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Cina USA Giappone Thailandia Myanmar
Latest humanitarian snapshot highlights monsoon floods in Thailand and Myanmar
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: China, Japan, Myanmar, Philippines, ThailandSeasonal monsoon floods continue to affect North, Northeast and Central Thailand. Cumulatively, 1.8 million people have been affected in 44 provinces. JAPAN Typhoon Noru has weakened to a Category 1 cyclone as it moves across western Japan. As of ...
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Indonesia Singapore Vietnam Filippine Myanmar
ASEAN MPs call for stronger protections for migrants and refugees
Source: ASEAN Parliamentarians for Human Rights Country: WorldASEAN lawmakers urge regional governments to do more to protect migrant workers and refugees, arguing that all members of the ASEAN community are entitled to basic rights.KUALA LUMPUR, 7 August 2017 – ASEAN lawmakers urged regional governments today to do more to protect migrant ...
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Brasile
Turista inglesa é baleada no Rio após entrar por engano em comunidade
Uma turista inglesa foi baleada com pelo menos dois tiros no abdômen na tarde deste domingo, dia 6, em Angra dos Reis, na Costa Verde do Rio de Janeiro. Segundo a Polícia Rodoviária Federal (PRF), a mulher estava com o marido e três filhos na Rodovia Rio-Santos (BR-101), quando entrou, ...
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Brasile
Crise diminui investimento no setor de transportes e logística
Fundamental para o desenvolvimento, a infraestrutura e os serviços de transporte e logística, no Brasil, são relegados a segundo plano nas políticas públicas. Dados revelam que o atraso no investimento é tanto que seria necessário o aporte de quase R$ 1 trilhão em mais de 2 mil projetos para tornar ...
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Iran
Iran Reaches Deal With Renault Despite New U.S. Sanctions
The pact to increase auto production is a victory for President Hassan Rouhani, re-elected this year after vowing to revitalize his country’s economy.
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Malta
‘Car cemetery’ leaves Iklin residents fuming
Iklin residents have been left to deal with the dust and disorganisation of a haphazard car park right outside their homes as the government drags its feet on the future of the site. The 1,700-square-metre open space in a residential area on the edge of the town, between Triq il-Klin and ...
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Malta
Transport boss involved in old people’s home development
Transport Malta boss James Piscopo is spreading his wings further with an investment in a home for the elderly in Marsascala.The investment is being made through a company of which he is the sole shareholder - Undecim Five Investments Ltd. That company, in turn, is a shareholder in BBF Ltd, ...
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USA Australia
How the Catholic Church's hierarchy makes it difficult to punish sexual abusers
Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, returned to his native Australia July 10 to face criminal charges related to sexual assault. While the specific allegations and names of the accusers have not been made public, Cardinal Pell maintains that he has been a victim of “character assassination.” ...
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Russia Malta
Court clears former PN councillor of taking bribes from mayor
A court has cleared a former Sliema PN councilor who was charged with taking bribes from former mayor Nikki Dimech. The court of magistrates found that there was no criminal pact between the accused, Patrick Pace, and Dimech.Pace stood charged with accepting bribes amounting to €5,000. The money was allegedly ...
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Russia Malta
Man originally sentenced to 11 years for running a brothel argues rights were breached
A man who was previously convicted for several offences relating to running a brothel had his request for bail, pending the outcome of a Constitutional case he has filed, denied.Raymond Mifsud was sentenced to 11 years' imprisonment back in 2012 after being found guilty of running a modern prostitution ring. ...