FIGHTER: Nyamaa Dolgorsuren practices with her coach Battulger Nasankhuu. — Photo courtesy of CNCF Mongolia By ViệtDũng and Paul Kennedy HCM CITY — She may be a lean, mean fighting machine, but this teenage martial art star faced her biggest battle outside the ring. As a child, NyamaaDolgorsuren was raised on the streets of Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia with her younger sister. Life was tough for the two siblings and there seemed little light at the end of the tunnel. That was until they were rescued by the Christina Noble Children’s Foundation (CNCF). “They came from a very, very abusive background and a very sad situation,” said Helenita Noble, CEO of the foundation. “Nyamaa especially was angry, she was provoked very easily. She was on her guard all the time because she had lost faith and she had lost trust in the world around her, and especially the people. “But with a lot of love, care, attention … [Read more...] about Winning the biggest fight of her life
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Who needs the G20? Question gets louder in Osaka
Abe had staked his chairmanship largely on moving the ball forward on climate change. (Photo: AFP/Charly Triballeau) The bloc, which expanded out of the original G7 rich-country club, has faced criticism over the years for lacking a charter, a clear mandate, or enforcement power, and holding hugely expensive yet inconclusive summits while excluding most of the developing world. But while pressure on the bloc previously came from anti-globalisation protesters, this weekend's summit in Osaka showed that the greatest challenges to its legitimacy may come from within. Trump flew into Osaka after hurling new trade threats at G20 partners China and India. Japan failed to achieve a top priority of the summit's host, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: forging a stronger, unanimous commitment to the Paris climate accords - due to US resistance. Russia's Vladimir Putin said in the summit run-up that the liberalism long championed by G20 heavyweights Europe and the US was "obsolete". And the bloc … [Read more...] about Who needs the G20? Question gets louder in Osaka
Brazil’s biggest party quits ruling coalition, Rousseff isolated World
Brazil's largest party announced on Tuesday it was leaving President Dilma Rousseff's governing coalition and pulling its members from her government, a departure that sharply raises the odds she could be impeached in a matter of months. The Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) took just a few minutes to decide unanimously in a packed leadership meeting that its six ministers in Rousseff's Cabinet and all other party members with government appointments must resign immediately. Under Brazil's presidential system, Rousseff will remain in office but the break cripples her fight against impeachment proceedings in Congress, which could put Vice President Michel Temer, leader of the PMDB, in the presidential seat. Rousseff has denied any wrongdoing and called the impeachment efforts a coup to oust her ruling Workers' Party (PT). The opposition is pressing to impeach her for allegedly breaking budget laws to boost spending in the run-up to her 2014 re-election. Their efforts gained … [Read more...] about Brazil’s biggest party quits ruling coalition, Rousseff isolated World
Tet – a summary of the biggest traditional holiday in Vietnam
The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event. Tet is an occasion when members of a family, no matter where they are and what they do to earn a living, get together and pray in front of the ancestral altar. Their return to home in celebration of Tet is regarded as a journey back to their birthplace. For most Vietnamese, Tet actually begins with the "Ong Cong - Ong Tao" (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which fell on January 23 this year. The Kitchen Gods are believed to comprise of two male and one female spirit, who bless the household and keep up the kitchen fire, making every member of the family happy and prosperous. According to legend, the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods will ride carps to Heaven on the 23 rd to deliver an annual report on the household's activities to the God of Heaven. As … [Read more...] about Tet – a summary of the biggest traditional holiday in Vietnam
Lunar New Year – a summary of the biggest traditional holiday in Vietnam
The traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) is the biggest and oldest festival in Vietnam, bringing its people together to celebrate the sacred and meaningful annual event. Tet is an occasion when members of a family, no matter where they are and what they do to earn a living, get together and pray in front of the ancestral altar. Their return to home in celebration of Tet is regarded as a journey back to their birthplace. For most Vietnamese, Tet actually begins with the "Ong Cong - Ong Tao" (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) ceremony on the 23rd of the last month of the lunar year, which fell on January 23 this year. The Kitchen Gods are believed to comprise of two male and one female spirit, who bless the household and keep up the kitchen fire, making every member of the family happy and prosperous. According to legend, the Land Genie and the Kitchen Gods will ride carps to Heaven on the 23 rd to deliver an annual report on the household's activities to the God of Heaven. As the … [Read more...] about Lunar New Year – a summary of the biggest traditional holiday in Vietnam