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A geo-climatic craftsmanship has been developed for the workshop, training and display in the premises. After the formation of the state, the museum complex is highly developed by the form of a culture building. Entry gallery, Sirpur gallery and inscription gallery is installed in the base of the museum. In the first floor there is a nature gallery, arms gallery, painting gallery and tribal culture gallery in the second floor.
The museum houses various statues of stone statues, metal statues, copper sheets, records, coins and modern periods. Among the rare antiquities, the recorded wooden pillar of second century BC, from Kirari and Manjushree of Sirpur and other bronze statues are notable. Among other residues, the important names of Nalvanshi and Sharbhupri rulers have been marked by coins, coins of various damaged mudras and copper carts of the Kalchuriyen kings and records, Sirpur and Sisdeori.


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Net foreign assets dynamics: the persistence and sources of shocks to net foreign assets in 12 EU countries
Ong, Kian (2020): Net foreign assets dynamics: the persistence and sources of shocks to net foreign assets in 12 EU countries.
The net foreign assets diverge since the early 2000s among the European Union (EU) countries: is this sustainable and what causes the divergence? This paper measures the persistence and the sources of shocks to the net foreign assets of twelve EU countries between 1972 and 2015. There is evidence of external adjustment to changes in external wealth but countries with the highest persistence of shocks see their net foreign assets diverging. The expansion of gross flows leads to this divergence of net foreign assets within the eurozone, implying whilst financial integration diversifies risk, it may lead to external imbalances.
net foreign assets, financial integration, persistence
F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F31 - Foreign Exchange
F - International Economics > F3 - International Finance > F32 - Current Account Adjustment ; Short-Term Capital Movements
Kian Howe Ong
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Civil lawsuit against Kevin Spacey dropped by accuser in Massachusetts case
Updated: 7:13 AM PDT Jul 5, 2019
Kevin Spacey in a Nantucket court room
The civil lawsuit targeting actor Kevin Spacey for an alleged sexual assault on Nantucket off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has been dropped. A court filing on behalf of the young man accusing Spacey of groping and assaulting him in 2016 says the suit is being dismissed "with prejudice." That means it cannot be refiled. "It's very possible that the victim and his family have concluded that this fight is one that's no longer worth it for their family," said WCVB legal analyst Greg Henning. A three- year statute of limitations in the case would run out this week. The suit asked for a jury trial and damages for emotional distress and medical and other bills. Spacey is still facing criminal charges in the alleged assault and is due back in court on Monday. Spacey pleaded not guilty to that charge in January and his lawyers have called the accusations "patently false." The case came to light when former WCVB-TV anchor Heather Unruh said Spacey got her son drunk and then sexually assaulted him in July 2016 at the Club Car, a popular restaurant and bar on the island off Cape Cod.Unruh's son told police he wanted to get a picture with Spacey and went over to speak with him after his shift ended at the Club Car, where he worked as a busboy. The accuser said Spacey bought him several drinks and tried to persuade him to come home with him before unzipping the man's pants and groping him for about three minutes.The accuser told police that he tried to move Spacey's hands, but that the groping continued, and he didn't know what to do because he didn't want to get in trouble for drinking. The man said he fled when Spacey went to the bathroom.Recently the criminal case has been mired in arguments over the accuser's cellphone. A judge ordered it to be turned over to the defense, so Spacey's team could examine text messages related to the incident. The accuser's family, however, said the phone could not be located.
NANTUCKET, Mass. —
The civil lawsuit targeting actor Kevin Spacey for an alleged sexual assault on Nantucket off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, has been dropped.
A court filing on behalf of the young man accusing Spacey of groping and assaulting him in 2016 says the suit is being dismissed "with prejudice." That means it cannot be refiled.
"It's very possible that the victim and his family have concluded that this fight is one that's no longer worth it for their family," said WCVB legal analyst Greg Henning.
A three- year statute of limitations in the case would run out this week.
The suit asked for a jury trial and damages for emotional distress and medical and other bills.
Spacey is still facing criminal charges in the alleged assault and is due back in court on Monday.
Spacey pleaded not guilty to that charge in January and his lawyers have called the accusations "patently false."
