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Trump Proposes Palestinian State with Capital in Eastern Jerusalem
JUMADA ALTHANI 4, 1441 AH WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 28 Pages Max 21º Min 07º 150 Fils Established 1961 ISSUE NO: 18047 The First Daily in the Arabian Gulf www.kuwaittimes.net Kuwait celebrates 14th Defying US, Britain approves Syria regime forces recapture Federer saves seven match 3 year of Amir’s reign 11 restricted 5G role for Huawei 24 most of key rebel-held town 28 points to set up Djokovic semi Trump proposes Palestinian state with capital in eastern Jerusalem White House map shows borders • Oman, UAE, Bahrain envoys attend announcement WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump yester- plan proposed by Trump. “The vision provides for a day proposed creation of a Palestinian state with a cap- demilitarized Palestinian state living peacefully along- Amir attends flag-hoisting event ital in eastern Jerusalem, dependent on Palestinians tak- side Israel, with Israel retaining security responsibility ing steps to become self-governing, in an effort to west of the Jordan River,” it said in a statement. achieve a peace breakthrough in their decades of con- The White House also released its proposal for the flict with Israel. “Today, Israel takes a big step towards future borders of Israeli and Palestinian states. The map peace,” Trump told a White House news conference, shows the West Bank area containing some 15 Israeli standing alongside visiting Israeli Prime Minister settlements, connected to the Gaza Strip area by only a Benjamin Netanyahu as he revealed key points of the tunnel. This would technically fulfill Trump’s promise of a plan already strongly rejected by the Palestinians. -
Pandemic, Economy and Response Mechanism: an Overview
Policy Review Pandemic, Economy and Response Mechanism: An overview Sana Malik and Ali Rehmat July 2020 Abstract This policy review presents an overall overview of COVID-19 pandemic impact on health and economy in developed and developing countries. Besides, it highlights the key responses and measures taken so far to control the spread of the diseases. The COVID-19 pandemic seems to impact economy so hard that the global growth could be as low as 2%, along with drop in trade from 13% to 32%. In the US only, 22 million people applied for unemployment benefits. In Europe, services sector has crashed as lockdowns caused businesses closures. Similarly, Spain, France, and Germany have all recorded the lowest readings in their business surveys. In Pakistan, more than 25% of the population lives below the poverty line; it is estimated that poverty shall increase from 75 million to around 130 million in case of protracted lockdown. Moreover, the absence of universal health coverage may also force people to sell their possessions or get loans from informal moneylenders at manipulative rates. In this chaotic situation, the government should allocate more money for its health budget. Pakistan should take steps towards practical policies to tackle the further impact of COVID-19. Pakistan should keep digital database of all sorts of labourers (formal and informal) as it will help the government reach the poor and needy segments of the communities on time. Contents 1. Introduction 2. Methodology 3. Literature Review 3.1 Impact of COVID-19 on developed economies 3.2 Impact of COVID-19 on developing economies 4. -
Battle Against the Bug Asia’S Ght to Contain Covid-19
Malaysia’s political turmoil Rohingyas’ grim future Parasite’s Oscar win MCI(P) 087/05/2019 Best New Print Product and Best News Brand in Asia-Pacic, International News Media Association (INMA) Global Media Awards 2019 Battle against the bug Asia’s ght to contain Covid-19 Countries race against time to contain the spread of coronavirus infections as fears mount of further escalation, with no sign of a vaccine or cure yet WE BRING YOU SINGAPORE AND THE WORLD UP TO DATE IN THE KNOW News | Live blog | Mobile pushes Web specials | Newsletters | Microsites WhatsApp | SMS Special Features IN THE LOOP ON THE WATCH Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Videos | FB live | Live streams To subscribe to the free newsletters, go to str.sg/newsletters All newsletters connect you to stories on our straitstimes.com website. Data Digest Bats: furry friends or calamitous carriers? SUPPOSEDLY ORIGINATING IN THE HUANAN WHOLESALE On Jan 23, a team led by coronavirus specialist Shi Zheng-Li at Seafood Market in Wuhan, the deadly Covid-19 outbreak has the Wuhan Institute of Virology, reported on life science archive opened a pandora’s box around the trade of illegal wildlife and bioRxiv that the Covid-19 sequence was 96.2 per cent similar to the sale of exotic animals. a bat virus and had 79.5 per cent similarity to the coronavirus Live wolf pups, civets, hedgehogs, salamanders and crocodiles that caused severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars). were among many listed on an inventory at one of the market’s Further findings in the Chinese Medical Journal also discovered shops, said The Guardian newspaper. -
Situation Report #27: COVID-19
