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Vietnamese helping victims of Agent Orange used by US troops in Vietnam War among Magsaysay winners

A Vietnamese doctor who has helped seek justice for victims of the powerful defoliant dioxin “Agent Orange” used by U.S. forces during the Vietnam War is among this year’s winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Awards — regarded as Asia’s version of the Nobel Prize. The other winners announced on Saturday were a group of doctors who struggled to secure adequate healthcare for Thailand’s rural poor, an Indonesian environmental defender, a Japanese animator who tackles complex issues for children and a Bhutanese... Читать дальше...

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Will things will get worse like Keir Starmer says? - BBC.com

  1. Will things will get worse like Keir Starmer says?  BBC.com
  2. Will things get worse like Keir Starmer says?  BBC
  3. Labour’s doom-and-gloom messaging on the economy risks backfiring  The Guardian
  4. Starmer’s rose garden moment backfires as he ends up facing his own questions about sleaze  The Telegraph
  5. Keir Starmer's speech on fixing the foundations of our country: 27 August 2024  GOV.UK

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

Ireland, Authenticity, and the European Union

While recent European Parliament elections have raised questions about Ireland’s role in the EU, the truth is that Ireland’s historical role in civilizing Europe reminds us that Ireland is more European than the EU itself.

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

Rothbard on Liberty and Free Will

Modern egalitarians play down the idea of free will, claiming that free will is relevant only if individuals have no interference with their choices. Murray Rothbard, on the other hand, recognized that self-ownership and one's ability to engage in reason is enough to recognize free will.

Ludwig von Mises Institute 

Old School Economics

The phrase, old school economics, is often used approvingly by many, but it's rarely explained. What is it?

TheSun.co.uk 

I’m a gardening expert – the biggest mistake you’re making with your lawn could ruin it for months

KEN Crowther is a man on a mission.

Seven years ago he set up World Radio Gardening – and at the age of 76, there’s still no stopping him. 

Peter JordanEx BBC garden radio presenter Ken Crowther now runs his own 24 hour station[/caption]

He started out  with his own landscaping business in Chelmsford when he was 21 – then spent 30 years presenting on  BBC Essex’s gardening show. 

He told Sun Gardening: “I had this idea that online, you could run a streamed radio station... Читать дальше...