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[Opinion] Resources for Covid-19 abuse victims 'insufficient'

Support services for victims and witnesses, the police and other relevant authorities are stretched to the limits because of staff shortages, travel restrictions or other demands related to Covid-19.




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[Stakeholder] Time to reinvent our Union, learning from Schuman's courage

70 years later, after decades of comparative peace, todays European Union - perhaps the world's greatest experiment in state integration - finds itself at a crossroads.




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Germany’s Clean Electricity Costs Decline for First Time

German electricity consumers will for the first time see a drop in the fee added to their bills to fund renewables, a boost for Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has pledged to curb the cost for voters.




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Carbon Emissions Stop Rising for First Time in 40 Years

Global emissions were unchanged last year, the first time that’s happened amid economic growth in four decades, according to the International Energy Agency.




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The Next Event on God’s Prophetic Timetable (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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The Next Event on God’s Prophetic Timetable, Part 2 (1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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The Character of the Pastor (1 Timothy 6:11-14)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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The Work of the Word (Fiftieth Anniversary Celebration) (2 Timothy 3:16-4:5)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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Confessing Christ (1 Timothy 3:16)

Check here each week to keep up with the latest from John MacArthur's pulpit at Grace Community Church.




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EWC Community Saddened by Passing of Center's First Leader, Longtime Arts Coordinator

The East-West Center community is saddened by news of the recent passing of the Center’s first leader, Murray Turnbull, and longtime arts and exhibits coordinator Jeanette "Benji" Bennington.

"Murray Turnbull was the father of the concept of bringing the young people of the Asia Pacific region together, and the East-West Center was established because of him," said EWC President Charles E. Morrison. "And Benji was an incredible, invaluable resource during her decades of service at the Center. She embodied the EWC spirit, and her legacy remains with us all.”




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EWC Students from South Pacific and Timor-Leste Gain U.S. Insight, Experience Through 2015 D.C. Internships

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2015) – Nine college students from the Pacific Islands and Timor-Leste who are studying in Hawai‘i on East-West Center-administered scholarships are wrapping up six-week internships in Washington, D.C. designed to offer them professional experience and help expand their understanding of American society.




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In a time of lockdown, street art is taking on a new shape

Londoners locked out of galleries can find an alternative art fix on a wall under some railway arches after street artist Lionel Stanhope painted a Caravaggio classic, updated for the novel coronavirus




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Hedge funds and UK management vehicles: a cheat-sheet for first-time managers

  The path to establishing a UK management entity for an offshore fund branches off in all manner of directions. One of the first crossroads faced by the first-time manager is the choice of UK management vehicle. Their decision has significan...




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At what point in time is permission needed for landlord’s access?

New Crane Wharf Freehold Ltd v Jonathan Mark Dovener [2019] UKUT 98 (LC) A lease covenant requiring the tenant defendant, Mr Dovener, to “permit” its landlord “…at al...




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Time for Class Actions in Scotland?

Scottish Parliament brings forward Bill to introduce new “group proceedings” procedure in Scotland The Civil Litigation (Expenses and Group Proceedings) (Scotland) Bill (the ‘Bill’) is currently making its way through the Sco...




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Lawbite: Time after Time

Palo Alto Limited, Peter Weiss and David Hedges v Alnor Estates Limited [2018] UKUT 0231 (TCC) The Upper Tribunal has approved the First-Tier Tribunal’s decision to rectify leases which a landlord, Alnor Estates, had inadvertently granted for ...




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The Ultimate Italian Tiramisu

This decadent classic Italian dessert is sure to please everyone! This is the perfect dessert to serve for any special occasions. VIDEO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lLEG7lhixI -- posted by CLUBFOODY




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Time Magazine Calls Weekly Program on Khmer Rouge Trial a ‘Sleeper Hit’ in Cambodia

Time Magazine Calls Weekly Program on Khmer Rouge Trial a ‘Sleeper Hit’ in Cambodia

Click image to view "Dutch on Trial" program.