The case came to light when former WCVB-TV anchor Heather Unruh said Spacey got her son drunk and then sexually assaulted him in July 2016 at the Club Car, a popular restaurant and bar on the island off Cape Cod.
Unruh's son told police he wanted to get a picture with Spacey and went over to speak with him after his shift ended at the Club Car, where he worked as a busboy. The accuser said Spacey bought him several drinks and tried to persuade him to come home with him before unzipping the man's pants and groping him for about three minutes.
The accuser told police that he tried to move Spacey's hands, but that the groping continued, and he didn't know what to do because he didn't want to get in trouble for drinking. The man said he fled when Spacey went to the bathroom.
Recently the criminal case has been mired in arguments over the accuser's cellphone. A judge ordered it to be turned over to the defense, so Spacey's team could examine text messages related to the incident. The accuser's family, however, said the phone could not be located.


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Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton, 18th Wing Public Affairs
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by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Sutton
18th Wing Public Affairs
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Fifteen members from the Australian Defence Force Academy recently spent time at Kadena Air Base, learning about the 18th Wing's capabilities and visiting historical sites.
The cadets and cadre were hosted by the 18th WG's History office during their tour of base and the surrounding battlefields from World War II.
"The students and staff from the Australian Defence Force Academy visited Okinawa to get a detailed and hands-on look at the U.S. military experience during the Battle of Okinawa, which lasted roughly 83 grueling days from April 1 to June 23, 1945," said William McEvoy, 18th WG chief historian.
The ADFA comprised of cadets from all three Australian military services.
"Having all the military service organizations present for this military history tour was very important for us because this is the first time the Australian Defence Force Academy has come to Okinawa," said Australian Army Lt. Col. Ross Cable, Australian Army Knowledge Group historian and Australian Armored Corps officer. "There is so much history across the Asia-Pacific region."
Cable explained how excited he was to visit Kadena AB because it's a fantastic location for a battlefield tour. Many of the Japanese defense locations and fortifications are still intact and the terrain is largely unchanged since the war.
"Okinawa is one of the best locations we can take our cadets to see historical battle sites," Cable explained. "We can stand on Kadena Air Base and can see the exact invasion beaches, airfield and ground through which the American forces attacked. The same holds true for other battlefields like Hacksaw Ridge. Plus, it's extremely affordable and easy to travel here as opposed to other battlefield locations around the Pacific."
One of the priorities of Kadena AB is readiness and warfighting integration, which McEvoy echoed during his tours.
"Always training and being prepared is key for the U.S. forces here," he explained. "It's extremely likely if there's another major conflict, the United States will be fighting it with our Australian allies. Readiness along with joint integration and operability come when we work together at every opportunity—be it combat operations or historical site tours. If we understand what happened before, we can work to duplicate what worked and avoid making the same mistakes. Since the U.S. is such a strong ally with Australia and have fought alongside them before in the Pacific, we should continue to work with them now and in the future."
The praise of the longstanding partnership between the U.S. and Australia was also emphasized by Cable.
"We are also very fortunate to have fantastic support from our U.S. allies," he stated. "The U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps here have been courteous and helpful in assisting us. Both of our guides are true experts of the battlefields and have taught our cadets so much about the military history here. Australia stood with the United States during World War II and has in every major conflict since, it's a partnership we care deeply about. It's important to also ensure a high-degree of interoperability and understanding as we move forward to meet the challenges we face together."
Fostering key partnerships is vital especially in the incredibly vast Pacific area of operations.
"This type of training opportunity gives us all a chance to get to know each other and learn from each other in an educational, but low-stress, environment and is key to helping foster trust and familiarity between the two nations," McEvoy said. "It also gives us a chance to share stories and become friends. For the history office, we hold and add to the institutional memory of Kadena AB and the (U.S. Air Force). We have a duty to not only share our knowledge and data with American military leadership, but also share it with our partners and allies."
The Kadena AB history office collaborated with Marine Corps Community Services to provide tours of battlefields across the island as well as a few military bases.