Situation Report #27: COVID-19 Ministry of Health | Health System Emergency Management Branch February 21, 2020 Situation: • Case counts as of February 21, 2020: • o China: 75,467 cases; 2,237 deaths o Asia & Oceania: 1,231 cases; 9 deaths (Philippines, Hong Kong (2), Japan, Taiwan, Diamond Princess (2), South Korea (2)) o Europe: 50 cases; 1 death (France) o Middle East: 28 cases; 4 deaths (Iran) o Africa: Egypt (1 case) o North America: United States (34 cases), Canada (9 cases) • In Ontario, there are 12 persons under investigation with lab results pending. • To date, there are no COVID-19 positive cases among the repatriated Canadians from Wuhan currently under quarantine at CFB Trenton. Actions Taken: • Patient and Visitor signage that was distributed last week is now available on the ministry’s website. • The first group of repatriated citizens who were evacuated from Wuhan have now been released from quarantine. • The ministry continues to work with federal and local partners to support the remaining repatriated citizens finishing their quarantine at CFB Trenton. • A flight carrying passengers who were on the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in Japan have arrived in Cornwall and have begun their 14 day quarantine period. EMAT staff are present to support primary care and the ministry is working with local health system partners to support these repatriated citizens. • Case and contact management is underway for passengers who were on board MS Westerdam and have returned to Canada via commercial routes. • • There has been a national reassessment of the risk level of passengers on the MS Westerdam cruise ship. -
Guarding Against the Invisible Enemy
GUARDING AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY Lian Zhimin, Arvinder Singh, Rayna Tan & Tan Chermel Immigration & Checkpoints Authority ABSTRACT The emergence of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) prompted many countries to impose stringent border control measures to mitigate the risk of importation of the infectious disease. Singapore was no exception. To guard against the invisible enemy, the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) implemented tighter border control measures within a short span of time, constantly adjusting them to mitigate the fluid situation. As the global situation worsened, Singapore took the unprecedented step of closing its borders to short- term visitors. ICA also had to conduct heightened clearance operations for dedicated flights that brought home stranded Singapore residents from around the world. In anticipation of a protracted fight against COVID-19, ICA leveraged technology and fine-tuned its operational processes to alleviate the workload of the frontline officers. Beyond the borders, ICA was also responsible for implementing and enforcing the Stay-Home-Notice (SHN) regime to minimise the risk of community spread from residents returning from overseas. Many ICA officers also volunteered to be part of the Forward Assurance and Support Teams (FAST) at migrant worker dormitories to enforce Circuit Breaker Measures. This article documents ICA’s response to COVID-19 as guardians of our borders, protecting more than just a line on the map. It also describes how ICA adjusted a border control regime primarily designed to deal with security threats to manage COVID-19, providing a glimpse of border control in a post-COVID-19 world. FROM KEEPING OUT SECURITY THREATS TO checkpoints. -
GHSN Quarterly Newsletter
GHSN Quarterly Newsletter Q4 July 2021 In this Issue • Welcome • GHS2022 Update • GHS Innovation Week • Latest Global Health Meetings • Latest Health Security News • GHSN Sponsors Welcome Our Mission We are now halfway through 2021 and countries are continuing Our mission is to create an international to focus on dealing with COVD-19 outbreaks within their nations. community of academics, scientists and policy- Many countries have successfully implemented fast acting makers who seek to share their knowledge and vaccination programs to attempt to handle the increase in cases research on global health security. daily. We encourage free thinking and support those However, the World Health Organisation has warned that in that wish to make a meaningful impact to order to defeat the virus the whole world must be committed to improve the health and well-being of all people ensuring access to vaccines for all nations in particular LMIC globally. regions. Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus The GHSN community is an opportunity to expressed “Vaccine equity is the challenge of our time, and we engage with members, sharing their ideas are failing.” through the Association and at GHSN events The GHSN Board of Directors have endorsed and signed the WHO around the world. Vaccine Equity Declaration and encourage our members to also pledge their support to this vital cause. GHS 2022 Moves Overseas! In May this year, the Australian Government announced during the 2021 Federal Budget that Australia’s International borders would remain closed until at least mid-2022. These revised timelines were contingent on numerous elements, in particular the vaccine roll-out, which has sadly made holding the GHS 2022 conference in Sydney in June no longer viable. -
