January 31, 2022

Sanctions and new charges, one year after Myanmar coup

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The United States, Britain and Canada unveiled coordinated sanctions on Myanmar officials Monday as the junta leveled fresh charges against Aung San Suu Kyi — one year after ousting her in a coup. Suu Kyi, 76, has been detained since the February 1 coup last year that triggered mass protests and a crackdown on dissent with more than 1,500 civilians killed, according to a local monitoring group. The military junta has now charged her with influencing election officials during 2020 polls, a source said, on top of previous charges, including violating the country’s official

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Canada imposes additional sanctions on individuals associated with Myanmar’s military regime

Published by TDPel Media As we approach the one-year anniversary of Myanmar’s military coup, the country’s political and humanitarian situation continues to have serious consequences for the region’s most vulnerable people, and it remains a threat to international peace and security. Following reports of heinous abuses of humanitarian law, an uptick in violence, and a lack of concrete progress toward a peaceful resolution, Canada is working with its international partners and allies to hold human rights violators accountable in Myanmar. The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today announced addition…

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Additional Myanmar sanctions

Published by TDPel Media The Special Economic Measures (Burma) Regulations impose on listed persons a prohibition on any transaction (effectively, an asset freeze) by prohibiting persons in Canada and Canadians outside Canada from engaging in any activity related to any property of these listed persons or providing financial or related services to them. The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations. The names of the individuals added to the schedule of these regulations are the following: Dr. Thida Oo, Union Minister for Legal Affairs and Attorney-General of the UnionHtun Htun Oo, Chief Justice of Myanmar (…

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There is much more to mindfulness than the popular media hype

Published by The Moderate Voice Have the benefits of medicine been overhyped in the West?Kilito Chan/Moment via Getty Images Pierce Salguero, Penn State Mindfulness is seemingly everywhere these days. A Google search I conducted in January 2022 for the term “mindfulness” resulted in almost 3 billion hits. The practice is now routinely offered in workplaces, schools, psychologists’ offices and hospitals all across the country. Most of the public enthusiasm for mindfulness stems from the reputation it has for reducing stress. But scholars and researchers who work on mindfulness, and the Buddhist tradition itself, paint a more …

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US hits top Myanmar justice officials with sanctions

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The United States hit three top Myanmar justice officials with sanctions Monday on the one-year anniversary of a military coup that Washington says stifled democracy and the rule of law. The US Treasury placed sanctions on Attorney General Thida Oo, Supreme Court Chief Justice Tun Tun Oo and Anti-Corruption Commission Chairman Tin Oo, whom it said were closely involved in the “politically motivated” prosecution of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The United States also imposed sanctions against several business leaders and companies accused of providing financial support …

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Peer-Reviewed Lifecycle Analysis Shows Conventional Production of EV Battery Metals Will Generate Significant Waste Streams But Could Be Reduced By Using Deep-Sea Nodules

Solid waste by metal Peer-reviewed research commissioned by The Metals Company and published in the Yale Journal of Industrial Ecology finds that producing four key battery metals (nickel, copper, cobalt, manganese) from seafloor polymetallic nodules could reduce lifecycle solid waste by 59-93% compared to land ores. Researchers modelled solid waste streams over the lifecycle of metal production, including […]

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Continu, the World’s First Learning Amplification Platform™, Secures $13.5M in Funding

NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Continu.com, the world’s first Learning Amplification Platform™, announced the closing of a $13.5 million Series A investment led by Five Elms Capital, with participation from existing investors Reformation Partners and Geoffrey T. Barker, Chairman of Smartsheet. Continu plans to leverage the investment to expand on its vision of reimagining […]

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