ru24.pro
News in English
Июль
2024

Новости за 28.07.2024

UN expert praises Thai plans to stem banking for Myanmar’s arms trade

Voice of America 

Bangkok — The United Nations’ special rapporteur on human rights in Myanmar, Tom Andrews, has told VOA he welcomes Thailand’s plans for a task force to help Thai banks vet business with Myanmar’s military regime for possible arms deals. Thailand announced the task force last week, nearly a month after a report by Andrews exposed the lead role Thailand’s banks have taken in financing arms purchases for the military regime that ousted Myanmar’s elected government in 2021. The civil war that has followed has claimed thousands of civilian lives. Читать дальше...

Google can pull the plug at any time.

Chicago Sun-Times 

Thursday I snapped awake at 2:30 a.m. And not groggy awake, either, but a super-focused awake that I suspected had something to do with the sleep aid I'd tried, sent by a Chicago company hoping for publicity. I will do them a favor and not get more specific, except to note their "vanilla lavender sleep latte" contains valerian root. It's supposed to be a sedative but can also cause insomnia. Big time. At 3 a.m. I gave up, padded upstairs, and logged onto my computer.

Читать дальше...

Paris Olympics: Rower Joanie Delgaco stays in medal contention

Sports.inquirer.net 

MANILA, Philippines — Joanie Delgaco kept her medal hopes alive in the Paris Olympics 2024 after dominating the repechage 1 on Sunday (Manila time) at National Olympic Nautical Stadium in France. The Filipino rower had no time to dwell on her tough setback of missing an outright quarterfinal berth in Heat 2 less than 24