"As I was explaining to the cadets while we drove around the Kadena airfield, the primary lesson for them to learn here is the sheer capabilities of the U.S. Forces and think about how they will integrate with them in the future," Cable said. "Kadena Air Base is extremely impressive. The amount of equipment and people along with the high rate of readiness here, really shows how committed the U.S. is to the defense of Okinawa."
The cadets and staff left Okinawa with knowledge and memories they can take to their military units over the next few years.
"This was a terrific experience for everyone involved and I am honored to have been a part of it," McEvoy said.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Disaster Action Team volunteers from the American Red Cross of Central New York provided assistance to 24 people from five families who were displaced from their homes by three fires this week in Oswego, Onondaga and Cayuga counties.
On Thursday, Red Cross volunteers provided food, clothing and lodging at an area hotel to six adults and four children from three families who were displaced by an electrical fire at their multi-family home on County Route 17 in Williamstown (Oswego County).
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The Museum Theatre of the Government Museum Complex
The Museum Theatre, The Museum Theatre of the Government Museum Complex
When visiting the Government Museum in Chennai, people will instantly realize that the museum complex is pretty huge. There are some buildings which can be found and of course, there are several sections which can be visited in each building. It is true that people are visiting a museum but it does not mean that they can only see the collections in the museum. In fact, the building in the museum complex can also be an interesting object http://128.199.249.99/ to learn further. The museum theatre surely becomes the building which people will get attracted easily.
Remarkable Building
The museum theatre is surely a remarkable building which can be found in the complex of the Government Museum because it is located next to the main entrance gate of the museum on Pantheon Road. This part of the Government Museum is interesting because it is considered as a rare architecture specimen which can be found in India because it comes with Italianate style. The building was made with inspiration from Classical architecture. This style was developed by John Nash in 1802 in Britain. Nevertheless, it is interesting to know that the theatre building was established in the late 19th century by the British when the style was actually not popular any longer in England.
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The Building Structure
There is a high plinth which can be found in the structure of the museum building. The museum theatre can be accessed through the stairs which have a tall flight. The structure is primarily semicircular but people can also find a rectangular wing located at the rear side of the building. Nowadays, that rectangular wing becomes the place for some galleries of the museum. For accessing the main hall, people can walk through the verandah which comes with columns row connected by the semicircular arches. The geometric and floral designs can be found on the columns and the walls of the building.
The main hall which comes with a huge size was originally made for staging the theatrical performances. There are about 600 seats which can be used by the audiences. People must not forget the commodious stage as well as the dressing room for the actors which adjoin the main stage. The British were using this theatre for English plays in the past. However, nowadays the theatre is used by the museum for the academic and cultural programs from conferences to lectures. It can also be rented for a cultural performance.
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Get ready to be body slammed by Kickboxer: Retaliation, the action-packed blockbuster sequel, which once again features protagonist Alain Moussi and martial arts icon Jean-Claude Van Damme, as Kurt Sloan and mentor Durand respectively; alongside former Highlander star Christopher Lambert, boxing legend Mike Tyson, and the man mountain Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson from Game of Thrones!
One year after the events of Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kurt Sloan has vowed never to return to Thailand. But while he is preparing for an MMA title shot, he is drugged and wakes up in a Thai prison. His captors want him to face a colossus named Mongkut – in return, Sloan will get $2million dollars and his freedom. If he doesn't fight, his wife will die. So Sloan has no other choice but to undergo his most rigorous training yet, under some very unexpected mentors, in order to take on this dreaded opponent.
Kickboxer: Retaliation releases on digital download on January 26th, with a DVD and Blu-ray release on March 5th. I was a big fan of the previous film in the series, so I'm really looking forward to this one!
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USA: HVACR parts and accessories manufacturer and supplier DiversiTech has appointed Jon Evans as chief operations officer.
His new role will include overseeing the continued integrations of Cliplight and Pump House, two companies that joined the DiversiTech family in December, 2015. Evans' responsibilities also include streamlining the company's national and international service offerings and product portfolio, which consists of more than 7,000 product items in over 200 product categories. Evans will report to DiversiTech CEO Jim Prescott.
"Jon brings a wealth of experience that will further support our continued growth plans and our goal of delivering world-class products and customer service," said Prescott. "We are looking forward to the contributions Jon will be making to drive greater efficiencies in our business while continuing to provide profit-driven opportunities for every DiversiTech customer."
