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TPP Deputy Secretary-General Osmar Hsu explains how Deloitte's agreement with the party of a whistleblowing platform ended in Taipei Thursday, one day after it was announced. CNA photo Sept. 14, 2023 Taipei, Sept. 14 (CNA) International consultancy company Deloitte on Thursday denied that it withdrew from a contract it signed with the Taiwan People's Party (TPP) to create an online "whistleblowing" system to ensure probity from TPP officials as a result of "political pressure." The TPP announced Thursday Deloitte's termination of the contract, one day after it unveiled the system amid a recent spate of news reports about its members having criminal records or alleged links to criminal gangs.

https://focustaiwan.tw/politics/202309140031

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(LEAD) DP-IAEA report (LEAD) DP questions credibility of IAEA report on Fukushima discharge plan(ATTN: UPDATES with latest developments in last 7 paras; ADDS byline and photo)By Kang Jae-eun and Kim Han-joo SEOUL, July 5 (Yonhap) -- The main opposition Democratic Party (DP) on Wednesday questioned the credibility of an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report that Japan's plan to release radioactive water into the sea meets international safety standards, saying the report was based on Tokyo-provided data.

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/001/0014047042?sid=104

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Cocos-BCX ( COCOS ) traded down 8.2% against the dollar during the 1 day period ending at 15:00 PM Eastern on May 11th. In the last seven days, Cocos-BCX has traded 30.1% lower against the dollar. One Cocos-BCX token can currently be purchased for approximately $1.25 or 0.00004628 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Cocos-BCX has a total market capitalization of $83.39 million and approximately $28.41 million worth of Cocos-BCX was traded on exchanges in the last day. Here's how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day: Toncoin (TON) traded down 0.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/11/cocos-bcx-1-day-volume-reaches-28-41-million-cocos.html

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GMéxico Transportes, S.A.B. de C.V. ( OTCMKTS:GMXTF – Get Rating ) was the recipient of a significant decline in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totalling 30,400 shares, a decline of 23.6% from the May 15th total of 39,800 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 304.0 days. GMéxico Transportes Price Performance GMXTF stock remained flat at 2.26 during midday trading on Friday. The company has a fifty day moving average of 2.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/06/17/gmexico-transportes-s-a-b-de-c-v-otcmktsgmxtf-short-interest-down-23-6-in-may.html

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StockNews.com upgraded shares of Lockheed Martin ( NYSE:LMT – Get Rating ) from a buy rating to a strong-buy rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday. A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on LMT. Citigroup lifted their price target on Lockheed Martin from $546.00 to $579.00 and gave the company a buy rating in a report on Wednesday. DZ Bank raised Lockheed Martin from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $523.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, January 30th.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/04/22/lockheed-martin-nyselmt-raised-to-strong-buy-at-stocknews-com.html

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CHINA-BEIJING-DING XUEXIANG-CCICED-MEETING (CN)(230830) -- BEIJING, Aug. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairperson of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED), delivers a speech at the 2023 annual CCICED meeting in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 30, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Bin)

https://n.news.naver.com/mnews/article/348/0000067424?sid=104

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Despite differences on abortion and Ukraine, most members of the large Republican presidential field have generally followed former President Donald Trump's lead in roundly condemning President Joe Biden.While some of that criticism is justified -- his difficulty in taming inflation, or his mishandling of Afghanistan, for example -- some is not.And the most dangerous example of mistaken Republican Party condemnation of Biden is the continuing assertion that the current administration is guilty of 'weaponizing' the Justice Department and the FBI for political purposes.

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Collaborative Wealth Managment Inc. lessened its stake in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF ( NYSEARCA:DGRO – Get Rating ) by 3.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,673 shares of the company's stock after selling 278 shares during the period. Collaborative Wealth Managment Inc.'s holdings in iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF were worth $384,000 at the end of the most recent quarter. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the business.

https://www.dailypolitical.com/2023/05/25/ishares-core-dividend-growth-etf-nysearcadgro-stock-position-cut-by-collaborative-wealth-managment-inc.html

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RUSSIA-VLADIVOSTOK-EASTERN ECONOMIC FORUM(230910) -- VLADIVOSTOK, Sept. 10, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit exhibition hall of the 8th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 10, 2023. The Russian Far East city of Vladivostok welcomed thousands of participants for the 8th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) on Sunday to promote economic and cultural exchanges among the regions of the Asia-Pacific. The four-day event is organized by the Roscongress Foundation. (Photo by Guo Feizhou/Xinhua)

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MANILA, Philippines — A soldier, who was on his way home, was held and blindfolded before he was fatally shot by alleged members of communist New People's Army in San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, the Philippine Army (PA) said on Thursday. PA said the victim was identified as Pvt Mayuay Onaw, a soldier from the 4th Infantry 'Scorpion' Battalion and a member of Tao Buhid tribe. 'He was only doing peace development works before he was killed,' the PA said of Onaw in a statement. Onaw, together with his two children and four other locals, were returning home to Sitio Danlog after buying construction materials at a nearby village when they were fired upon by eight fully-armed Maoist rebels on Wednesday, according to the Army.

