Meet the youngsters in Israel who are refusing to serve in the army and are speaking out against their government’s fascist tendencies.
Lần đầu tiên một chủ tàu cá đánh bắt hải sản trái phép bị khởi tố
Chủ tàu cá Trần Văn Luyến đã bị khởi tố hình sự do tuyển hàng chục ngư dân lên 2 tàu cá qua vùng biển Malaysia đánh bắt hải sản trái phép.
Tuyển hàng chục ngư dân đi khai thác cá trái phép
Giữa tháng 10/2023 Cơ quan An ninh điều tra – Công an tỉnh Kiên Giang đã ra Quyết định khởi tố bị can, thực hiện Lệnh bắt tạm giam đối với Trần Văn Luyến (sinh năm 1981 – ngụ phường Vĩnh Bảo, TP. Rạch Giá) và Phạm Chí Dũng (sinh năm 1965, ngụ xã Mỹ Lâm, huyện Hòn Đất, tỉnh Kiên Giang) về tội “Tổ chức cho người khác xuất cảnh trái phép” theo khoản 3 Điều 348 Bộ luật Hình sự.
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| Trần Văn Luyến (bên trái) bị bắt giữ và khởi tố |
Theo cơ quan Công an, để điều tra xử lý vụ việc nêu trên, Cục Cảnh sát hình sự- Bộ Công an đã cử một tổ công tác gồm những cán bộ, điều tra viên nhiều kinh nghiệm phối hợp với Công an tỉnh Kiên Giang tổ chức điều tra. Ban chuyên án xác định việc các đối tượng đưa tàu, thuyền viên ra vùng biển nước ngoài đánh bắt hải sản có dấu hiệu hành vi “Tổ chức, môi giới cho người khác xuất cảnh trái phép”.
Tiếp tục đọc “Lần đầu tiên một chủ tàu cá đánh bắt hải sản trái phép bị khởi tố”Students abuse teacher in locked classroom
VNE – By Thanh Hang December 5, 2023 | 03:30 pm GMT+7
Still images from a video posted on social media show a teacher being cornered and picked at by her students at Van Phu Secondary School in Tuyen Quang Province in November 2023.
A group of seventh graders at a school in northern Vietnam locked their classroom to corner a music teacher, who they threw objects at while screaming.
The incident took place last week at Van Phu Secondary School in Tuyen Quang Province and was videotaped.
The video was then spread on social media.
Tiếp tục đọc “Students abuse teacher in locked classroom”Garment giant in worker purge says more it produces, higher the losses
VNE – By Tat Dat December 5, 2023 | 08:58 am GMT+7
Workers at a garment and textile factory in Tan Do Industrial Park in the southern province of Long An. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran
Garmex Saigon Corporation, which recently laid off 1,945 workers, told the Ho Chi Minh Securities Exchange its losses have been increasing in direct proportion to output.
“We have reorganized our setup, cut our payroll, and temporarily ceased production to minimize losses,” CEO Nguyen Minh Hang said.
After the layoffs this year, the firm had only 37 employees left at the end of the third quarter.
Tiếp tục đọc “Garment giant in worker purge says more it produces, higher the losses”Vietnam’s graduates overseas struggle with uncertain future
VNE – By Kim Ngan, Quang Huong, Minh Nga
December 5, 2023 | 08:06 am GMT+7
Whether they return home or stay abroad, Vietnamese graduates of foreign schools often have difficulty finding their place.
A group of Vietnamese students take photos with their friends and teachers at a university in Australia. Photo by Dinh Phuong
For several months since she graduated with a marketing degree from a university in Canada, Thanh Thao, 26, has not been able to find a job on her chosen career path.
Thao said international students like her regularly learn the hard way that recruiters abroad tend to favor local employment candidates.
“It’s quite hard to find a job. And I could not find satisfying work that matches my qualifications.”
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s graduates overseas struggle with uncertain future”
‘Everything indicates’ Chinese ship damaged Baltic pipeline on purpose, Finland says
‘I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,’ says minister.