Evans brings more than 20 years of general management, supply chain, sourcing and manufacturing experience to the COO role. He comes to DiversiTech from Arysta LifeScience, a $2bn global agrochemical solutions provider, where he served as the executive vice president of global integrated supply chain and operations, as well as interim CEO/president. Prior to Arysta, Evans served as a vice president/general manager for standalone global business units within Imerys, FMC Corp and AMRI. Evans also spent more than a decade in various manufacturing, supply chain and commercial roles at General Electric's Plastics and Engineered Materials business.


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Józef Gotti (ur. 26 marca 1781 w Warszawie, zm. 9 stycznia 1846 w Baworowej na Dolnym Śląsku) – kupiec warszawski.

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Urodził się w Warszawie jako syn kupca Felicjana Gotti i Gertrudy Makarowicz. W wieku 16 lat wyjechał zdobyć wykształcenie. Kształcił się w firmach kupieckich w Elblągu i Gdańsku. Ożeniony z Marią Elżbietą Reyer z Sopotu.
Jego córka, Maria Elżbieta (1814-1862) wyszła za mąż za Adolfa von Bissing, osiedli w pałacu Beerberg, gdzie Józef zmarł. Pochowany został w Kościelnikach - miejscowości sąsiedniej do Baworowa.

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 Posiadał w Warszawie sklep z winem i alkoholami.
 W 1820 jeden z założycieli Resursy Kupieckiej.
 W latach 1820-1829 sędzia Trybunału Handlowego w Warszawie.
 W latach 1808-1833 razem ze szwagrem (mężem siostry swojej żony Joanny Reyer) Filipem Adolfem Baumannem  prowadził Fabrykę Kart Krajową "Gotti i Baumann".
 26 marca 1816 Filip Adolf Baumann i Józef Gotti podpisują z księdzem Kajetanem Kamieńskim Rektorem Konwiktu Wielkiego Pijarskiego na Żoliborzu umowę o wynajem budynku pod fabrykę kart na 12 lat (do 30 września 1828). AP Warszawa, notariusz Bandtkie nr 2316 (Józef Gotti mieszka w swoim domu przy Krakowskim Przedmieściu, Filip Baumann przy Faworach 1992 ; wynajmowany budynek to cała lewa oficyna czyli lewe skrzydło byłego młyna żoliborskiego a teraz budynku biblioteki konwiktu).
 Dnia 27 września 1828 Filip Adolf Baumann i Józef Gotti podpisują z księdzem Jakubem Ciastowskim Rektorem Konwiktu Wielkiego Pijarskiego na Żoliborzu umowę o wynajem budynku pod fabrykę kart na 12 lat (do 30 września 1840). AP Warszawa, notariusz Bandtkie nr 5660 (Józef Gotti mieszka w swoim domu przy Krakowskim Przedmieściu i jest sędzią trybunału kupieckiego, Filip Baumann przy Gwardii 1970).
 W Muzeum Narodowym w Krakowie można podziwiać zachowaną talię kart z fabryki Kart Krajowej "Gotti i Baumann" Talia kart
 1821 objął skład wina w pałacu Hrabiego Chodkiewicza przy Miodowej 484.
 1826 według "Warszawa roku 1826 – lista osób wg Przewodnika Warszawskiego" Józef Gotti - hurtownik.
 1829 według "Przewodnika Warszawskiego" sędzia Trybunału Handlowego Województwa Mazowieckiego.
 1829 Również według "Przewodnika Warszawskiego" - Właściciel Fabryki Wina Szampańskiego.
 W roku 1833  spółka Gotti Baumann została rozwiązana - jedynym właścicielem zostaje Baumann.
 Właściciel kamienicy nr hip 439 - Krakowskie Przedmieście 59.

