Chinese criminal syndicates are believed to be behind human trafficking operations in Cambodia that have targeted people from Southeast Asian countries including Thailand, Malaysia, Taiwan, Indonesia and Vietnam. Colonel Khong Ngoc Oanh, head of the Ministry of Public Security’s Prevention of Human Trafficking, said thousands of people have been lured by traffickers who promised them “easy jobs with high wages” when in reality they were taken to manufacturing facilities and casinos and held as prisoners....

Regional | Burgenland heute Volkshilfe: “Sportpass” für Kinder Sport wirkt sich positiv auf die Gesundheit und das soziale Leben aus – insbesondere bei Kindern. Doch neue Studien zeigen, dass immer mehr Kinder in Österreich armutsgefährdet sind und sich keine Sportausrüstung oder Mitgliedschaft in Sportvereinen leisten können. Deshalb startet die Volkshilfe jetzt das Projekt „Sportpass“ – das Burgenland ist eine Pilotregion. title: “Volkshilfe Sportpass F R Kinder Burgenland Heute Ab 30....

Raheb Homavandi | Reuters The return of the Iran nuclear deal could be imminent — and with it, the return of a lot of oil to international crude markets. Before the US reimposed sanctions on Iran after former President Donald Trump pulled out of the deal in 2018, Iran was the third-largest producer in OPEC after Saudi Arabia and Iraq. In 2017, it was the fourth largest oil producer in the world, after the US, Saudi Arabia and Russia....

Photo: The Canadian Press RCMP say a 25-year-old Saskatchewan man has died after being electrocuted in a hot tub in southern Alberta. Police, fire and emergency medical services were dispatched to the call in Canmore, Alta., at approximately 9:50 p.m. Monday. A hot tub user in a shared outdoor area was reported to have been electrocuted. Police say the Saskatchewan man was taken to Canmore Hospital, where he died. Officers are still investigating what happened....

Photo: The Canadian Press Finance Minister Selina Robinson is pictured during a press conference prior to the delivery of the provincial budget to the legislature in Victoria, BC, Monday, February 21, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito British Columbia’s economic recovery last year was stronger than forecast with the province’s audited budgets showing a surplus of $1.3 billion, up from an earlier forecast of a deficit close to $10 billion. Finance Minister Selina Robinson says the province’s economy in 2021-22 exceeded both public and private sector forecasts....

Comment WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — President Biden on Tuesday pushed for an assault weapons ban while sharply criticizing Republicans defending the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, continuing his recent pattern of blaming GOP leaders ahead of the midterm elections. Two days before he was scheduled to deliver a major speech on the fight for democracy, Biden attacked “MAGA Republicans” in Congress who refused to condemn the uprising. He took aim at a Republican senator who recently predicted an outbreak of violence if former President Donald Trump is indicted and condemned recent threats and violence against the FBI as the agency reviews documents seized from Trump’s residence....

Authorities say around 2:28 a.m. Tuesday, officers attempted to serve a felony warrant at an apartment on Sullivant Avenue. Body camera footage shows Lewis was shot seconds after several officers entered his second-floor apartment and less than a second after officers opened his bedroom door. Lewis had one hand up as Officer Ricky Anderson, who had a K-9, opened fire. The video shows officers handcuffing an injured Lewis before rendering aid....

C’est officiel, l’été 2022 est le deuxième plus chaud de l’histoire météorologique française. Le mercure n’a cessé de monter ces derniers mois. Un été “exceptionnel” selon les données de Météo France, rapportées par franceinfo ce mardi 30 août. Pas “journée vraiment cool” “Non seulement les canicules extrêmes seront fréquentes, mais il n’y aura pas de journées vraiment fraîches à l’échelle nationale à partir de début juillet”, explique Météo France dans un communiqué du 27 août cité par nos confrères....

En Bretagne, 33 cas de monkeypox ont été recensés par la Santé publique de France. À l’échelle nationale, le dernier bulletin fait état de 3 547 cas confirmés au 29 août. Depuis la mi-juillet, huit centres de vaccination ont été mis en place à Brest, Rennes, Quimper, Morlaix, Vannes, Lorient, Saint-Brieuc et Pontivy. 1 500 personnes y ont reçu leur première dose de vaccin. Cette carte montre les différents endroits où vous pouvez vous faire vacciner : La variole du singe se manifeste par de la fièvre, des maux de tête et un syndrome pseudo-grippal, explique le professeur Pierre Tattevin, chef du service des maladies infectieuses au CHU de Rennes....