Immigration Restriction Summary 20210329
Destination Entry restrictions Entry restrictions Foreign nationals Exemptions - Nationals or residents of Cambodia - Diplomats and officials of foreign embassies and international organizations (including family members holding the Diplomatic Visa Type A and Official Visa Type B) - Holders of business visa - Holders of visa class “K” (permanent visa) Additional entry requirements All travellers must provide: - A medical certificate, issued by a competent health authority of resident country no more than 72 hours prior to the date of travel, certifying they have not tested positive for COVID-19 - (Foreign nationals only)Apply Validation Application On Payment Guarantee/Invitation (http://www.registrationservices.gov.kh/) or have proof of an insurance policy (for more details, please go to https: Cambodia(Siem Reap) //www.forteinsurance.com/covid-19-insurance/ Visa policies The following visa policies are suspended: - Tourist visa - e-Visa - Visa on arrival Quarantine policies - ALL travellers (including Cambodian Nationals) are subjected to 14 days quarantine - Investors-businesspersons, company staffs, experts, skilled workers, technicians and family members who are sponsored / invited by CEO or a major shareholder of company operating and located in Cambodia can stay at hotels designated by Cambodia government while waiting for test result. 14-day quarantine may be required - All other foreign travellers are required to wait at reception centre for COVID-19 test result and will be subjected to COVID-19 testing and 14-day quarantine Entry -
General Assembly Official Records Seventy-Fifth Session
United Nations A/75/ PV.12 General Assembly Official Records Seventy-fifth session 12th plenary meeting Saturday, 26 September 2020, 9 a.m. New York President: Mr. Bozkir ........................................... (Turkey) The meeting was called to order at 9 a.m. Minister for Finance and Economic Development of the Republic of Mauritius. Agenda item 8 (continued) Mr. Koonjul (Mauritius): It is my distinct honour General debate to introduce a pre-recorded statement by the honourable Address by Mr. Narendra Modi, Prime Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of the Minister of the Republic of India Republic of Mauritius. The President: I give the floor to the representative The President: The Assembly will now hear an of India to introduce an address by the Prime Minister address by the Prime Minister, Minister for Home of India. Affairs, External Communications and National Mr. Tirumurti (India): It is my singular honour to Development Unit, and Minister for Finance and introduce the pre-recorded address of the Honourable Economic Development of the Republic of Mauritius. Prime Minister of India, Mr. Narendra Modi. A pre-recorded video statement was shown in The President: The Assembly will now hear an the General Assembly Hall (annex II and see address by the Prime Minister of the Republic of India. A/75/592/Add.8). A pre-recorded video statement was shown in Address by Mr. Xavier Espot Zamora, Head of the General Assembly Hall (annex I and see Government of the Principality of Andorra A/75/592/Add.8). The President: I give the floor to the representative Address by Mr. -
NBC: 4% Economic Growth in 2021
FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 2021 Intelligent . In-depth . Independent Issue Number 3575 / 4000 RIEL NBC: 4% economic growth in 2021 May Kunmakara Inflation is expected to remain be- growth recovery in Cambodia’s eco- is very important to strengthen the The advent of oil production will low three per cent, a “manageable nomic partners and the strengthen- growth base of domestic activity.” provide the Kingdom another source HE National Bank of Cambo- low” which the NBC is optimistic ing of the local economic base. According to the NBC, agriculture of funds for the national budget and dia (NBC) on December 31 it can ensure through a “stable ex- “In this context, further strength- will remain a vital and high-poten- the future development of priority forecast that the Kingdom’s change rate” and an “increased main- ening of domestic economic activity tial sector that could absorb some sectors, it added. economic growth will return tenance of international reserves”. will support and reduce the impact of the economic fallout stemming World Bank country manager for Tto four per cent growth this year if The NBC said: “International fi- on Cambodia’s economic growth from the crisis, such as unemploy- Cambodia Inguna Dobraja in mid- Covid-19 vaccines can successfully nancial institutions have forecast due to the external downturn. ment or support for the poor. December said challenges remain for curtail the spread in the first half. that Cambodia’s economic growth “Therefore, the continued imple- Accelerating the diversification of the Kingdom and Covid-19 has cre- The central bank’s forecast published rate could reach four-to-6.8 per cent mentation of government policies to the economic base and the imple- ated a need to scale up job creation in its Macroeconomic and Banking [in 2021]. -