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Bibliografia
 AP Warszawa, notariusz Bandtkie nr 2316
 AP Warszawa, notariusz Bandtkie nr 5660
 Kurier Warszawski 1821 nr 168 Józef Gotti skład win w pałacu Chodkiewicza
 Kurier Warszawski 1833 nr 241 Ogłoszenie o rozwiązaniu spółki Baumann i Gotti
 Kurier Warszawski 1866 nr 170 Fabryka Kart Bauman i Gotti artykuł z opisem nowej talii kart z fabryki
 Kurier Warszawski 1846 nr 30: nekrolog prawa szpalta, pośrodku

Kupcy warszawscy (Królestwo Kongresowe)
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HORROR BUSINESS Episode 51: THE COMPANY OF WOLVES & BAD MOON
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Greetings, and welcome back to Horror Business. We have one awesome episode in store for you guys. On this episode we're discussing 1984's The Company Of Wolves and 1996's Bad Moon.
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We start by talking about what we've seen or done lately in the field of horror. Liam begins by talking about seeing Lars Von Trier's The House That Jack Built, and we discuss our opinions on the work of Von Trier. Liam also talks about the recent Netflix film CAM and a recent Japanese film entitled One Cut Of The Dead and The God In My Ear as well as seeing Overlord in theatres with Justin. Justin then talks about seeing the films Mom And Dad, The Night Eats The World, The Cured, Possum, Marrowbone, Primal Rage, and Summer of '84, as well as starting the newest season of Syfy's Channel Zero.
First up is 1984's The Company Of Wolves. Liam and Justin spend much of the episode good heartedly sparring over their opinions over the film, with Liam greatly enjoying the film while Justin is only lukewarm on it.
We give a brief outline of the plot of the film. We discuss the positive aspects of the film, including the cinematography, the practical effects, some of the imagery, the story, and the structure. We then turn to what we didn't necessarily enjoy about the film, including the pacing, the tone deaf nature of the film at times in regards to blossoming female sexuality, and the heavy handed nature of the film's message.
There is more discussion on the themes of the film, as well as the body of work of Neil Jordan. Liam discusses the design of the werewolves and how he thinks that if the design isn't the "hulking man beast" bipedal werewolf, then the best design is simply people turning into actual wolves. Justin criticizes the ending in which the wolves are actually real as misguided and ill-executed.
Up next is 1996's Bad Moon. We give a brief outline of the film, touching upon the oddness of the film opening up in Borneo as well as the somewhat unnecessary and gratuitous sex scene.
The films lack of werewolf lore and it's mushiness in character development is dissected, along with some of the more confounding decisions made by the weak main character. We talk about how the movie attempts to position itself as a classic werewolf tale of love and tragedy but fails due to the films inability to decide if the main character is struggling with his plight or embracing it and being malicious.
The concept of the character Thor, a German Shepherd who is the main character of the story the movie is based on, struggling with the desire to submit to the werewolf as a pack leader versus standing up to the werewolf to defend his human family, is touched upon. The fact that the film gets right the hardest part of werewolf films (the design of the werewolf) while gloriously missing the mark on the rest of it, is discussed, with Justin basically arguing that the movie sans the sex scene at the beginning is essentially a kids film with a scary werewolf. The films laughable transformation sequence is touched upon and there is more discussion on the effectiveness of the werewolf design. The films grim yet satisfying ending is discussed.
As always thanks to everyone and anyone who donated on Patreon, checked this episode out, or shared a tweet/shared a post on FB/gave us love by recommending us to someone. We love you forever for listening. Any questions, comments, suggestions for movies and guests, or if you yourself want to join us for a movie viewing or even an episode, can be sent to thehorrorbiz@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you! Thanks always to Justin Miller and Doug Tilley for their technical contributions and fliers, Mike Smaczylo for the shirts and fliers (you can check more of his work out at here), and also thanks to Josh Alvarez for the theme song, Chris, Brad, Alexis, and LVAC for the support and buttons (check them out at www.xlvacx.com), and a HUGE thank you to anyone who retweeted us or shared something on Facebook that we posted. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram at @thehorrorbiz666, like us on Facebook at facebook.com/thehorrorbiz66, and remember to rate, review, and subscribe to us on ITunes. In fact, if you write us a review, email us with your mailing address and we'll send you some free pins and stickers! Check out www.cinepunx.com for more info on some of our other podcasts, some ultra stylish Cinepunx related merchandise, and how you can donate to our Patreon! Until next time…thanks!