The sale includes 129 service stations with grocery stores across the UK, representing 5% of the Co-op’s retail estate with more than 2,500 points of sale, as well as three planned service stations which are yet to be developed. The group, which owns the grocery retailer and businesses including a funeral services provider, said proceeds from the sale of the “relatively small non-core forecourt petrol business” would be reinvested in its “core convenience” business....

The Toronto police identified the victims as 44-year-old Elvie Sig-Od and 20-year-old Angelica Sig-Od, both from Toronto. The victims were reportedly inside their vehicle when Elvie’s former husband, Godfrey Sig-Od, stabbed them to death. Elvie and Angelica were both pronounced dead at the scene. “The Consulate will coordinate the repatriation of remains of the mother and daughter who were both Canadian citizens at the time of their deaths,” Philippine Consul General in Toronto Orontes Castro said in a statement....

Level five is the highest – a stage reached on January 4, 2021. The latest change was proposed by the UK’s four chief medical officers, the Department of Health and Social Care said. A level two alert means that “COVID-19 is generally circulating, but immediate health care pressures and transmission are decreasing or stabilizing.” Deaths from coronavirus recorded in England and Wales fell for the third week in a row, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS)....

L’actrice et mannequin sud-africaine de 32 ans Charlbi Dean est décédée dans un hôpital de New York le lundi 29 août. L’annonce a été révélée par TMZ, le média américain des célébrités, et confirmée par Alexi Jacobs Kriek, frère du défunt, dans un post sur Instagram. Selon les médias TMZ et Deadline, Charlbi Dean est décédé “subitement” lundi dans un hôpital de New York. À l’heure actuelle, aucune information n’est disponible sur la cause de son décès ou sur une éventuelle maladie contre laquelle elle se serait battue....

FDP-Politiker Lambsdorf stellt sich Habeck vor Journalistin Anja Maier bestätigte den Eindruck, dass man bei der heutigen Laternenkonstellation auf die Flügel verzichten musste. “Sie haben ein Drittel Ihrer Wählerschaft verloren”, rechnete er vor. Hintergrund war eine Umfrage von Forsa, die die FDP bei 7 % sieht. Bei der Bundestagswahl im September 2021 hatte die Partei 11,5 % erreicht. Der von ihm angesprochene FDP-Politiker wollte jedoch lieber nicht auf die Zahlen eingehen....

Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comSign up BERLIN, Aug 31 (Reuters) – Germany’s defense chief warned the West should not underestimate Moscow’s military power, saying Russia has the leeway to open a second front if it chooses. “The bulk of Russian ground forces may be tied up in Ukraine at the moment, but even so, we should not underestimate the potential of Russian ground forces to open a second theater of war,” General Eberhard Zorn, its top military Bundeswehr, he told Reuters in an interview....

The FBI also seized 33 boxes containing more than 100 classified files during its Aug. 8 search at Mar-a-Lago and found classified documents stashed in Trump’s office, according to a filing that presents the most detailed timeline to date months of tense months. interactions between Justice Department officials and Trump representatives about the discovery of government secrets. The filing offers yet another indication of the volume of classified records recovered from Mar-a-Lago....

So said a post the other day from ‘I Fly Bernard’, one of the new social media accounts that have sprung up in France to highlight the cost of private jets on the planet. Bernard refers to Bernard Arnault, head of luxury group LVMH, although the particular post was about a jet owned by the business of media mogul Vincent Bolloré, who did not respond to a request for comment....

Among the more than five dozen posts that Trump “re-verified,” his platform’s response to retweets, as of Tuesday morning were QAnon and 4chan theories, messages and memes. Facebook and Twitter have banned QAnon accounts for violating their terms of service prohibiting threats of violence. After the January 6 Capitol siege, Trump’s Twitter and Facebook accounts were permanently suspended. This led him and a group of investors to launch Truth Social, a social media platform that takes a more tolerant attitude towards content....

Empfang in Sörenberg: „Bisch eifach e geile Cheib, Joel“ – Bundesrat Maurer schwärmt von Wicki Nachdem Joel Wicki am Sonntag in Pratteln zum King of Wrestling wurde, wurde er am Mittwochabend in seiner Heimatstadt Sörenberg von tausenden Fans offiziell begrüsst. Joel Wicki wurde am Sonntag in Pratteln zum Schwingerkönig. Am Mittwochabend wird der 25-Jährige offiziell in seiner Gemeinde in Sörenberg willkommen geheißen. Wiki kündigte vorher an, dass er wahrscheinlich die eine oder andere Träne vergießen würde....