BY CLAUDIA CHIAPPA AND PIERRE EMMANUEL NGENDAKUMANA
DECEMBER 1, 2023 4:32 PM CET
BRUSSELS — As the investigation into damage to Baltic Sea critical infrastructure continues, Finland’s Minister of European Affairs Anders Adlercreutz said it’s hard to believe sabotage to the undersea gas pipeline was accidental — or that it happened without Beijing’s knowledge.
“I’m not the sea captain. But I would think that you would notice that you’re dragging an anchor behind you for hundreds of kilometers,” Adlercreutz said in an interview Thursday in Brussels. “I think everything indicates that it was intentional. But of course, so far, nobody has admitted to it.”
Finland and Estonia have been investigating the rupture of the Balticconnector, a 77-kilometer-long gas pipeline that connects the two NATO members beneath the Baltic Sea. The pipeline was damaged around October 7-8, along with two telecoms cables connecting Estonia to Finland and Sweden.
An investigation by Finnish authorities identified as the main suspect Chinese container ship Newnew Polar Bear, which is believed to have dragged its anchor across the Baltic Sea seabed, cutting through the cables and gas lines. The anchor — which weighs 6,000 kilograms — was retrieved a few meters from the site of the damage.
Finland and Estonia have since been in touch with Chinese authorities seeking their cooperation with the investigation. The Baltic Times reported earlier this week that the two European countries have asked to send representatives to Beijing to investigate the vessel, which is currently en route to a Chinese port.
Adlercreutz said he can’t speculate on whether the action was approved by the Chinese government. But the vessel’s imminent return to China raises some questions, he said.
“If I as a captain would have done something that the Chinese government wouldn’t approve of, then I would be concerned about returning with my boat to China,” he said.
Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur expressed similar sentiment in an interview with Swedish public broadcaster SVT last month, saying the captain of the ship surely “understood that there was something wrong” after dragging an anchor for over 180 kilometers.
Coming more than a year after the Nord Stream gas pipelines connecting Russia to Germany were damaged by several explosions, the Balticconnector incident raises more concerns over the safety of undersea critical infrastructure and possible measures to protect them from external sabotage. No culprit has been identified for the Nord Stream attack despite an international investigation.
Adlercreutz said there should be “more protection” of these types of infrastructure, for example in terms of better surveillance of suspicious ships. But there are limitations to what can be done, he added.
Gaza war is the deadliest for journalists since 1992
As of December 4:
- 63 journalists and media workers were confirmed dead: 56 Palestinian, 4 Israeli, and 3 Lebanese.
- 11 journalists were reported injured.
- 3 journalists were reported missing.
- 19 journalists were reported arrested.
- Multiple assaults, threats, cyberattacks, censorship, and killings of family members.
Committee to Protect Journalists
Journalist casualties in the Israel-Gaza war
December 4, 2023 4:09 PM EST
Editor’s note: The list below is CPJ’s most complete account of journalist deaths in the war. Our database will not reflect many of these casualties until we have fully investigated the circumstances surrounding them. For more information, read our FAQ.
The Israel-Gaza war has taken a severe toll on journalists since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack against Israel on October 7 and Israel declared war on the militant Palestinian group, launching strikes on the blockaded Gaza Strip.
CPJ is investigating all reports of journalists and media workers killed, injured, or missing in the war, which has led to the deadliest month for journalists since CPJ began gathering data in 1992.
As of December 4, CPJ’s preliminary investigations showed at least 63 journalists and media workers were among the more than 16,000 killed since the war began on October 7—with more than 15,500 Palestinian deaths in Gaza and the West Bank and 1,200 deaths in Israel. The deadliest day of the war for journalist deaths was its first day, October 7, with six journalists killed; the second-deadliest day occurred on November 18, with five killed.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told Reuters and Agence France Press news agencies that it could not guarantee the safety of their journalists operating in the Gaza Strip, after they had sought assurances that their journalists would not be targeted by Israeli strikes, Reuters reported on October 27.
Journalists in Gaza face particularly high risks as they try to cover the conflict during the Israeli ground assault, including devastating Israeli airstrikes, disrupted communications, supply shortages and extensive power outages.
