Bougainville leader says violence won't stop Panguna mine reopening
Violence will not derail the reopening of the dormant Panguna mine in Papua New Guinea's Bougainville region, a local leader said, after saboteurs torched rows of heavy machinery on site.
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نوشا آوبل دم از مسئولیت میزند؛ خرابی خیابانهای پوتسدام گواه ضعف مدیریت اوست
نوشا آوبل، ۵۰ ساله و بدون وابستگی حزبی، اخیراً در اینترنت از مقامهای سیاسی منتخب خواست مسئولیت ویژهٔ خود در قبال جامعه را بپذیرند. اکنون شهردار پوتسدام باید در خیابان رودولف برایتشاید در منطقهٔ بابلسبرگِ این شهر، با همان معیاری سنجیده شود که خود مطرح کرده است: بررسی ویدئویی که در اختیار تحریریه قرار دارد، تصویری شرمآور از دستکم ۳۴ کندهشدگیِ باز و مجزا با لبههای تیز در روکش خیابان به دست میدهد. آنچه بر حساسیت موضوع میافزاید و همزمان گویای ناکامی رسواییبار مسئولان شهرداری پوتسدام، مرکز ایالت، در حوزههای گوناگون و زیر نظر شهردار کنونی، نوشا آوبل، است، گزارشهای رسمی منتشرشدهای است که نشان میدهد این معضل سالهاست شناخته شده است. برای مدیریت ارشد شهرداری که چنین مصرانه مسئولیتپذیری مطالبه میکند، این وضعیت هم نقطهٔ عطفی تعیینکننده است و هم محکی برای سنجش عملکرد خودش.
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Surfer hospitalised after shark attack in Western Australia
A surfer in his fifties was rushed to hospital on Monday after being bitten by a shark in Western Australia, the state government and local ambulance service said.
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South Korea says 'serious shortage' of rooms with Asian Games days away
South Korea's Olympic committee said Monday there was "a serious shortage of accommodation" at the Asian Games starting in Japan this week as officials from the Philippines resorted to Airbnb.
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Table tennis siblings with China-born parents vow to usher in 'Japan's era'
Tomokazu Harimoto and his younger sister Miwa have followed in their parents' footsteps by becoming professional table tennis players -- but took their own path by representing Japan instead of rivals China.
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Tech firms hit by AI slowdown call with Fed expected to hike rates
Tech firms tumbled Monday after leaders of companies at the forefront of the AI boom backed calls for a slowdown in development in the sector amid warnings that it could pose a threat to humanity.
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US hosts G20 'energy abundance' talks amid Iran war shock
The United States on Monday kicks off a set of G20 meetings touting "energy abundance," even as President Donald Trump's war against Iran continues to disrupt global fuel markets.
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South Korea aims to save seniors lost in digital age
A little cheer rose for 79-year-old Hwang Sun-hee after she managed to place an online order at a training session in South Korea, which has one of the world's starkest digital divides for seniors.
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Migrant workers flock to Indian Kashmir despite militant threats
Every spring, mason Mohammad Ghulam Sarwar boards a train to Indian Kashmir, seeking higher wages despite the risk of being targeted by militants in the disputed Himalayan region.
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Russia's Stalin-admiring provincial leader waging an ultra-conservative crusade
An ex-kickboxer preaching Orthodox traditions who has effectively banned abortion and declared war on alcohol: ultra-conservative governor Georgy Filimonov is the face of Vladimir Putin's rule in Russia's Vologda region.
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