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ESG, or Environmental, Social, and Governance, has become a hot topic recently. In this article I summarize what I have learned about environmental risks from various sources, and provide my thoughts on academic research focusing on green finance. These thoughts reflect my limited exposure to the subject.
Environmental Risks
Environmental disasters can be understood conceptually as having two extremes in terms of their causes. One cause is mostly natural, while the other is the result of human behavior. An example of the former is an earthquake, and an example of the latter is the radioactive contamination resulting from nuclear power plants. The incidents in Chernobyl, Ukraine in 1986, and in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011, caused catastrophic damage. Another example of the latter is an oil spill. Such spills occurred frequently in the last century, especially in 1991 during the Gulf War. A recent incident was caused by British Petroleum (BP) in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
Most environmental disasters exist between two extremes of a wide spectrum. Wildlife poaching and excessive deforestation have resulted in huge losses in biodiversity and the deterioration of the ecosystem, upon which human welfare relies. Scientists have depicted a bleak picture for the near future, and called for immediate action. "It is not about saving our planet. It is about saving ourselves," said BBC broadcaster and natural historian Sir David Attenborough in 2020.
Widespread environmental damage caused by human activity has been traced to the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide emission. The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide has increased 45 percent from 280 parts-per-million (ppm) in 1750, when the industrial revolution began, to 415 ppm in 2019. Much of the rise has been attributed to the combustion of fossil fuels (coal, petroleum and natural gas). The signatory nations of the Paris Agreement have been working on research, development, and deployment of green (low-carbon energy) technologies around the clock in order to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality, or net-zero, by 2050, to keep global warming at bay.
Continued environmental pollution is one example of market failure. The traditional view of dealing with market failures is to rely on government through regulations and taxes. Problems like carbon dioxide emissions will need to be solved by the governments of virtually all the world's nations working collectively. The challenges are obvious, as green technologies are costly to develop, and different nations are in different stages of development, and in different positions in the worldwide production chain, so the incentive for a free ride is high. Most industrialized nations have pledged to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. China, the largest carbon-emitting nation, also recently promised to reach net-zero by 2060. But the US, the second largest nation in terms of carbon emissions, has been wavering in its membership with the Paris Agreement and the nation has not made a commitment towards achieving carbon neutrality.
The job of reducing carbon emissions has been left to corporate executives. Fortunately, some of them are conscientious about environmental issues, and have voluntarily adopted costly green technologies which may generate short-term losses. Many corporate executives are forward-looking enough to understand that green technologies are the future. They realize that a penalty for carbon emissions will be established sooner or later, and that investment is irreversible or partially irreversible. Many companies are making investments in green technologies even though they are not profitable at the current regulatory settings.
Financial institutions are playing an increasingly important role in promoting green technologies. Insurance companies suffer directly from catastrophic environmental disasters. Investment companies such as mutual funds and hedge funds are holding nontrivial shares of the so-called stranded assets which are vulnerable to the potential future regulatory changes related to environment protection. Financial institutions are in advantageous positions in driving green technology, as many of their top executives also sit on the boards of directors of manufacturing companies, where they can exert direct influence on investments to ensure they are socially responsible. The transition to green technology often requires financing, and green bonds and loans have been the brightest points of the primary fixed-income markets in recent years, although their share is still small.
Green finance research
Until recently, green finance research by finance academics remained "an inconvenient void" (Hong, Karolyi and Scheinkman 2020). In economics, Nordhaus (1977) started his pioneering work on the carbon-dioxide problem in mid-1970s, and created a subfield of economics known as environmental economics. This was eventually recognized by mainstream economics with the awarding of the 2018 Nobel Prize. Finance researchers, however, had by and large been watching from the sidelines. In 2017, the editors of The Review of Financial Studies, one of the top-three finance journals, called for a special issue on climate finance in a Registered Reports (RR) format.[1] It drew 106 submissions, nine of which were selected by the editors based on the review committee's recommendations.[2]
A bulk of the emergent green finance research focuses on issues related to hedging environmental risks. The subject ranges from optimal portfolio decisions to derivative trading with added environmental risk factors. That's no surprise, as this is where financial economists do their best work, and these subjects are the low-hanging fruits among all the potential ones. While environmental risks have special features that are not usually taken note of in existing theory, the framework already exists, so it's conceptually straightforward to crack the problems, although these problems are still technically challenging.