With up to 3 million viewers each week, “Duch on Trial” program provides many with primary source of information on the international tribunal

 




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East-West Center Awarded $992,000 for Timor-Leste and South Pacific Scholarship Programs

East-West Center Awarded $992,000 for Timor-Leste and South Pacific Scholarship Programs
HONOLULU (Nov. 18) -- The East-West Center (EWC) received two grants of $496,000 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the U.S.- Timor-Leste   (USTL) and U.S.- South Pacific (USSP) Scholarship Programs. These programs aim to develop a corps of leaders who will contribute to political, economic, and social development in their home countries and strengthen relations with the United States.




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New EWC Alumni Chapters in Aceh and Timor-Leste Extend Center’s Outreach

New EWC Alumni Chapters in Aceh and Timor-Leste Extend Center’s Outreach
HONOLULU (Aug. 7) — The East-West Center Association (EWCA) recently established two new alumni chapters in Southeast Asia.  The new chapters located in Aceh, Indonesia and Dili, Timor-Leste (East Timor) raises the number of chapters in the EWCA global network to 46.




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Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Participate in East-West Center Discussion Panel

Timor-Leste's Minister of Foreign Affairs to Participate in East-West Center Discussion Panel
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HONOLULU (April 30) -- Zacarias Albano da Costa, Foreign Affairs Minister of Timor-Leste (East Timor), will participate in a free public panel discussion at the East-West Center on the morning of Monday, May 5, along with U.S. Ambassador to Timor-Leste Hans G. Klemm, and Constâncio C. Pinto, acting Chargé d'Affaires of Timor-Leste’s embassy in the U.S.




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EWC Awarded $970,000 for Timor-Leste and South Pacific Scholarship Programs

HONOLULU (Jan. 6, 2012) -- The East-West Center has received two grants totaling $970,000 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to support the U.S.- Timor-Leste and U.S.- South Pacific Scholarship Programs over a five year period. These programs aim to develop a corps of leaders who will contribute to political, economic and social development in their home countries and strengthen relations with the United States.

“By investing in tertiary education through initiatives like these, the United States is helping to foster prosperity, good governance, the rule of law, journalistic freedom, and human rights in the Asia Pacific region,” said Terance Bigalke, EWC’s Director of Education.




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EWC Receives $458,000 to Improve HIV Estimation and Projection Tools

HONOLULU (May 4, 2012) – The East-West Center (EWC) has been awarded a contract for $458,276 from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) to provide technical and financial support for the development and refinement of HIV/AIDS Incidence Estimation in the Spectrum software under the guidance of the UNAIDS Reference Group on HIV/AIDS Estimates, Modeling and Projection. Spectrum is a suite of policy models that provide policymakers with analytical tools to support decision making processes.




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Timor Leste Election Observers Praise ‘Efficient and Transparent’ Voting

HONOLULU (July 16, 2012) – An international delegation of election observers who monitored the July 7 national parliamentary elections in Timor Leste has issued a preliminary statement congratulating the people of the that country for “an open and spirited electoral process… that generated high voter interest.”




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East-West Center to Conduct Media Programs in Burma for the First Time

HONOLULU (Feb. 21, 2013) – In the coming year, the East-West Center is planning to conduct two of its signature media exchange programs in Burma (also called Myanmar). It is the first time the Center will be bringing its internationally recognized media seminars to the country, which has recently relaxed its former strict government censorship of the press.

In June, the Center will bring its distinguished Jefferson Fellowships program for Asia Pacific and U.S. journalists to Burma’s main city of Yangon as part of their study tour focusing on leadership changes in Asia Pacific. The journalists will have an opportunity to engage with Yangon's emerging media sector and ­– in another first for the fellowship –­ help provide professional training and regional perspectives to local journalists.




