New York Times Dec. 11, 2018

By David E. Sanger, Nicole Perlroth, Glenn Thrush and Alan Rappeport 

TĐH: Mình đăng lại bài này của một người hoc trò nói về GS Phil Grub, vì GS là một thành viên trong ban giám đốc thời mình thành lập Vietnamese American Education Foundation năm 1992 để bắt đầu công cuộc giúp phát triển đất nước.

GS Grub, với một network bạn ở Châu Á là người giúp được mình nhiều việc thời bấy giờ, đặc biệt là việc mở lớp luật tại Bộ Tu Pháp VN tháng 9 năm 1992, là việc mà lúc đó nhiều người cho là “không thể.”

The passing of Phil Grub, my Professor, Academic Advisor, and Friend

I recently learned of the passing of my Professor, Academic Advisor and Friend, Phil Grub (picture ) who succumbed to cancer on April 14, 2008. Phil was a unique American who had the ability to sport and develop talent, especially from the developing world. He took a particular interest in my education at the George Washington University School of Business, Washington DC.

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Jim Finkle, Christopher Bing, Reuters

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A senior U.S. intelligence official said on Tuesday that Chinese cyber activity in the United States had risen in recent months, targeting critical infrastructure in what may be attempts to lay the groundwork for future disruptive attacks.

“You worry they are prepositioning against critical infrastructure and trying to be able to do the types of disruptive operations that would be the most concern,” National Security Agency official Rob Joyce said at a Wall Street Journal cybersecurity conference.

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3-14 December 2018, Katowice, Poland – In its latest report, WHO highlights health as the biggest issue to be prioritized during COP-24 and provides key recommendations to the negotiators on how to maximize the health benefits of tackling climate change and avoid the worse health impacts of this global challenge.

Although there has been hugely positive progress in tackling health and climate change issues, there is a still a long way to go. Millions of people are still exposed to air pollution globally, resulting in 7 million premature deaths every year; 3 billion people still lack access to clean and reliable energy; and nearly a quarter of all deaths worldwide result from people having to live or work in unhealthy environments.

Unless significant changes are made and stronger action taken, we are risk of failing to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement and the SDGs.

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Bloomberg.com

Countries are discovering that the promise of Xi Jinping’s signature infrastructure program is too good to be true.

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