 Tour, when he took his first overall victory ... ....

Press Briefing by the Press Secretary Josh Earnest, 7/21/2016 (President of the United States)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016

President of the United States) ... This is a piece of legislation that the President strongly supported, and it's primarily because of the President's belief that never again should taxpayers be on the hook for bailing out the economy because of bad debts that are made by Wall Street bankers ... financial system and presiding over the recovery and expansion of the U.S ... I know the President is looking forward to it, too....

Readout of Vice President Biden’s Call with Prime Minister Binali Yildirim of Turkey (President of the United States)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016

President of the United States). The Vice President spoke by phone today with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim ... The Vice President urged that the investigations into the coup's perpetrators be conducted in ways that reinforce public confidence in democratic institutions and the rule on law....

Will Erdogan's countercoup succeed?

Edit CNN 22 Jul 2016

(CNN)Last Friday, a military faction in Turkey tried to topple President Recep Tayip Erdogan ... Within hours of his arrival in Istanbul, the President moved to take control of the country and remake it to his liking ... Gulen, once Erdogan's ally and whose followers run a network of schools in Turkey and elsewhere, over the last few years has become a sharp critic of the President's steady massing of power....

Around Tech Valley

Edit Times Union 22 Jul 2016

Joann Sternheimer, managing partner at Deily & Glastetter LLP, was appointed president of the Legal Project's board of directors ... Molly Bush, assistant controller at Informz Inc., and Stephen Cutting-Miller, senior vice president at Continuum Wealth Advisors LLC, were named to the Franklin Community Center's Board of Directors ... Attorney Shawn Smith was elected president of the Schoharie County Bar Association....

Take it from Merckx: Froome can't be beaten in this Tour

Edit The Japan News 22 Jul 2016

The Associated Press MEGEVE, France (AP) — Take it from cycling great Eddy Merckx. nobody can beat Chris Froome in this Tour de France ... Only two Alpine stages remain before Sunday’s mostly ceremonial finish on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. “He deserves his win. He’s the strongest,” said Merckx, a five-time Tour winner ... The Kenyan-born rider with Team Sky also won a time trial in the 2013 Tour, when he took his first overall victory ... 1 ... 2 ... 3 ... ....

Some still can't see the wood for the trees in Sino-US ties

Edit China Daily 22 Jul 2016

After accomplishing its early goal of sending 100,000 US students to China, an initiative taken by US President Barack Obama in 2009 and fully supported by the Chinese government, the foundation is now expanding its mission, which includes the 1 Million Strong-to help increase the number of US K-12 students learning Mandarin to 1 million by 2020 from the present 200,000....

From Los Angeles to Kenya: Big hopes, big dreams, a lot of kindness (The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016

(Source. The Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles). Kindness bridges distances. Just ask the Rev. Joseph Oloimooja. The nonprofit Kindness Mission he founded in 2009 has helped breathe new life and hope into a remote Kenyan village more than 8,000 miles from the Southland. The village of 2,000 people, Eluanata, sits near Mt. Kilimanjaro and the Tanzanian border in the Maasai region of Kenya, about 100 miles south of the capital city, Nairobi....

PRESS RELEASE: DENVER CITY COUNCIL ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT AND PRO-TEM (City and County of Denver, CO)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016

(DENVER) Monday, Councilman Albus Brooks was elected president of the Denver City Council and Councilman Jolon Clark was elected president pro-tem ... Herndon who served two terms as council president....

Syria just got worse than the ‘worst-case scenario’

Edit New York Post 22 Jul 2016

Those headlines — partnership with Russia as NATO and US allies come under increasing pressure — capture the essence of President Obama’s Syria policy. To understand the president’s decisions in Syria, one must look to his signature foreign-policy initiative ... Allies in Europe and the Middle East watched in confusion and disbelief as the president constantly privileged Russian and Iranian interests in Syria over their own....

Royals' long, euphoric road ends at White House (MLB - Major League Baseball)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Jul 2016

This is one of the rites of passage for a World Series champion, this stroll through the White House to be honored by the president ... Before the players joined the gathering in the East Room for the ceremony with President Obama, an audience of Royals family members and VIP visitors from Missouri and Kansas broke into an impromptu chant of 'Lets go Royals!' ... When you hear the president say your name, it gives you goosebumps....

Scenes from the death of Turkey’s democracy

Edit New York Post 22 Jul 2016

On Wednesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared a three-month state of emergency, gaining the near-absolute power he’s so long sought. His party’s longstanding rules forced Erdogan to leave the more powerful job of prime minister after three terms for the presidency....

Obama Vs Kenyan President On Gay Rights