03.12.2024 11:44 Truong My Lan's life could still be spared if she pays back three-quarters of the assets she embezzled.
03.12.2024 12:00 A stylish love letter to the Ukrainian port charts its transformation from exotic mafia capital to beacon of freedom and, now, battered Russian targetIn 1994 the writer Julian Evans went on a 10-day cruise down the Dnipro River. Ukraine had won its independence three years before. The journey took Evans along an ancient route used by the restless Vikings who established Kyiv. His ship the Viktor Glushkov stopped off at Crimea and Yalta. Its final destination was the glittering Black Sea port of Odesa.Evans was a veteran traveller. Nonetheless, the city was unlike any place I had visited, he writes a country beyond the back of a wardrobe where anything could happen. It had merchants houses, acacia trees, a dandyish 19th-century opera and ballet theatre, and wide neoclassical boulevards. It was ostentatious and self-made. There was kolorit: exoticism and flash. Continue reading... ... 03.12.2024 12:00 From Christmassy Regency houses and steam train rides to the best grub and places to stay, heres how to have a high time in Hants this winterIt is raining and blowing a gale as I flash my UV torch around, searching for lights in the darkness. There, a bright red spider web; here, some luminescent fungi; now a twinkling tortoise, Timothy, sheltering by the wall. I am exploring the gardens of Gilbert Whites House in Selborne, Hampshire, which is holding a light trail with a difference this month.Gilbert White (1720-1793) is considered the father of ecology, one of the first people to observe living creatures in their own habitats, rather than studying dead specimens. He discovered the role of earthworms; developed the idea of the food chain; and identified species including the harvest mouse, noctule bat, chiffchaff, wood warbler and willow warbler. Continue reading... ... 03.12.2024 12:00 Have a plan, know what you want and do the safety checks and be prepared to get up earlyBuying preloved often requires more thought and preparation than buying new, so make time to find the perfect gift. Monica Marriott-Mills, who publishes on TikTok about secondhand style, starts by making a list for each person she needs to buy for. Continue reading... ... 03.12.2024 12:01 EN IMAGES - En raison dun afflux de visiteurs le week-end, la commune du Morbihan invite les touristes ? venir davantage pendant la semaine. Les d?corations traditionnelles ?merveillent de plus en plus de monde.03.12.2024 12:0203.12.2024 12:04 Alors que la municipalit? entend porter ? 800 le nombre dagents dici ? 2026, des disparit?s de r?mun?rations s?ment la discorde dans les rangs des policiers municipaux. Une manifestation devant lh?tel de ville a m?me d?g?n?r?.03.12.2024 12:18 Lhomme a ?t? reconnu coupable dintimidations ? lencontre des maires de l?le. La d?fense le qualifie de prisonnier politique.03.12.2024 12:19 Le chef du gouvernement doit ?voquer avec P?kin la coop?ration ?conomique entre les deux pays.03.12.2024 12:20 La protection de lanimal est menac?e de d?classement. Les pays signataires de la Convention de Berne d?battent sur le statut de cette esp?ce.03.12.2024 12:21 Le pays du soleil levant avait d?j? enregistr? son ?t? le plus chaud cette ann?e.03.12.2024 12:2103.12.2024 12:57 Carmaker, which has faced backlash over rebrand, will reveal production-ready version of Type 00 in late 2025Jaguar unveils much-hyped electric car after online leakClaws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand roadBusiness live latest updatesJaguars design boss has said the car brand has shown fearless creativity as he unveiled a much-hyped electric vehicle that attracted an online backlash over its unusual marketing campaign.Gerry McGovern, who is in charge of design for Jaguars parent company, told a launch event on Monday in Miami: Some may love it now, some may love it later and some may never love it. Thats what fearless creativity does. Continue reading... ... 03.12.2024 12:58 Les organisations de retrait?s d?noncent le projet du gouvernement, sous la menace dune censure, de d?sindexation partielle des pensions en 2025.03.12.2024 12:59 Partis dimanche matin dOuessant, Fran?ois Gabart et ses ?quipiers ont ressenti la nuit derni?re un choc avec un objet non identifi?. Sodebo reste seul ? lassaut du tour du monde en moins de 40 jours03.12.2024 13:10 Durant la nuit, les deux skippers ont distanc? le troisi?me, Yoan Richomme. Le reste de la flotte est encore plus loin.03.12.2024 13:11 Une attaque ?clair des rebelles a permis la conqu?te de la seconde ville syrienne, Alep.03.12.2024 13:15 Truong My Lan must repay three-quarters of $12bn she embezzled from bank in a case that shocked the countryThe Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death penalty for masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal though she could still save her life if she can repay most of the funds she embezzled.Lan, who founded the real-estate developer Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced to death in April for embezzling $12bn (?9.95bn) from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), in a case that shocked the country. Continue reading... ... 03.12.2024 15:03 On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.03.12.2024 15:51 The president of Nomura Securities Co. apologized Tuesday for crimes, including attempted murder, committed by a former employee, pledging to enhance compliance in the Japanese finance giant's wealth management operations to prevent a repeat of a similar incident.
