Two decades of Israeli policy towards the Palestinians have gone up in flames
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It is hard to see past the shock of Hamas’s bloodthirsty assault on Israel. That is because it involved thousands of rockets, and fighters attacking the south of the country by land, sea and air. And because it was completely unforeseen despite its scale, inflicting a humiliating blow against Israel’s vaunted intelligence services. But most of all because of the killing of hundreds of innocent people and the taking of scores of hostages by Hamas. As the Israel Defence Forces (idf) ponder how to respond, the world’s attention will be caught up in their desperate plight.
An 87-year-old man came to the Bình Thạnh District Police in HCM City last Monday morning to report a fraud related to bonds allegedly committed by one of Việt Nam’s largest property developers.
Trần Bữu Nữu, an officer belonging to the Bình Thạnh District police in HCM City, helps a victim make a complaint against Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) where she had bought the bonds. VNS Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp
Environmental activist group Mother Nature Cambodia has been named one of Right Livelihood’s 2023 laureates.
The award, established in 1980, recognizes groups and individuals striving to preserve the environment and those who protect it.
Mother Nature Cambodia has played a key role in campaigns against environmentally destructive dams, logging and sand mining, resulting in the imprisonment of multiple group members and banishment of its founder.
PHNOM PENH — Mother Nature Cambodia, one of the country’s most prominent environmental activism groups, was named one of Right Livelihood’s 2023 laureates on Sept. 28, making it the first group of Cambodians recognized in the award’s 43-year history.
Born out of a refusal from the Nobel Foundation to issue awards recognizing changemakers who champion environmental and social justice issues, Stockholm-headquartered Right Livelihood rewards groups and individuals committed to advancing causes around the world. The award offers recipients “a megaphone and a shield” with what Right Livelihood calls “lifelong support” to activists striving to preserve the environment and protect those who depend on it.
“Mother Nature Cambodia is a group of fearless young activists fighting for environmental rights and democracy in the face of repression by the Cambodian regime,” Ole von Uexkull, Right Livelihood’s executive director, said in a statement. “Through innovative and often humorous protests, their activism defends nature and livelihoods, while upholding communities’ voices against corrupt and damaging projects. Despite arrests, legal harassment and surveillance, they continue to fight relentlessly for Cambodians’ environmental and civic rights.”
Right Livelihood’s jury said Mother Nature Cambodia was receiving the award “for their fearless and engaging activism to preserve Cambodia’s natural environment in the context of a highly restricted democratic space.”
The banning of the Chinese blockbuster “No More Bets” warns that Beijing’s patience is wearing thin over Cambodia’s apparent inability to control cyber crime within its borders. A dramatic drop in tourism numbers may be one symptom.
All bets are off with regard to the impact in Cambodia of “No More Bets”, a hit Chinese movie based upon Southeast Asia’s cyber-scam industry.
Cambodia’s Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts last week requested the Chinese Embassy to stop screening the action thriller, banning it in Cambodia and calling for censorship in China.
International observers say the movie already is testing the limits of the two nations’ “ironclad” friendship, as well as impacting the already-collapsing Chinese tourism market in Cambodia. Indeed, the outrage generated by “No More Bets” is amplifying awareness of possible further political and economic consequences of this “scamdemic”.
Sometimes, in wars and revolutions, fundamental change arrives with a bang. More often, it creeps up on you. That is the way with what we are calling “homeland economics”, a protectionist, high-subsidy, intervention-heavy ideology administered by an ambitious state. Fragile supply chains, growing threats to national security, the energy transition and the cost-of-living crisis have each demanded action by governments—and for good reason. But when you lump them all together, it becomes clear just how systematically the presumption of open markets and limited government has been left in the dust.
For this newspaper, this is an alarming trend. We were founded in 1843 to campaign for, among other things, free trade and a modest role for government. Today these classical liberal values are not only unpopular, they are increasingly absent from political debate. Less than eight years ago President Barack Obama was trying to sign America up to a giant Pacific trade pact. Today if you argue for free trade in Washington, you will be scoffed at as hopelessly naive. In the emerging world, you will be painted as a neocolonial relic from the era when the West knew best.
VNE – By Minh Minh October 7, 2023 | 07:00 am GMT+7
Two children are on a bus with the elderly as they are evacuated from storm Noru in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam in September 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Dac Thanh
Around 930,000 children in Vietnam were displaced due to hazards such as floods, storms and drought between 2016 and 2021, among the 10 highest numbers of 44 countries surveyed by UNICEF.
For the 2023-2024 academic year, the central Đà Nẵng City also set out VNĐ408 billion ($16.72 million) for tuition exemptions for kindergarten, general and continuing education.
Primary students entered the new school year at Đức Trí School in Đà Nẵng City on September 5. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Dũng
HÀ NỘI — Several localities across the country are leading the initiative to fully cover tuition fees for general education, aiming to alleviate the burdens on families and reduce the number of students dropping out of school.
In the 2023-2024 school year, northern Hải Phòng City plans to spend more than VNĐ400 billion (US$16.4 million) from the local budget for a tuition waiver programme applicable to every student in the city.