One strand of green finance research addresses a classic question in empirical asset pricing literature. In terms of financial assets, is environmental risk priced so that investors who bear higher risks will earn higher returns? The results are mixed, as can be imagined. First, they may depend on the sample period, as the question is tantamount to when the environmental risks have been recognized by the market. Second, they may also depend on which type of technology is regarded to be riskier: green technology and brown (dirty) technology, with regard to the uncertainty of green technology policies implemented by governments.
There might be some dimensions in which environmental risks do not resemble other financial risks. Rational expectations of the ESG movement now could not have been formed decades ago. Sorting out the conceptual differences is important before cranking out empirical results.
There are many unexplored research areas in green finance, especially ones with normative features, like those in environmental economics. Most financial economists working on the empirical side used to document what happened in the past as passive observers. In order to exert influence on the real world and to sway corporate decisions towards adopting green technologies, we will need to think more actively on modeling discount factors that take the future evolution of carbon emission prices into account. These research areas may require us to get outside our comfort zones and to think outside the box.
There has been a wide range of applied research into green finance by practitioners. Various ESG-scoring systems have been designed by different institutions. Academic researchers are in an impartial position to design green finance criteria to consolidate and reconcile distinct scores. Such consolidation and reconciliation require rigorous research to support them. Incentive compatible mechanisms are also essential in order to weed out "greenwashing," a term for opportunistic behavior which takes advantage of green finance schemes.
In short, green finance has everything to do with economics and finance. Green finance research not only provides an opportunity for us to expand our research scope, it is also an inescapable responsibility. The Department of Finance at HKUST is proud to be making its contribution to this important area that benefits society at large.
"Financial institutions are playing an increasingly important role in promoting green technologies," says Prof Zhang Chu, Head of the Department of Finance and Director of the Center for Investing, HKUST Business School.
Attenborough, D. 2020, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet, BBC Television.
Hong, H., Karolyi, G. A. and Scheinkman, J. 2020, Climate Finance.The Review of Financial Studies, 33, 1011-1023.
Nordhaus,W. D., 1977. Economic growth and climate: The carbon-dioxide problem. American Economic Review 67, 341–46.
Nordhaus, W. D., 2019. Climate change: The ultimate challenge for economics. American Economic Review 109, 1991–2014.
Weitzman, M. L. 2009. On modeling and interpreting the economics of catastrophic climate change. Review of Economics and Statistics 91:1–19.
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Cities and public-sector IT personnel must balance a unique combination of community expectations, budget limitations, and employee capacity. As cities become smarter and more connected, community member want financially responsible growth. At the same time, it is common for cities to struggle with budgets and for elected officials to be held accountable by the public to ensure they are investing wisely and in ways that have a noticeable impact.


Do you work in the city? Do you love that fast-paced environment? Just remember, if you want to thrive in the city and look good, you need to care for your skin that bit more and watch out for damaging environmental factors. These can play havoc with the health of your skin. Think about it; pollution from exhaust fumes, smoke, the weather or dust and dirt will all cling to your skin. It doesn't matter if you drive or take public transport, your skin is under attack constantly. Then, when you arrive at work, the central heating or air conditioning will also take its toll. Over time, this can irritate your skin and even weaken its resistance.
The solution? Start up a good cleansing regime. Do this morning and night. Also, massage your skin in gentle upwards motions so that it helps to restore the condition of your skin.
Even hard water can have a damaging effect on your skin. This is because it is alkaline and is full of minerals such as magnesium, iron and calcium too. Try to visualize the limescale that appears in your kettle sometimes and you'll know why you want to avoid this on your skin. When you wash in hard water, it can irritate and won't be a surprise if you start to develop spots, blemishes or experience an acne flare-up. Keeping skin clean and healthy is vital. Depending on the sensitivity of your skin, it may be worth using an exfoliator, if not daily, once or twice a week to slough off those dead skin cells. Test these exfoliators out first though because it is easy to irritate your skin if it is already under pressure.
