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The politician expressed hope that this information is nothing more but rumors, but noted that even before the first round of elections, last Wednesday, «many more appointments were made than during usual cabinet meetings»
Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, July 2nd
Viktor Orban's spokesman Bertalan Havasi pointed out that the Orban-Zelensky talks would focus «on the possibility of peace» in Ukraine
Implementation of the project makes it possible for Rosatom to take the long view, including as regards construction of new nuclear plants in Turkey, Anton Dedusenko noted
Vasily Nebenzya added that the UN Security Council is now seeing that the sides to the conflict are becoming more entrenched in their positions
SINGAPORE — A 73-year-old woman who, together with her family, abused an intellectually disabled woman they treated like a slave has been sentenced to 17 years and 10 months' jail. Hasmah Sulong had the most serious charges of her family, all of whom have been convicted and sentenced in relation to this case. The horrific acts that she committed on the victim included knocking her teeth out with a hammer, digging a finger into her eye until it bled, splashing her with hot water, and chaining her to a toilet bowl. As a result, the victim, now 33, suffered head injuries, burns, permanent blurred vision in her right eye, and the loss of 10 teeth. On July 2, Hasmah pleaded guilty to five charges relating to the abuse. The victim was a secondary school friend of one of Hasmah's sons, Muhammad Isafi Ismail, and grew close to his family over time. After running away from home in 2016, the victim moved into the family's flat at Woodlands Drive.
Foreigners with multiple passports who are convicted in Singapore can indicate where they prefer to be deported, and the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will assess if they can be admitted to that country, said Minister of State for Home Affairs Sun Xueling in Parliament on Tuesday (July 2). The assessment is based on the validity of the foreigners' travel documents, she said. She was fielding questions from Members of Parliament (MPs) on the recent money laundering case with over S$3 billion in assets seized. The 10 foreign nationals who were arrested on Aug 15, 2023, were convicted of money laundering-related charges and are serving jail terms of 13 to 17 months. Workers' Party MP Sylvia Lim asked what is taken into account in deciding where convicted foreigners are deported after serving their sentences, and how these considerations were applied to the 10 in this case. Sun replied that foreigners convicted in Singapore, including those in this case, are deported to «any country to which their passport or travel document allows them to go».
Five years ago, Kallang resident Looi starting picking up trash left under his block whenever he was free. After retiring in 2023, he decided to dedicate even more time to keeping the community clean, spending eight hours every day picking up litter around the estate, reported Shin Min Daily News. The 66-year-old man, who lives at Block 467 Crawford Lane, credited his younger sister as his source of inspiration. She had returned to Singapore from Hong Kong five years ago to care for their ailing mother and would help clear litter around the block in her free time. «I'm also a fastidious person and wanted to clean up the rubbish and cigarette butts I see while on my way home, so I joined her,» said Looi. He noted that the high human traffic in the area leads to an inevitable build-up of trash. The estate is located close to Lavender MRT station and several office buildings. «When I was still working, I could only pick up rubbish from 7pm to 10pm. Now that I'm retired, I have more time and will collect rubbish across two periods — from 5am to 7.30am and from 4pm to 10pm.»
A new major study appears to provide evidence for another side effect of common antidepressants like Lexapro, Zoloft, and Cymbalta: weight gain.
Laura Bennett was working from home one morning in November 2022 when she started to feel slightly off-colour - tired, struggling to concentrate and feeling detached.
Didi Hamann has slammed Cristiano Ronaldo as 'embarrassing' after he was seen crying on the pitch following his penalty miss against Slovenia.
SINGAPORE — Singapore is prepared in principle to recognise Palestine as a state and will make this move at an appropriate time, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in Parliament on July 2. Its key consideration in doing so is that such a move should help the progress towards peace and a negotiated two-state solution, he added. «In particular, there will need to be an effective Palestinian government that accepts Israel's right to exist and categorically rejects terrorism,» Dr Balakrishnan said. «Both sides have legitimate rights, and both peoples have a right to live in peace and dignity within secure borders.» He was responding to questions on Singapore's May 10 decision to vote for a United Nations (UN) resolution backing the admission of Palestine as a member of the world body, which it said was made after «serious and careful consideration».
The new Presidential Palace, Ministry of Finance Building, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Building were officially handed over to the Government of Vanuatu yesterday.
Sani Sokomanu, son of Vanuatu’s first President, Ati George Sokomanu, told the Vanuatu Daily Post on Sunday, 30th of June 2024, that Mele village will buzz with excitement during the commissioning of the new Landing Craft (LC) of the Vanuatu…
Over 10,000 claims from over 3,000 Vanuatu Teachers Union (VTU) members have been submitted to the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) and the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), as the 14-day undertaking deadline approaches.
Vanuatu’s Ministry of Finance and Economic Management (MoFEM) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and External Trade (MoFAICET) will soon move into their new buildings which will be rent free, helping the government save significant funds currently spent on…
On 26 April 2024, in Luganville, Santo Mr. Edward Almele has been sentenced to 18 years and 14 days imprisonment for the premeditated intentional homicide of his brother, the sentencing was carried out by Hon. Chief Justice Vincent Lunabek.
The Canada Revenue Agency and the federal Department of Justice have made a behind-the-scenes deal with a telecom company they continue to allege was part of a tax refund “sham” that was “designed to deceive” authorities into paying out tens of millions of dollars of public money.
The Canadian military has tightened up regulations on personal grooming after getting an earful from members who were not happy with the relaxed standards introduced almost two years ago.