Tiếp tục đọc “Gaza war is the deadliest for journalists since 1992”
History fades as rising sea levels slowly destroy Thailand’s temple murals
theguardian.com Saltwater damage could see precious historical Buddhist artworks dating back hundreds of years slowly fade entirely from view
by Rebecca Ratcliffe and Navaon Siradapuvadol in NonthaburiWed 29 Nov 2023 02.37 GMT
If you look closely, you can just about see the characters and scenes that once stretched across the walls of Wat Prasat, a temple in Nonthaburi. There’s the dark shape of an elephant’s head, a figure slouching on its back; outlines of swords pointing upwards to the centre of the display; patches of curved roofs.
“The mural used to be more vivid,” says Phra Maha Natee, the abbot of Wat Prasat. Even when he was a novice monk, 20 years ago, the image – which shows one of the jātakas stories that recall the Buddha’s past lives – was easier to understand. “The colour was brighter and sharper,” he says.
The murals offer a glimpse into a past era – a time of prosperity but also social upheaval, when a more empowered nobility had emerged, as did a desire, say historians, for Buddhism to play a more stronger role in reinforcing discipline in society. They date back to the mid or later years of the Ayutthaya kingdom in Siam, which existed from 1351 to 1767, in what is now Thailand and are a treasured early example of the art form.
Tiếp tục đọc “History fades as rising sea levels slowly destroy Thailand’s temple murals”
Vietnam’s largest conservation center for rare dog species thrives
vnexpress.net By Ngoc Tai December 1, 2023 | 06:20 am GMT+7
Two Phu Quoc Ridgebacks at a conservation center in Kien Giang Province in southern Vietnam. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc TaiLe Quoc Tuan, 59, has spent nearly 30 years looking for and protecting the Phu Quoc Ridgeback, and now runs a conservation center with over 400 of the dogs.
Ever since he was young, Tuan, who lives in Kien Giang Province in the Mekong Delta, has been going into the buffer zone of the U Minh forest to look for plants and animals and support his family. One day, when he got lost in the forest, he climbed on top of a tree to sleep, and his dog refused to leave his side.
Since then he has been dreaming about finding rare dog species to conserve them.
Once after completing college he went on a business trip to Phu Quoc and learned about the Phu Quoc Ridgeback and its unique characteristics like webbed feet, dorsal ridges and great swimming expertise, and decided to protect this species.
In 1999 he bought 2,000 m2 of land in Phu Quoc for VND200 million (US$8,270) to set up a farm and looked for purebred puppies.
Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam’s largest conservation center for rare dog species thrives”Việt Nam cần làm gì để thoát khỏi ‘Danh sách Xám’?
20/11/2023 13:43
(ĐTTCO) – Thoát khỏi Danh sách Xám trước năm 2025 là một trong những mục tiêu trọng tâm của Việt Nam, trong đó cần nhận diện tài sản ảo và các nhà cung cấp tài sản ảo; tăng cường quy định, cơ chế phòng, chống tội phạm rửa tiền thông qua giao dịch tiền ảo.
Phải thoát khỏi Danh sách Xám trước 2025
Theo ước tính của Quỹ tiền tệ quốc tế (IMF), một quốc gia khi bị đưa vào Danh sách Xám của Cơ quan Đặc nhiệm Tài chính về chống rửa tiền (FATF), thì phần lớn các quốc gia đó có nguy cơ giảm trung bình 7,6% GDP, dòng vốn đầu tư trực tiếp từ nước ngoài (FDI) giảm trung bình 3% GDP, dòng vốn đầu tư gián tiếp giảm trung bình 2,9% GDP, và dòng vốn đầu tư thông qua các kênh khác giảm trung bình 2,4% GDP. Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam cần làm gì để thoát khỏi ‘Danh sách Xám’?”
Việt Nam, Palestine mark 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations
VNN – November 29, 2023 – 18:05
Việt Nam was one of the first countries in the world that recognised the State of Palestine and lifted relations between the two countries to the ambassador level.
The meeting held in Hà Nội on Wednesday to celebrate 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Palestine (1988 -2023) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. — Photo from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Newspaper
HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Committee for Solidarity with the Palestinian People (VCSPP), in coordination with the Palestinian Embassy in Việt Nam and the Việt Nam-Palestine Friendship Association in Hà Nội on Wednesday to mark the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Palestine (1988 -2023) and the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People.