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Specifically, the Roman Catholic and the Lutheran Churches celebrate this historic event in their calendars, which signifies the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and other followers of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem while they were celebrating the Feast of Weeks. It was a beautiful sunny day in Madang and the students of the two Madang town mission administered schools, the Catholic Holy Spirit Primary School and the Lutheran, Lutheran Day Primary School, were enthusiastic in commemorating Pentecost.

https://www.looppng.com/lifestyle/schools-observe-pentecost-120450

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From left: Erik Rein, vice president of Bosch Electronics, Arne Flemming, vice president of supply chain management at Bosch, Kim Byeong-koo, senior vice president and head of LG Display's auto business group, and Song Kyung-ho, head of LG Display Europe, pose for a photo at an event hall in Dresden, Germany, as part of the ceremony for the Bosch Global Supplier Award on July 13. (LG Display) LG Display announced Monday that it has won a Bosch Global Supplier Award for its technological prowess, becoming the first company in the industry to gain global recognition in the automotive display sector.

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US President Joe Biden has released a new campaign ad poking fun at Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The ad uses clips from a recent speech held by the Republican representative in which she compared Mr Biden to former Presidents Franklin D Roosevelt and Lyndon B Johnson.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/joe-biden-releases-ad-mocking-congresswoman/video/1e92b0d14af4e6dec4b521eed64f59d6

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Marian Rivera 'As long as it airs on GMA 7,' said actress Marian Rivera in response to a question on whether or not she would be open to appearing in a noontime show to promote her latest projects. The question was related to the highly publicized reshuffle in the noontime slot on channels GMA 7, TV5 and GTV. 'I'm an exclusive talent of GMA 7. I will follow whatever the network tells me because I respect my bosses,' said Marian as a way to answer questions from show biz scribes related to the controversy.

https://entertainment.inquirer.net/507536/dream-project-marks-marians-return-to-acting-after-5-years

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JOHANNESBURG — Infant mortality rises and life expectancy falls when sovereign debt defaults are not quickly resolved, a study said Wednesday, as negotiations to restructure the debts of countries including Zambia, Sri Lanka, and Ghana drag on. In countries that have come out of default within three years since 1900, infant deaths were 2.2 percentage points higher than if they had not defaulted, according to the study by researchers Clemens Graf von Luckner and Juan Farah-Yacoub. In defaults that dragged on for more than three years, and lasted for an average of a decade, infant mortality was 11.

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Authorities recovered these pieces of evidence from a high-value drug suspect during a sting operation in Bamban, Tarlac on Monday, Aug. 28. (Photo: PDEA Central Luzon) MABALACAT CITY, Pampanga — Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) allegedly confiscated Monday some P340,000 worth of 'shabu' (crystal meth) from a 'high-value' target in Bamban town in Tarlac province. In a statement, the PDEA Central Luzon identified the arrested suspect as King Er Vitan, 35, a resident of this city.

https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1823339/high-value-drug-suspect-yields-p340000-meth-in-tarlac

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University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 27, 2023) – Two decades ago, the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index was published to measure the nursing practice environment. Although the instrument's use has resulted in advances in science and quality improvement efforts, its potential may be limited by the availability and quality of translations into different languages. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) investigated published translations of the instrument and have identified translations into 24 languages and 15 language variants representing 35 countries.

https://www.miragenews.com/research-reveals-translation-flaws-in-nursing-1055343/

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What's new: China's exports of photovoltaic products jumped 13% year-on-year in the first half of 2023 on the back of strong demand from Europe, a region that is doubling down on decarbonization. In the six months through June, exports of silicon wafers, cells and modules reached more than $29 billion, Wang Bohua, honorary chairman of the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA), said Thursday at an industry seminar.

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-07-21/chinas-solar-exports-jump-13-in-first-half-on-europe-demand-102079980.html

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