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Jefferson Fellowships Journalists' Exchange Visiting Myanmar for the First Time

YANGON, MYANMAR (June 25, 2013) -- Sixteen distinguished journalists from 10 Asia Pacific nations, including the U.S., are currently visiting Myanmar on a study tour, as the East-West Center brings its internationally recognized Jefferson Fellowships journalists’ exchange program to the country for the first time in the program’s 46-year history.




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East-West Center Welcomes New Diplomat-In-Residence, Tim Neely

HONOLULU (Sept. 19, 2013) – – Timothy Neely, a 26-year veteran of the U.S. Foreign Service, has joined the East-West Center as Diplomat-in-Residence. He will be posted at the Center until June 2014.

Specializing in economic, environmental, science and technology issues, Neely’s overseas assignments have included Guangzhou, Kaohsiung, Beijing, Taipei, Manila, and New Delhi, while his domestic assignments have included textile negotiations with East Asia and Pacific nations, and U.S. representation to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation organization.  Most recently, Tim headed the Environment, Science and Technology Affairs office at the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi.




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East-West Center Students from South Pacific and Timor Leste Gain U.S. Insight, Experience Through D.C. Internships

WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 16, 2014) -- Thirteen college students from the Pacific Islands and Timor Leste who are studying in Hawai‘i on East-West Center-administered scholarships are currently in Washington, D.C. on six-week internships designed to offer them professional experience and help expand their understanding of American society.

USSP and USTL participants meet with Ms. Julia Findlay of the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs.

 




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Coronavirus - FAQ short-time work - Germany

What is short-time work? One is speaking about short-time work when working hours and correspondingly also remuneration are temporarily reduced due to a considerable loss of work. Short-time work is introduced in an establishment if full capacity u...




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Challenging times in the new regulatory regime – when and how to challenge the OfS

Two years in, the way OfS is exercising its powers is really starting to shape the sector. The dynamics between an institution and its regulators can be complicated but getting the relationship right is ever more critical for any institution to thri...




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IHC HR e-briefing 99: EU prompts complete rethink of Working Time Directive

The EU Commission has today taken the first step towards a comprehensive review of the Working Time Directive (WTD). This is despite last year's failure to agree changes to the treatment of on-call time or amendments to the 48 hou...




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IHC HR e-briefing 100: the right to request time off for training or study the right to request time off for training or study

From today, a new right for employees to request time off work to undertake training or study applies to all businesses in England, Scotland or Wales with 250 or more employees. For employers familiar with the right to requ...




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Lawbite: Changing with the times – refusing consent to residential use

Sequent Nominees Ltd (formerly Rotrust Nominees Ltd) v Hautford Ltd [2019] UKSC 47 The Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the two lower courts and held that a landlord was reasonable to withhold its consent to the tenant’s applicatio...




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Time to pay one’s DEWS

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Lack of costs advice or estimates results in solicitors’ invoice being heavily reduced

Dunbar v Virgo Consultancy Services Limited [2019] EWHC B12 (Costs) Mr Dunbar instructed law firm Virgo Consultancy to assist a Greek legal team with a defence of his son, in a serious criminal offences action brought against him in Crete. A deposit...




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Coronavirus – Functioning of courts: impact of COVID-19 on procedural time limits and functioning of courts in the Russian Federation - Russia

By Decree No. 206 On Declaring Non-Working Days in the Russian Federation dated 25 March 2020 ("Decree No. 206") the President of the Russian Federation announced that from 30 March 2020 until 3 April 2020 would be considered non-working days in the...




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Daughter of Uyghur Historian Questions Legitimacy of State Media Video Denying His Detention

Iminjan Seydin appeared in a video praising the government after he was missing for three years.




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Work in the time of Covid - an overview of potential EL liability in a pandemic

UK goes into ‘Lockdown’ The current lockdown arises as a result of The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020. Broadly, this legislation restricts the movement of people to ‘essential journeys&rsqu...




