LONDON (AP) — One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
Another man described being abducted from home by five men, driven to a prison, and taken to a “torture room” equipped with ropes, iron rods, a bench and buckets of water. There were blood splatters on the wall.
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United Nations, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) By 191 votes of 193 possible, the General Assembly of the United Nations overwhelmingly condemned today the US economic, financial and commercial blockade on Cuba and demanded its end.
Only the US and Israel voted against the Cuban resolution on the Need to Put an End to the Economic, Financial and Commercial Blockade of the United States on Cuba. It’s the 26th times, since 1992, that the international community slams that hostile policy.
A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test. (Photo: REUTERS/US Department of Defense)
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SEOUL/BEIJING: Seoul and Beijing on Tuesday agreed to move beyond a year-long stand-off over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea, a dispute that has been devastating to South Korean businesses that rely on Chinese consumers.
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By MIKE ISAAC and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI OCT. 30, 2017 New York Times
WASHINGTON — Các nhân viên đặc vụ Nga nhắm vào tạo bất hòa trong nhân dân Mỹ phát tán nhiều bản tin kích động tới 126 triệu người dùng Facebook, phát hành hơn 131 ngàn tin nhắn trên Twitter, và tải hơn 1 ngàn videos lên YouTube của Google, theo các báo cáo những công ty này đã soạn mà New York Times (Thời báo New York) nhận được.
Thông tin chi tiết, gửi đến Quốc hội Mỹ hôm thứ hai [30/10/2017] từ các công ty có sản phẩm được sử dụng rộng rãi trên Internet, tới trước chuỗi điều trần tuần này về việc những tác nhân thứ ba đã dùng các mạng xã hội và dịch vụ trực tuyến cách nào để ảnh hưởng đến hằng triệu người Mỹ trước ngày bầu cử tổng thống năm 2016.
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Oct. 27, 2017, at 2:30 p.m.
Japan’s Foreign Minister Taro Kono gives a speech at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, U.S., September 21, 2017. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky Reuters
By David Brunnstrom
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States wants a meeting soon aimed at reviving a four-way dialogue between itself, Japan, India and Australia to deepen security cooperation and coordinate alternatives for regional infrastructure financing to that offered by China, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.
Guardian – Wall Street Journal says the US president called for Guo Wengui’s deportation after casino owner Steve Wynn brought letter from Beijing government
Billionaire Guo Wengui, whom Chinese security agents have tried to restrain from publishing accusatory tweets against the Beijing government. Photograph: Twitter
The centre of the picturesque lakeside town was heavily damaged in a campaign of shelling and aerial bombing.
The Philippines has declared victory over supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in the southern city of Marawi.
Flames rise from damaged buildings after government troops cleared out pro-ISIL groups inside a war-torn area of Marawi City, in the southern Philippines. [Romeo Ranoco/Reuters]
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Ông Hiroya Kawasaki, Chủ tịch kiêm Giám đốc điều hành của Kobe, cúi đầu xin lỗi khi trả lời với báo chí hôm 12-10 ở Tokyo. Ảnh: Reuters
(TBKTSG) – Các sản phẩm công nghiệp của Nhật Bản, gắn mác Made in Japan, lâu nay đã tạo được uy tín về chất lượng và độ tin cậy. Song, danh tiếng này đang bị xói mòn vì hàng loạt những vụ bê bối làm giả dữ liệu của các công ty Nhật trong thời gian qua.
Multiple locations including New York’s subway, Times Square and certain concert venues were identified as targets in the plot that was foiled by an undercover FBI agent. (Photo: AFP/Loic Venance)
MANILA: A Filipino suspect in a thwarted jihadist plot targetting New York City had boasted that his country was “a breeding ground for terrorists”, the US Justice Department said Saturday (Oct 7).
TTCT– Sau 20 năm, mô hình “một quốc gia, hai chế độ” do Đặng Tiểu Bình đề xuất không chỉ là một thử nghiệm chính trị nữa, mà đã là đời sống hằng ngày ở vùng lãnh thổ này.
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| Mối quan hệ giữa Hong Kong và đại lục sau 20 năm vẫn chưa thật sự rõ ràng– scmp.com |
Tuy nhiên, liệu mô hình quản trị nhà nước có một không hai đó có thành công hay không vẫn còn là một câu hỏi lớn.
Chinese imports will raise panel prices
Guardian – Delicacies such as brie and gorgonzola contain ‘too much bacteria’, officials say, sending expats scrambling to buy up remaining stocks
Soft cheeses such as brie are to be banned from being imported into China. Photograph: Cate Gillon/Getty Images
Benjamin Haas in Hong Kong @haasbenjamin
Sunday 10 September 2017 01.05 EDT
Soft European cheese has fallen on hard times in China. Customs officials have banned a host of soft, mould-ripened cheese for containing “too much bacteria”, with authorities reportedly alarmed the mould contained colonies of bacteria that had not been officially approved.
Guardian- Despite good intentions, Australians and others from western countries are often propping up Asian orphanages that separate children from families. Now there’s new efforts to tackle some of the consequences of ‘voluntourism’
A family in Battambang, Cambodia, supported by the Cambodian Children’s Trust which works to keep families together and stop children going to orphanages. Photograph: Tara Winkler
Al Jazeera – Recent upsurge in violence has forced about 146,000 Rohingya to cross into Bangladesh, according to UN estimates.
About 146,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled from violence in Myanmar since August 25, according to United Nations estimates.
Rohingya refugees walk on the muddy path after crossing the Bangladesh-Myanmar border in Teknaf, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Al Jazeera – Criticism of Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test is voiced around the world from South Korea and the US to China and Russia.
![Pyongyang claimed a "perfect success" with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters]](https://i1.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/9/3/ed94fdac52fe4f739a9c86240a7089b5_18.jpg "World leaders unite in condemnation of North Korea")
Pyongyang claimed a “perfect success” with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters]
President Donald Trump has reacted to what he is calling “a major nuclear test” by North Korea, branding the North “a rogue nation” whose “words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous” to the United States.
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