"This is something that should never have happened at a financial institution where customers place their trust in its services," company President Kentaro Okuda said at a press conference. "We will do everything necessary to regain customer trust."
Read full story here03.12.2024 16:27 Antonio Costa, the new president of the European Council, and Kaja Kallas, the new head of European diplomacy, visited Kyiv on Sunday, as soon as they took office. NATO foreign ministers are due to meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday.03.12.2024 16:50 Israel unleashed its largest wave of strikes on Lebanon since the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last week. 03.12.2024 17:00 The rising costs of pet ownership is forcing an increasing number of people to abandon their cats and dogs03.12.2024 17:06 The President-elect will join over 50 world leaders to mark the Paris landmark's reopening some 5 years after a devastating fire. 03.12.2024 17:22 The government and the ruling parties are considering applying a higher income tax exemption threshold from January 2026, in a move to incentivize part-timers to work longer hours amid Japan's labor shortage, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.
The schedule is expected if the government decides on raising the threshold for imposing income tax, currently set at a minimum annual income of 1.03 million ($6,900), in its tax reform plan for the next fiscal year starting April. Related bills will be subsequently deliberated in the Diet for likely enactment around the spring.
Read full story here03.12.2024 17:26 The motion will be debated at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, expected to be followed by a vote later in the evening.03.12.2024 17:44 The deal, which is expected to close in mid-2025, comes during a boom for the private credit space. 03.12.2024 18:08 Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicated Tuesday that his ruling party would endorse members implicated in a slush fund scandal for next year's House of Councillors election, provided they explain themselves in parliament.
The scandal, involving some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers failing to properly report income from fundraising parties, eroded public trust in politics, leading the ruling coalition to lose its majority in the House of Representatives in the Oct. 27 election.
Read full story here03.12.2024 18:23 Far from the billion euros hoped for in 2019, the Saudi-funded heritage fund now stands at just 50 million, all of it earmarked for Paris's Centre Pompidou.03.12.2024 18:43 Parliament voted later in the evening requiring President Yoon to lift the martial law he declared earlier.03.12.2024 19:00 Taft also focused on government efficiency but he knew it sometimes required more bureaucrats and experts.03.12.2024 19:16 Syrian opposition fighters have pushed government forces out of Aleppo and taken control of the city. Страницы: 736737738739740741742743744745746747748749750751752753754755756757758759760761762763764765766767768769770771772773774775776
A stylish love letter to the Ukrainian port charts its transformation from exotic mafia capital to beacon of freedom and, now, battered Russian targetIn 1994 the writer Julian Evans went on a 10-day cruise down the Dnipro River. Ukraine had won its independence three years before. The journey took Evans along an ancient route used by the restless Vikings who established Kyiv. His ship the Viktor Glushkov stopped off at Crimea and Yalta. Its final destination was the glittering Black Sea port of Odesa.Evans was a veteran traveller. Nonetheless, the city was unlike any place I had visited, he writes a country beyond the back of a wardrobe where anything could happen. It had merchants houses, acacia trees, a dandyish 19th-century opera and ballet theatre, and wide neoclassical boulevards. It was ostentatious and self-made. There was kolorit: exoticism and flash. Continue reading... ... 
From Christmassy Regency houses and steam train rides to the best grub and places to stay, heres how to have a high time in Hants this winterIt is raining and blowing a gale as I flash my UV torch around, searching for lights in the darkness. There, a bright red spider web; here, some luminescent fungi; now a twinkling tortoise, Timothy, sheltering by the wall. I am exploring the gardens of Gilbert Whites House in Selborne, Hampshire, which is holding a light trail with a difference this month.Gilbert White (1720-1793) is considered the father of ecology, one of the first people to observe living creatures in their own habitats, rather than studying dead specimens. He discovered the role of earthworms; developed the idea of the food chain; and identified species including the harvest mouse, noctule bat, chiffchaff, wood warbler and willow warbler. Continue reading... ... 
Have a plan, know what you want and do the safety checks and be prepared to get up earlyBuying preloved often requires more thought and preparation than buying new, so make time to find the perfect gift. Monica Marriott-Mills, who publishes on TikTok about secondhand style, starts by making a list for each person she needs to buy for. Continue reading... ... 
