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| This newsletter contains images that may be disturbing. Harrowing images of malnourished children in Gaza have intensified international pressure on Israel to increase humanitarian aid to the enclave.This week, Hamas-run health authorities in Gaza said that 93 children were among the 180 people who have already died from hunger-related causes. These deaths come on top of more than 60,000 Palestinians, mostly civilians, the health authorities in Gaza say have been killed since Israel launched its military offensive in the strip in October 2023. Almost 470,000 people in Gaza are enduring famine-like conditions, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), with 90,000 women and children in need of specialist nutrition treatments. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described the situation as “mass starvation” that was “man-made”, laying the blame squarely at the Israeli blockade.While Israel has denied a policy of starvation, it controls most aspects of how food reaches and is distributed in Gaza. This includes access into Gaza, transport logistics and who is permitted to distribute aid. Today we’ll unpack the policy on aid entering the territory.  A Palestinian mother sits next to her malnourished son, at a school where they shelter amid a hunger crisis, in Gaza City, July 24, 2025. REUTERS/Mahmoud IssaThe policy Israel controls access into Gaza, including for humanitarian organisations, as a result of a blockade by land, air and sea<a | |
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Climate migrants are earning more. Why are their kids dropping out?
mekongeye.com By Võ Kiều Bảo Uyên 18 August 2025 at 16:13
Childcare, red tape and separation from parents stand in the way of school for children of millions of Mekong Delta migrants
HO CHI MINH CITY, VIET NAM – In a 12-square-meter rented apartment lined with pink Hello Kitty wallpaper, Thúy Hằng, 37, continually ponders whether to bring her six-year-old daughter from the rural Mekong Delta to the city.
Hằng works at an Adidas supplier factory and her husband at a wood processing factory. The couple left their two daughters with the grandparents in Đồng Tháp province, when the girls were only infants.
For years, Hằng has dreamed of reuniting with her children. She decorated the room, inquired about schools and had the funds ready, but could not figure out childcare. The couple work until 7-8pm, and public schools close at 4:30pm.
In the past decade, more than one million people have left the Mekong Delta for industrial zones in Ho Chi Minh City – as the region faces mounting environmental stress.
Once considered Viet Nam’s rice bowl, the delta now grapples with sediment loss, saltwater intrusion and soil erosion – the results of upstream dams, rampant sand mining and climate change.
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Ai gánh món nợ gần 45 nghìn tỷ của EVN?
Vietnamnet.vn Thứ Hai, 18/08/2025 Tư Giang
Kiến nghị của Tập đoàn Điện lực Việt Nam (EVN) về việc cho phép đưa khoản lỗ lũy kế gần 45.000 tỷ đồng vào giá bán lẻ điện bình quân đang làm dấy lên nhiều tranh luận.
Cũng như nhiều lần trước khi tăng giá điện trước đây, xuất hiện câu hỏi: ai sẽ gánh rủi ro về giá điện – Nhà nước, doanh nghiệp hay người dân?
EVN và khoản lỗ 44.792 tỷ đồng
Trong giai đoạn 2022–2023, giá nhiên liệu thế giới leo thang vì bất ổn địa chính trị, chi phí mua điện tăng mạnh, khiến EVN lỗ khoảng 50.000 tỷ đồng. Dù đã cắt giảm chi phí, tái cơ cấu, đến cuối năm 2024, công ty mẹ EVN vẫn còn gánh khoản lỗ hơn 44.792 tỷ đồng. EVN cho rằng khoản lỗ này khiến vốn Nhà nước bị bào mòn, đi ngược nguyên tắc bảo toàn vốn đầu tư.
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