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Tiếp tục đọc “Người nghèo Hà Nội náo nức đi chợ Tết… không đồng”
Ngày 21/1/2017, Hội Nhà báo cùng Sở Thông tin & Truyền thông và Thư viện tỉnh Đắk Lắk đồng tổ chức lễ khai mạc Hội báo Xuân Đinh Dậu tại khuôn viên Thư viện tỉnh. Hội báo Xuân quy tụ trên 70 đầu báo Xuân và Tết, mỗi ấn phẩm 3 bản, triển lãm trong 5 ngày, sau đó Thư viện tỉnh thường trực phục vụ công chúng đến đọc báo trong những ngày tết cổ truyền. Ra giêng, toàn bộ số báo này được chuyển tặng các đồn biên phòng nơi biên giới, hải đảo và đồng bào vùng sâu, vùng xa.
Tiếp tục đọc “Đắk Lắk: Báo Tiền Phong nhận 2 giải thưởng tại Hội báo Xuân Đinh Dậu”
Ngày 20/01/2017, Công ty Cổ phần Đầu tư Trung Nguyên đã phối hợp cùng UBND Tỉnh Đắk Lắk, UBND TP. Buôn Ma Thuột tổ chức Lễ khởi công dự án Đô thị Sinh thái Văn hóa Cà phê Suối Xanh tại Phường Tân Lợi, TP. Buôn Ma Thuột, tỉnh Đắk Lắk.
Tiếp tục đọc “Khởi công đại dự án Đô thị sinh thái văn hóa cà phê Suối Xanh”
BEIJING — Perched unsteadily on a stack of plastic stools in an isolated room, Xie Yang, a Chinese lawyer, was encircled day and night by interrogators who blew smoke in his face, punched and kicked him, and threatened to turn him into an “invalid” unless he confessed to political crimes, he has said.
Tiếp tục đọc “Punches, Kicks and the ‘Dangling Chair’: Detainee Tells of Torture in China”
Cargo ships dock at Malaysia’s Klang port on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. (AFP/Saeed Khan)
KUALA LUMPUR: A massive RM200 billion (US$45 billion) port industrial city planned for Malaysia’s Carey Island is a safeguard for the future and “not a threat” to Singapore or any other ports along the Strait of Malacca, said the chairman of Port Klang Authority, the body behind the project.http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/massive-port-city-project-in-malaysia-no-threat-to-singapore/3449556.html Tiếp tục đọc “Massive port city project in Malaysia no threat to Singapore, other ports: Port Klang chairman”
Reuters, AFP-JIJI, Jan 19, 2017
SEOUL – North Korea may be preparing to test-launch a new, upgraded prototype of an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korean media reported on Thursday, citing military sources.
In his New Year’s speech, leader Kim Jong Un said North Korea was close to test-launching an ICBM, and state media have said a launch could come at any time. Experts on the isolated and nuclear-capable country’s missile program believe the claims to be credible. Tiếp tục đọc “North Korea might test-launch ICBM as soon as Friday: South Korean media”
BEIJING — Last Sunday was the 19th wedding anniversary of Jin Bianling and her husband, the rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong. As usual, the couple spent it apart. Ms. Jin has not seen Mr. Jiang since 2013, when she and their daughter moved to California from China seeking safety from the state harassment that came along with Mr. Jiang’s work.
Tiếp tục đọc “Wife of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Seeks Angela Merkel’s Help”
SEOUL, South Korea — A South Korean court on Thursday blocked a prosecutor’s attempt to arrest Jay Y. Lee, the leader of Samsung, saying there was not enough evidence that Mr. Lee had bribed President Park Geun-hye, in a scandal that led to her impeachment.
A justice on the Central District Court in Seoul, Cho Eui-yeon, rejected the prosecutor’s request to issue an arrest warrant, saying said it was “difficult to recognize the need” to incarcerate Mr. Lee.
Mr. Lee, a third-generation scion and vice chairman of Samsung, one of the world’s biggest conglomerates, was immediately released from a detention center outside Seoul, where he had been waiting for the court to decide whether he should be formally arrested.
BS.Trần Song Hào – Thứ Hai, 16/1/2017, 15:43 (GMT+7)
Mục tiêu loại bỏ tOPV (chứa tuýp 2), thay thế bằng IPV và Lịch tiêm chủng theo Chiến lược GPEI 2013-2018 (WHO).