(ANTV) – Trong một báo cáo đưa ra mới đây, Liên hợp quốc (LHQ) cảnh báo các nhóm tội phạm đã ép hàng trăm nghìn người tại Đông Nam Á thực hiện các vụ lừa đảo trực tuyến và chịu các hình thức đối xử vô nhân đạo như bạo hành và xâm hại Theo báo cáo, rất khó để đánh giá quy mô tình hình do các hành vi này diễn ra lén lút và phản ứng còn chưa hiệu quả của nhà chức trách. Tuy nhiên, các nguồn tin đáng tin cậy cho biết ít nhất 120.000 người trên khắp Myanmar có thể đang bị cầm giữ và buộc phải thực hiện lừa đảo trực tuyến. Con số này tại Campuchia là khoảng 100.000 người. Lào, Philippines và Thái Lan là những quốc gia khác trong khu vực được xác định là điểm đến chính hoặc nơi trung chuyển của hoạt động buôn người. Ước tính các nhóm tội phạm này thu về hàng tỷ USD mỗi năm. Nạn nhân tới từ Hiệp hội các quốc gia Đông Nam Á (ASEAN), Nam Á, Trung Quốc đại lục, Hong Kong, Đài Loan (Trung Quốc)…Phần lớn các nạn nhân là nam giới. Các mạng lưới tội phạm này đã kiếm lời từ đại dịch COVID-19, khi một số quốc gia phải đóng cửa sòng bài để kiểm soát dịch. Điều này buộc các nhà điều hành sòng bài chuyển hoạt động tới những nơi có ít sự giám sát của nhà chức trách, chẳng hạn như khu vực biên giới có xung đột. Theo nội dung trong một hồ sơ pháp lý công bố ngày 28/8, mạng xã hội X (trước đây là Twitter) đang đối mặt với 2.200 vụ tranh chấp trọng tài với các nhân viên cũ sau khi tỷ phú công nghệ Elon Musk tiếp quản công ty, cắt giảm nhiều nhân sự và thực hiện loạt điều chỉnh sâu rộng. Hồ sơ pháp lý này nằm trong một vụ kiện tại tòa án quận Delaware giữa cựu nhân viên Chris Woodfield với Twitter, tập đoàn X và ông Musk. Trong đơn kiện của mình, ông Woodfield, một cựu kỹ sư mạng cấp cao từng làm việc tại chi nhánh của Twitter ở Seattle, cáo buộc Twitter (hiện là X) đã không trả tiền trợ cấp thôi việc cho ông như cam kết, sau đó trì hoãn việc giải quyết tranh chấp thay thế khi không thanh toán các phí cần thiết để tiếp tục vụ pháp lý. Vụ tranh chấp giữa ông Woodfield và tập đoàn X do JAMS – một tổ chức phi lợi nhuận chuyên cung cấp dịch vụ hòa giải bằng trọng tài tại Mỹ – giải quyết. Căn cứ vào biểu phí của JAMS, riêng chi phí nộp đơn trong 2.200 vụ tranh chấp bằng trọng tài của X có thể lên tới 3,5 triệu USD, chưa kể các khoản phụ phí. Tại Mỹ, nhiều tập đoàn lớn yêu cầu người lao động ký thỏa thuận giải quyết tranh chấp bằng trọng tài khi làm việc tại các chi nhánh và điều này là hợp pháp. TIN LIÊN QUAN Indonesia bắt giữ hơn 600 nghi phạm buôn người
The Three Gorges Dam is a hydroelectric gravity dam that spans the Yangtze River, in Central China. It is the world’s largest hydroelectric power station, but all that power comes with great responsibility. According to NASA, the dam delays the rotation of the Earth by 0.06 microseconds. This happens when the dam raises trillions of pounds of water 574 feet (175 m) above sea level increasing the Earth’s moment of inertia and thus slowing its rotation. Will the dam cause major consequences in our future or will the very minor delay not be noticeable for thousands of years?
As China seeks to meet its targets of becoming carbon neutral by 2060, it is turning its sights to some of the wildest reaches of the Tibetan Plateau where it plans to build a hydropower plant so ambitious that it could produce three times as much power as Three Gorges.
Experts believe it could be the riskiest mega structure ever built. Not only is the location prone to massive landslides and some of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded, it’s also precariously close to the disputed border between India and China. Meaning any major project could further escalate discontent in a tense territorial dispute between the world’s two most populous countries.
“This is false information used with ill intents with regards to Việt Nam’s efforts to combat and prevent crimes, as well as Việt Nam’s diplomatic activities.”
Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng at Thursday’s press conference in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Văn Điệp
VNE – By Viet Quoc October 5, 2023 | 07:06 pm GMT+7
Do Thanh An (R), son of murdered victim Phan Thi Khanh, speaks with Vo Ngoc, son of wrongfully detained man Vo Te in Binh Thuan Province, June 2022. Photo by VnExpressA deceased man in Binh Thuan Province, who was wrongfully detained 43 years ago for murder, will be compensated over VND1.9 billion ($77,840) by the provincial People’s Procuracy.
65-year-old Vo Ngoc, the son of wrongfully accuised man Vo Te, said his family was informed of the compensation on Tuesday.
The central province’s Procuracy would monetarily compensate Te and his loved ones for lost incomes, property losses, mental impacts and financial support for six of his children, who were under 18 at the point of his imprisonment, among other costs.
We have no choice’: The Vietnamese dying for a chance to work in the UK | ITV News
There’s a saying in Vietnam about the Nghe An province: “Chó ăn đá, gà ăn sỏi.” It means “the dogs eat rocks, the chickens eat pebbles”. It’s a hot, tough place to live, and is also Vietnam’s hub for the trade in human cargo. When 39 Vietnamese were found dead in a lorry in Essex four years ago, the majority had left from Nghe An. Read the full report on the ITV News website here: https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-26/w…
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