 "No one can stop us from completing the dam."
Abiy also stressed that negotiations had reached the final phase, without providing further details.
Border dispute with Sudan
The Nobel laureate Abiy said Ethiopia was determined to resolve the recent border clash between the Ethiopian and Sudanese forces in their northern common border.
"The Sudanese are our brothers and have legitimate questions that we agreed to resolve," he said, adding that those who had been trying to flame the incident to war would not succeed.
"There is nothing that will take us to war as we maintain culturally and historically emboldened relations," Abiy added.
COVID-19 pandemic
With regards to controlling and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19, Abiy said the virus has reached the whole nation, with 2,020 infections and 27 deaths.
"Ever since the arrival of the virus, we have built 31 laboratories, 54 health centers, and a huge nationwide quarantine infrastructure," he said.
The pandemic has negatively impacted tourism and remittance, but the other section of the economy was doing well throughout the fiscal year which begins in July.
"The Ethiopian economy is projected to show a 6% growth and we have implemented policies that mitigate the impacts of the pandemic," he noted.Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. Please contact us for subscription options.The institution that rewards foreign investments in Cyprus, together with GOLD magazine, present this year’s CIPA International Investment Awards, honoring for a seventh consecutive year international investors, celebrities and businesses in recognition of their significant contribution to the Cypriot economy.
The awards are hosted by Gold magazine and Invest Cyprus (CIPA) and are held under the auspices of the President of the Republic, Nicos Anastasiades.
Since 2012, 51 CIPA International Investment Awards have been awarded to companies and individuals who have invested in Cyprus and contributed to its emergence as an international business center.
Among the guests attending the awards ceremony; are politicians, businessmen, foreign investors and professionals in the domain of services.
Invest Cyprus CIPA International Investment Awards, organized by Gold and Invest Cyprus would not be possible without the generous contribution of their sponsors. Presented by: PwC Cyprus
Gold Sponsor: Eurobank Cyprus
Silver Sponsors: TFI Markets and Gray Goose Vodka
The ceremony will take place on June 19 in the presidential palace gardens with attendance by invitation only.News story
£21m to boost UK’s world-class tech sector and spread the benefits across the country.
Today the Government announced that Tech City UK and Tech North are to become a national organisation, Tech Nation, to speed up the growth of the UK’s pioneering and innovative digital companies and clusters, helping spread the benefits even further.
Successful companies which have benefitted from Tech City UK’s work include Just Eat, Zoopla and Funding Circle.
Building on the organisation’s work helping to turn London’s Silicon Roundabout into a globally recognised tech hub,.
Gerard Grech, CEO of Tech City UK (soon to be Tech Nation), said:
We are thrilled the Government is backing our model which has played an important role in helping the country’s tech firms accelerate their growth..
Britain is already a global tech powerhouse and the Government is determined to see that continue. More than 1.4 million people work in the UK’s digital tech sector and jobs are being created at twice the rate of other sectors in the economy. Average advertised salaries are £50,000, 30 per cent higher than the national average.
The sector has a turnover of more than £118 billion and figures on foreign investment published in July found in the first half of 2017 there was a record £5.6 billion investment in tech in the UK.
In the face of international competition for this high-value employment industry, Tech Nation will help the UK accelerate the growth of the tech sector.
Successful Tech North programmes such as Founders Network and Northern Stars will be extended nationally, and existing national programmes such as Future Fifty and Upscale will be strengthened..
Samir Desai, Funding Circle, a Future Fifty alumni company, said: Tech City UK’s Future Fifty has been fundamental in helping us to drive LoveCrafts’ growth on an international scale. They have been a great supporter and resource to us and it’s great news that they are going to expand their role over the next four years. I know that they will make a great success of working with entrepreneurs and founders in tech clusters across the country.
Virraj Jatania, founder of Pockit, an Upscale company, said:
Exchanging ideas with people who are going through similar things as yourself, as we do on Tech City UK’s Upscale programme, has been a great way for me to improve my personal performance and make sure that I am sufficiently ambitious for my company. They understand the challenges facing the sector and makes sure that people are speaking out for people like us, so that we can get on with building our businesses.
The first set of clusters to form Tech Nation will be located in:
- Midlands - Birmingham
- Scotland - Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Northern Ireland - Belfast
- Wales - Cardiff
- Greater London - LondonFast service. The Harmony sleep 💤 medicine left me groggy 🥴 for half a day.
You know how a gazillion bloggers host a “Wordless Wednesday” every week? Yeah. I’m not really into that. Instead, I’ve decided to host a Morbid Monday every.single.week. Start your week off right with some disturbing, effed up, true story reading!
Obviously this won’t be for everyone. I understand that. Though if you’re a fan of non-fiction books based on true crime, watch based on true horror stories, watch documentaries on the lives of serial killers, or have studied psychology or sociology (or all of the above *raises hand) you may have some interest.
Leave some loveYou will be given a definition of a task first, then an example. Follow the example to solve a new instance of the task.
You are given a conversation between two people. 'Person1:' and 'Person2:' are used to separate their respective dialogues. If the conversation begins with a question, label it '1' otherwise '0'.

Person1:     Passport, please, madam. 
 Person2: Just a minute, please. It's in my bag. Here it is. 
 Person1:     Thank you. Please fill out the Baggage Declaration Form. 
 Person2: All right. Shall I enter all my belongings? 
 Person1:     No, only the articles listed on the Declaration. 
Solution: 0
Why? The first sentence in the conversation begins with a request, therefore there is no presence of a question.

New input:  Person1:     Doctor, I feel much better now. Will I be albe to go home some time this week?  
 Person2:  That's good to hear. You've had an ideal recovery from your operation. We're going to send you home tomorrow.  
 Person1:      Do you think I can get back to work very soon?  
 Person2:  Don't be in such a hurry. I'm confident that you'll be completely recovered in 4 to 6 weeks.  
 Person1:      Is there anything I should do?  
 Person2:  You'd better have a good rest for a week. Be sure to have regular meals. Stay away from alcohol. Give up smoking at least a little while.  
 Person1:      Should I take some medicine?  
 Person2:  Yes. I'm going to give you some. Take one tablet of this medicine three times a day before meals. For that one, two tablets. And remember to come to the outpatient department for a consultation in two weeks, please.  
 Person1:      It's very kind of you.  
 Person2:  You're welcome. We wish you a speedy recovery. Goodbye. 
Solution:
0The Jeep 4.0, along with the automatic trans and the later manual transmissions, are pretty bulletproof in terms of not throwing a rod or something and needing to be totally rebuilt.  The sensor package attached to them is a little finicky, and their cooling systems want more maintenance than most. It can still strand you with a dead starter like anything else, or a dead battery from an alternator that's not charging or a dead sensor (CPS, every damn time).  They'll still need shocks, bushings, fluids etc.... like any old car. The advantage it has over other used vehicles is all about catastrophic failures being comparatively rare and the parts being cheap and easy to find. 

That said, they're excellent first cars among the options at their price point I just don't want you to think every piece of them is magically dependable despite these being 20+ years old.  I love mine and drive it 50+ miles a day, and I had an XJ as my first car 12 years ago.  They're cheap to fix, cheap to insure, fun to drive, big enough for most purposes but small enough to fit comfortably in a compact or parallel spot (seriously the current model ford focus is a smidge wider and longer, they fit just fine) and they're generally just good little workhorses.Worried about friends or whānau?
It can be scary watching someone become consumed by their drug use. However, it can be helpful to know that most people who try drugs do not