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Insolvency in times of COVID-19

The restrictions on economic life imposed by COVID-19 have not only triggered a veritable economic crisis, but have simply deprived many companies of their livelihood. While there is no income, expenses continue to run, so that in some cases insolve...




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Eversheds Sutherland advised Optimas OE Solutions

Eversheds Sutherland advised Optimas OE Solutions on the sale of part of its French business relating to certain industrial customers to Accursia Capital GmbH. This transaction took place in the context of the sale of other distinct parts of the Opt...




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Legal Compass: General meetings in times of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated "lockdown" poses completely new challenges for Swiss companies. This concerns, among other things, the numerous upcoming annual general meetings, which are usually held between April and June. According to th...




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Webinar: Navigating Lockdown and Beyond - Practical steps to support ourselves and others through a unique time

Eversheds Sutherland were delighted to partner with Women in ETFs for a one hour webinar 'Navigating Lockdown and Beyond - Practical steps to support ourselves and others through a unique time' on 30 April. The presentation was delivered by Á...




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Markus Naef: new Partner with Eversheds Sutherland and Brigadier General with the Swiss Armed Forces, currently National Coordinator for procurement in times of COVID-19

Eversheds Sutherland is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Partner in the fields of data protection and IT law. As an attorney and 2012 certified Senior Project Manager IPMA Level B, Markus Naef advises companies on legal safeguards and ex...




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Tax residence and permanent establishments in the time of Covid-19

Where do I lay my hat? Tax residence and permanent establishments in the time of Covid-19 Read the article here > This article was first published in Taxation on 9 April 2020....




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Brazil's Real recovers slightly on commodities market optimism

Brazil's Real firmed for the first time this week, bouncing from last session's all-time lows, while most other Latin American currencies also strengthened on Friday on signs of easing tensions between the United States and China.




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Akwa Ibom intercepts dead body of COVID-19 victim from Lagos

The Akwa Ibom State government has disclosed that its task force has intercepted a corpse of a COVID-19 victim being smuggled into the State from Lagos State. The Commissioner of Health in the State, Dr. Dominic Ukpong, made the revelation, adding that the corpse has been buried in accordance with the COVID-19 regulations. Ukpong spoke […]

Akwa Ibom intercepts dead body of COVID-19 victim from Lagos




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Mortuary congestion: Ondo threatens mass burial for corpses, gives 30-day ultimatum

The Ondo State Government has given a month ultimatum for concern residents of the state to evacuate the corpses of their loved ones from morgues operated by the government for decent burial or risk being given mass burial. The state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, who disclosed this on Saturday, stated that the move […]

Mortuary congestion: Ondo threatens mass burial for corpses, gives 30-day ultimatum




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Maritime Varsity: Ugborodo Community Dumps Warri Kingdom, Supports Okerenkeko Location … Alleges Olu of Warri Trying To Cause Fresh Crisis

Nigeria (Blank NEWS Online) –:  The people of Ugborodo Community in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State have said that they are satisfied with the current  location […]




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Punitive Damage Soon to Rise to Full Triple from up to 3 Times...FTC Chairman

Kim Sang-jo, Chairman of the Fair Trade Commission, said, "Our commission will soon announce plans to stop the practice of large companies using technology of small enterprises without proper compensation." He held a press conference on August 13 at the Sejong government complex in relation to his agency's bid to root out unfair practices in the retail industry and said, "The biggest obstacle for small- and medium-sized enterprises for their further development is the uneven relationship with...




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Oil Refiners See Good Times ahead due to Rising Oil Prices

International oil prices have hit a record high in seven months as they went up over US$50 a barrel. The domestic oil refining sector raised its hopes of improving their profitability in the third quarter after suffering poor results for two consecutive quarters. The spot price for Dubai crude as compiled by the Korea National Oil Corp. was $53.64 a barrel on September 16, up by 7 cents from the previous day. This is the highest level since February this year when the figure was $54.39. ...