The Impact of Covid-19 Pandemic: National and Regional Implications
ASEAN’s External Cooperation in a Global Pandemic: An Expansion of the Concept of National Security The Implications of Covid-19 Pandemic: National and Regional Responses 1 1 THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 PANDEMIC: NATIONAL AND REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS Published by Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Cambodia Edited by Pich Charadine Robert Hör ASEAN’s External Cooperation in a Global Pandemic: An Expansion of the Concept of National Security The Implications of Covid-19 Pandemic: National and Regional Responses ABOUT CAMBODIAN INSTITUTE FOR COOPERATION AND PEACE The Cambodian Institute for Cooperation and Peace (CICP), founded in 1994, is a neutral, non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan foreign policy think-tank institution based in Phnom Penh. CICP has undertaken various activities to promote and stimulate policy dialogue including organizing public forums, conducting research, distributing publications, participating in international conferences and widening networks, directing skills training, disseminating information, and formulating policy recommendations that are well presented to policymakers at both national and regional frameworks. We aspire to become a leading institution in Cambodia that dedicates to the study of political, security, social, and economic trends in Cambodia and the region of Southeast Asia as a whole, with the aim to cultivate broader interests among the scholarly community, policymakers, and the public at large, in order to facilitate the search for viable policy-based solutions -
Fighting COVID-19: East Asian Responses to the Pandemic
Fighting COVID-19: East Asian Responses to the Pandemic POLICY PAPER APRIL 2020 Fighting COVID-19: East Asian Responses to the Pandemic POLICY PAPER – APRIL 2020 ABOUT THE AUTHORS • Mathieu Duchâtel, Director of the Asia Program Dr. Mathieu Duchâtel is Director of the Asia Program at Institut Montaigne since January 2019. Before joining the Institute he was Senior Policy Fellow and Deputy Director of the Asia and China Program at the European Council of Foreign Relations (2015-2018), Senior Researcher and the Representative in Beijing of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (2011-2015), Research Fellow with Asia Centre in Paris (2007-2011) and Associate Researcher based in Taipei with Asia Centre (2004-2007). He holds a Ph.D in political science from the Institute of Political Studies (Sciences Po, Paris). He has spent a total of nine years in Shanghai (Fudan University), Taipei (National Chengchi University) and Beijing and has been visiting scholar at the School of International Studies of Peking University in 2011/2012 and the Japan Institute of International Affairs in 2015. His latest research note, Europe and 5G: the Huawei Case – part 2, was published in June 2019. There is no desire more natural • François Godement, Senior Advisor for Asia than the desire for knowledge Prof. François Godement is Senior Advisor for Asia to Institut Montaigne, Paris. He is also a non-resident Senior Associate of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., and an external consultant for the Policy Planning Staff of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Until December 2018, he was the Director of ECFR’s Asia & China Program and a Senior Policy Fellow at ECFR. -
Carnival Consolidated Complaint
Case 1:20-cv-22202-KMM Document 52 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/17/2020 Page 1 of 116 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Master File No. 1:20-cv-22202-KMM IN RE CARNIVAL CORP. CONSOLIDATED CLASS ACTION SECURITIES LITIGATION COMPLAINT [CORRECTED] CLASS ACTION DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Hon. K. Michael Moore Case 1:20-cv-22202-KMM Document 52 Entered on FLSD Docket 12/17/2020 Page 2 of 116 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page(s) I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................. 2 II. JURISDICTION AND VENUE ....................................................................................... 10 III. PARTIES .......................................................................................................................... 11 A. Lead Plaintiffs ....................................................................................................... 11 B. Named Plaintiff ..................................................................................................... 11 C. Defendants ............................................................................................................ 11 IV. DEFENDANTS’ FRAUDULENT SCHEME .................................................................. 13 A. Background On Carnival ...................................................................................... 13 B. Throughout Its History, Carnival Has Touted Its Commitment To Ensuring Passengers’ Safety And Security ..........................................................