(TBKTSG) – Những ngày cuối năm 2016, truyền thông đưa tin 11 trong số 13 cháu bé ở Pakistan uống vaccin bại liệt OPV phải nhập viện cấp cứu, 5 cháu đã ra viện sau đó, 2 tử vong và 4 phải điều trị tích cực ở Bệnh viện Hayatabad, thành phố Peshawar (1, 2). Đây là một “cú giáng” vào chiến dịch tiêm chủng chống bệnh bại liệt trên toàn quốc mà Chính phủ Pakistan đang triển khai.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vaccin chất lượng cao cho trẻ Việt Nam: Không thể chần chừ”
Sarah Parsons –
Last year brought major political shocks to the world: the election of Donald Trump; the rise of “fake news;” and the emergence of populist, anti-globalization movements in Britain, the Philippines and elsewhere. Many of these were fueled by the growing feeling among certain groups that they are being left out of economic opportunities.
The big question for 2017 is: Are these disruptions merely a speed bump for progress toward a more sustainable, equitable world, or will they signal a much larger retreat? Tiếp tục đọc “6 Environment and Development Stories to Watch in 2017”
A demonstrator holds flags of Taiwan and the United States in support of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Burlingame, California. (Photo: REUTERS/Stephen Lam)
BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Jan 18) urged the United States not to allow a Taiwanese delegation to attend US President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
Trump broke with decades of precedent last month by taking a congratulatory telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, and he has also said the “One China” policy was up for negotiation.
Tiếp tục đọc “China urges US not to allow Taiwan delegation to attend Trump inauguration”
THIMPHU, Bhutan — As a downpour settled into a thick fog outside, Dasho Karma Ura let his eyes flicker at the ceiling of a wood-paneled conference room and began expounding on the nature of happiness.
“People feel happy when they see something ethical,” he said. “When you think you have done something right and brave and courageous, when you can constantly recharge yourself as a meaningful actor.”
“And lastly,” he added, thumbing Buddhist prayer beads, “something which makes you pause and think, ‘Ah, this is beautiful. Beautiful, meaningful, ethical.’ ”
Mr. Ura, 55, is perhaps one of the world’s leading experts on happiness, at least as seen through the lens of development economics. It has been something of a preoccupation for more than two decades as he has developed and fine-tuned Bhutan’s Gross National Happiness indicator, a supplementary, sometimes alternative, yardstick to the conventional measure of development, gross domestic product.
When hope of enacting the ambitious Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact ended in November, Max Baucus, the United States ambassador to China, was among the officials who had to grapple with disappointment.
The partnership, called the TPP, was a hallmark of the Obama administration. It would have been one of the largest trade agreements in history, covering about 40 percent of the world’s economy and setting new terms and standards for trade for the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations. China was not included but would have been able to join.
Tiếp tục đọc “U.S. Ambassadors in Asia Make Final Plea for Dead Trans-Pacific Trade Pact”
BEIJING — Over the last year, Liu He, a soft-spoken, American-educated technocrat, has consolidated his status as President Xi Jinping’s top economic adviser, amassing influence that some believe rivals that of the prime minister.
But as his star has climbed, Mr. Liu has struggled to overcome resistance to a program of measured economic liberalization and more open markets that he argues is critical to China’s long-term economic health — and that is generally favored by Washington.
Now, as President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to enter the White House renewing warnings of China’s economic menace, it will be even more difficult for Mr. Liu to achieve his agenda, which could be overwhelmed by fears of fallout from a trade war.
There is little in his public record to suggest precisely how he would advise Mr. Xi to handle Mr. Trump’s threats to raise tariffs on Chinese products.
AP, Jan 18, 2017
BEIJING – China’s top judge has drawn criticism from legal professionals after he dismissed the concept of judicial independence as an “erroneous Western ideal,” a statement seemingly aimed at emphasizing the ruling Communist Party’s ultimate control over all areas of public life.
Zhou Qiang, the head of the Supreme People’s Court, has at times been seen as a reformer keen on limiting the influence of government officials on the courts.
However, Chinese state media quoted him over the weekend as instructing leading judges to “draw your sword” against words and actions running counter to the ruling Communist Party’s dictates. Tiếp tục đọc “China’s top judge calls judicial independence an ‘erroneous Western ideal’”