Tiếp tục đọc “Việt Nam, Palestine mark 35th anniversary of diplomatic relations”COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?
theconversation.com Published: December 1, 2023 2.24am GMT
Day one of the COP28 climate summit saw the first big breakthrough: agreement on a “loss and damage” fund to compensate poor states for the effects of climate change.
Met with a standing ovation in Dubai, the agreement means wealthy states and major polluters will put millions of dollars towards a fund that will in turn distribute funds to poor states harmed by climate change. The fund will be administered by the World Bank. Initial commitments amount to US$430 million.
It will come as a huge relief to the United Arab Emirates, the summit’s host. The country was under pressure even before talks began about its fossil fuel expansion plans and the fact the president of the climate talks is chief executive of a national oil company. This undoubtedly featured in the UAE’s decision to commit US$100 million to the fund.
Other countries to make initial commitments to the fund include the United Kingdom ($75 million), United States ($24.5 million), Japan ($10 million) and Germany (also US$100 million). Pressure will now build on other wealthy countries, including Australia, to outline their own commitments to the fund.
Tiếp tục đọc “COP28 climate summit just approved a ‘loss and damage’ fund. What does this mean?”
Full Text: A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions
2023-09-26 10:35
A Global Community of Shared Future:
China’s Proposals and Actions
The State Council Information Office of
the People’s Republic of China
September 2023
Contents
Preface
I. Humanity at a Crossroads
II. An Answer to the Call of the Times and a Blueprint for the Future
III. Deep Roots in History and Cultural Traditions
IV. Direction and Path
V. China’s Action and Contribution
Conclusion
Preface
In the universe there is only one Earth, the shared home of humanity. Unfortunately, this planet on which we rely for our subsistence is facing immense and unprecedented crises, both known and unknown, both foreseeable and unforeseeable. Whether human civilization can survive these has become an existential issue that must be squarely faced. More and more people have come to the realization that rather than amassing material wealth, the most pressing task is to find a guiding beacon for the sustainable development of human civilization, because we all care about our future.
Ten years ago President Xi Jinping propounded the idea of building a global community of shared future, answering a question raised by the world, by history, and by the times: “Where is humanity headed?” His proposal lights the path forward as the world fumbles for solutions, and represents China’s contribution to global efforts to protect our shared home and create a better future of prosperity for all.
Tiếp tục đọc “Full Text: A Global Community of Shared Future: China’s Proposals and Actions”The Ocean and the Law of the Sea – History of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
How the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea provides the legal framework within which all activities in the ocean and seas must be carried out.
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(A historical perspective)
UN.org Originally prepared for the International Year of the Ocean, 1998
- A historical perspective
- Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea
- Key provisions of the Convention
- The United Nations and the Convention
- The future
- Links to the texts of the 1958 Geneva Conventions on the Law of the SeaConvention on the Territorial Sea and the Contiguous Zone, 1958Convention on the High Seas, 1958Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas, 1958Convention on the Continental Shelf, 1958Optional Protocol of Signature concerning the Compulsory Settlement of Disputes, 1958
A Historical Perspective
Tiếp tục đọc “The Ocean and the Law of the Sea – History of Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)”Cambodia scraps coal power project to build gas-fired plant, import LNG
reuters.com By Sudarshan Varadhan
November 29, 202312:52 PM GMT+7Updated 5 days ago
SINGAPORE, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia has abandoned plans to build a $1.5 billion 700 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power project in a protected reserve along the southwestern coast and will build an 800 MW natural-gas fired plant instead, its energy minister told Reuters.
As part of the project, Cambodia is exploring construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal to import the super-chilled fuel and re-gasify it for use in the power plant, Energy Minister Keo Rottanak told Reuters.
The planned LNG terminal, likely to be a fixed land-based facility, would be Cambodia’s first and would make it a new import market in Southeast Asia. Vietnam and the Philippines took their first shipments this year.
“The Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet will announce on Nov. 30 the cancellation of the 700 MW coal power plant project in Koh Kong and the plan to replace it with an 800 MW LNG to be commissioned after 2030,” Rottanak told Reuters.
Tiếp tục đọc “Cambodia scraps coal power project to build gas-fired plant, import LNG”
CVD 