Developers are among the biggest beneficiaries of red-tape reduction measures brought in by Premier Doug Ford’s government, saving hundreds of millions of dollars a year in costs, CBC News has learned.
[Africa Check] No evidence the UN cautioned Kenyan president William Ruto over deadly crackdown on protesters
[HRW] «Patterns of gross human rights violations, including the widespread use of arbitrary and incommunicado detention and enforced disappearance persist unabated» in Eritrea, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, told the UN Human Rights Council.
In a move to ensure that the Mega Farm project is efficiently productive and commercially driven, government has given the private sector the driving seat of the project. Under this arrangement, government will just be an enabler while the private sector runs the enterprises. Experts have since welcomed the arrangement saying the private sector-led model […] The post Govt gives Mega Farm driving seat to private sector, experts welcome the move as ‘efficient’ appeared first on Malawi Nyasa Times - News from Malawi about Malawi.
Volcanologist Þorvaldur Þórðarson accepts the announcement by the Icelandic Met Office of increased inflation at Sundhnúkagígar crater row with reservations. He doesn’t think that a volcanic eruption will occur in the area any time soon.
IN ALMOST all cases, a politically stable environment can be found throughout the Caribbean. Half of the islands that make up the region, for instance, are overseas territories of either the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands, or...
“Productivity cannot grow beyond the education and skills levels of the population.” John Bliek, enterprise specialist, International Labour Organisation (ILO) FROM JUNE 20-21, the Ministry of Labour and Social Security hosted the Future Work and...
WESTERN BUREAU: Black River Mayor Richard Solomon wants residents in his flood-prone Newmarket division in St Elizabeth to consider evacuating if Hurricane Beryl causes flooding in the low-lying community. The area has had a long history of...
Portmore Mayor Leon Thomas has expressed outrage at the National Works Agency (NWA) for neglecting the municipality’s calls to clean critical drains ahead of the hurricane season. Thomas, who toured several areas where drains are located in...
WESTERN BUREAU: The St James Municipal Corporation (StJMC) on Monday ramped up its preparations for a looming Hurricane Beryl, outfitting emergency shelters and cleaning gullies and drains. Montego Bay Mayor Richard Vernon, who chairs the StJMC,...
Sustainability for Seychelles (S4S), a non-governmental organisation, has brought together different stakeholders in waste management for a public lecture to discuss how this could be improved in the island nation. The public lecture on Thursday included presentations from S4S, the Landscape and Waste Management Agency (LWMA), the Environment Department, and a foreign expert, Simron J. Singh, who is a professor and university research chair at the University of Waterloo, Canada. Using the analogy that islands function like living organisms, he analyses how small island economies utilise materials, energy, water, and infrastructure. Professor Singh told the press, «We need to talk about the big picture and not only focus on waste. How it is created, its origin. I take a systems approach where I analyse what is called the metabolism of islands. That is the name of my research programme. This analogy uses the term metabolism, just like humans, islands also metabolise resources whether it is biomass, energy, different materials, or water to provide for the residents.» The lecture is part of a bigger project headed by S4S to tackle the issue of waste management in Seychelles. The project started in May 2024 and will continue until May 2026 at a cost of $150,000. It is funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) Small Grants Programme under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The project's main goal is to support waste sustainability initiatives in Seychelles with a focus on diverting the amount of green or organic waste going to the landfill. By supporting pilot studies of different methods for home composting and introducing composting in tourism establishments, S4S aims to help residents and businesses to be mindful of their waste and to think about composting as an alternative to landfills. Through the project, the NGO will work with local communities to establish collection systems for biodegradable and other forms of waste for use by composting or recycling initiatives. There is also a component to help train and support potential entrepreneurs interested in circular economy ventures. An S4S representative, Iris Carolus, said that people need to start seeing waste as a resource that can be used especially in terms of business opportunities and «Through this event today, we want to see what everyone has – we've had several people from the private sector who've come forward to express their interest.» Carolus added that S4S is currently in the planning phase for the project and meeting different stakeholders. One of the outcomes is to educate the public and change their mindset regarding waste. «As an NGO, we believe that civil society and the public have a big role to play. We also have the Ocean Project here today presenting. They are more involved with the youth and this is a component of our work; to work with the youth, to empower them and see what they can do in this domain. We also want to work more with farmers. There's already work that's been done especially with food waste from tourist establishments that a farmer used to feed pigs,» she said. A technical consultant at the LWMA, Camille Mondon, said, «I think such an event is really important because our landfill is almost full if we can say already full and so this is an urgent situation that we need to figure out the next step. One of them is to divert the waste going to the landfill and find a solution, as well as work on the circular economy concept. We need to make people and businesses conscious that there is a value in waste and this is the moment when they can think about it and try to invest in it.» The S4S initiative is a response to the Solid Waste Masterplan for Seychelles (2020-2035), which identified biodegradable waste as a priority waste stream, representing approximately 50 percent of the country's total waste.
The far-right National Rally (NR) of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of voting on Sunday, with Macron's centrists trailing in third place behind the left-wing New Popular Front.
Toxic radium levels were detected at a landfill in St. Louis, Missouri connected to a World War II-era bomb. Radioactive waste from the atomic bomb was illegally dumped at West Lake Landfill.
Mark and Lindy O'Hare have snapped up £2.55billion for handing over their 21-year-old company Preqin to the world's biggest asset manager.