Alors que la municipalit? entend porter ? 800 le nombre dagents dici ? 2026, des disparit?s de r?mun?rations s?ment la discorde dans les rangs des policiers municipaux. Une manifestation devant lh?tel de ville a m?me d?g?n?r?.
Lhomme a ?t? reconnu coupable dintimidations ? lencontre des maires de l?le. La d?fense le qualifie de prisonnier politique.
Le chef du gouvernement doit ?voquer avec P?kin la coop?ration ?conomique entre les deux pays.
La protection de lanimal est menac?e de d?classement. Les pays signataires de la Convention de Berne d?battent sur le statut de cette esp?ce.
Le pays du soleil levant avait d?j? enregistr? son ?t? le plus chaud cette ann?e.
Carmaker, which has faced backlash over rebrand, will reveal production-ready version of Type 00 in late 2025Jaguar unveils much-hyped electric car after online leakClaws are out as Jaguar heads down EV rebrand roadBusiness live latest updatesJaguars design boss has said the car brand has shown fearless creativity as he unveiled a much-hyped electric vehicle that attracted an online backlash over its unusual marketing campaign.Gerry McGovern, who is in charge of design for Jaguars parent company, told a launch event on Monday in Miami: Some may love it now, some may love it later and some may never love it. Thats what fearless creativity does. Continue reading... ... 
Les organisations de retrait?s d?noncent le projet du gouvernement, sous la menace dune censure, de d?sindexation partielle des pensions en 2025.
Partis dimanche matin dOuessant, Fran?ois Gabart et ses ?quipiers ont ressenti la nuit derni?re un choc avec un objet non identifi?. Sodebo reste seul ? lassaut du tour du monde en moins de 40 jours
Durant la nuit, les deux skippers ont distanc? le troisi?me, Yoan Richomme. Le reste de la flotte est encore plus loin.
Une attaque ?clair des rebelles a permis la conqu?te de la seconde ville syrienne, Alep.
Truong My Lan must repay three-quarters of $12bn she embezzled from bank in a case that shocked the countryThe Vietnamese property tycoon Truong My Lan has lost her appeal against the death penalty for masterminding a multibillion-dollar fraud scandal though she could still save her life if she can repay most of the funds she embezzled.Lan, who founded the real-estate developer Van Thinh Phat, was sentenced to death in April for embezzling $12bn (?9.95bn) from Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB), in a case that shocked the country. Continue reading... ... 
On Wednesday, the justices will hear the marquee case of the term, a challenge to a Tennessee law banning several forms of medical care for transgender youths.
The president of Nomura Securities Co. apologized Tuesday for crimes, including attempted murder, committed by a former employee, pledging to enhance compliance in the Japanese finance giant's wealth management operations to prevent a repeat of a similar incident.
"This is something that should never have happened at a financial institution where customers place their trust in its services," company President Kentaro Okuda said at a press conference. "We will do everything necessary to regain customer trust."
Read full story here
Antonio Costa, the new president of the European Council, and Kaja Kallas, the new head of European diplomacy, visited Kyiv on Sunday, as soon as they took office. NATO foreign ministers are due to meet in Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Israel unleashed its largest wave of strikes on Lebanon since the 60-day ceasefire went into effect last week. 
The rising costs of pet ownership is forcing an increasing number of people to abandon their cats and dogs
The President-elect will join over 50 world leaders to mark the Paris landmark's reopening some 5 years after a devastating fire. 
The government and the ruling parties are considering applying a higher income tax exemption threshold from January 2026, in a move to incentivize part-timers to work longer hours amid Japan's labor shortage, a source close to the matter said Tuesday.
The schedule is expected if the government decides on raising the threshold for imposing income tax, currently set at a minimum annual income of 1.03 million ($6,900), in its tax reform plan for the next fiscal year starting April. Related bills will be subsequently deliberated in the Diet for likely enactment around the spring.
Read full story here
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba indicated Tuesday that his ruling party would endorse members implicated in a slush fund scandal for next year's House of Councillors election, provided they explain themselves in parliament.
The scandal, involving some Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers failing to properly report income from fundraising parties, eroded public trust in politics, leading the ruling coalition to lose its majority in the House of Representatives in the Oct. 27 election.
Read full story here
Far from the billion euros hoped for in 2019, the Saudi-funded heritage fund now stands at just 50 million, all of it earmarked for Paris's Centre Pompidou.
Taft also focused on government efficiency but he knew it sometimes required more bureaucrats and experts.