In the warm weather, city living can be just as tough on your skin. Sitting in the car navigating a traffic jam or, spending too much time on the subway, will only increase the amount of sweat and oil on your face and this means cells will produce more quickly. If the dead cells are not removed regularly, they may lead to clogged pores and bacteria and oil. This is why even in the summer weather, you should cleanse and exfoliate regularly. If you are spending a lot of time outside in the sun, don't forget to use an SPF moisturizer as this offers some protection.
Do invest in a good moisturizer. This will keep your skin in optimal condition and prevent it from drying out. Use a night cream so to soak into your skin overnight and add a day-time moisturizer to your face after your cleansing routine in the morning.
Your skin has a tough job. It has to provide a barrier against all the different elements and sometimes, it pushes the health of your skin too far. But, there's more to skin health than this. If you have a stressful job, you may struggle to sleep and it's all too easy to lose your sleep pattern. Nothing shows on your face more than tiredness, so it can help to keep a face mist in your handbag or in your desk. Although it works well as a quick pick-me-up under makeup, you can also spritz during the day to as it will give your complexion a boost. Hopefully, it will energize you a little.
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You may love working in the city and you may even enjoy a highly-pressured and responsible job, but, you need to look after your health and you need to look after your skin. Providing you invest some time in your skincare, you'll find that you can offset the negatives of city life and still look and feel great.


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Russia-Turkey ceasefire broadly holds despite clashes in Syria's Idlib
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Jonathan Spicer
AMMAN/ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Deadly clashes erupted in parts of northwest Syria on Friday but a ceasefire deal between Russia and Turkey aimed at ending months of intense conflict was largely holding elsewhere in the country's last rebel-held enclave.
A war monitor and rebel sources said the fighting broke out in the Jabal al-Zawiya region in the south of Idlib province between Syrian government forces and jihadist insurgents of the Turkistan Islamic Party. Fifteen people were killed, the Syrian Observatory said.
Residents and opposition forces said the violence had abated elsewhere.
The clashes, while limited, underline the fragility of Thursday's deal between Russia, which backs President Bashar al-Assad's forces, and Turkey. Ankara supports rebel fighters but has less sway over hardline jihadists who control large parts of Idlib.
The ceasefire aims to contain a conflict that has displaced nearly a million people in three months in Idlib, which borders Turkey. But analysts and residents said they feared it would not hold in part because it did not address the humanitarian crisis nor air protection in any detail.
"The deal is a failure and a joke," said Amar Ahmed, 32, a farmer who has been displaced for nearly two months and lives in a destroyed building. "We want to go back home, to our lands, and for the (Assad) regime to leave our home towns."
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan had vowed repeatedly in recent weeks to reverse advances by Assad's forces in Idlib. However, Thursday's deal froze the conflict along existing front lines, cementing significant gains by Syrian government forces.
"There may be criticism but our priority was for a ceasefire and we achieved it. Some goals were not reached but that goes for both sides," a senior Turkish official said.
The recent fighting sparked what the United Nations says may be the worst humanitarian crisis yet in a war that has driven millions from their homes and killed hundreds of thousands.
Turkey, which has the second largest army in the transatlantic NATO alliance, has tried to resist the Syrian government advance and prevent a wave of refugees over its southern border. It already hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees.
Russia had repeatedly played down any talk of a refugee crisis and accused Turkey of violating international law by pouring troops and equipment into Idlib since early last month. About 60 Turkish troops have been killed in that time.
The ceasefire deal establishes a security corridor stretching 6 km (3.7 miles) to the north and south of Idlib's east-west M4 highway, where joint Russian-Turkish patrols will begin on March 15, effectively advancing Russia's presence further north into the province.
Several previous deals to end the fighting in Idlib have collapsed. The latest one did not detail a "safe zone" or describe how displaced people could return to their homes.
"Any ceasefire arrangement in Idlib, unless it has a no-fly zone dimension, is bound to fail. Deals in the past never de-escalated. They merely froze the crisis until the next escalation," said Galip Dalay, IPC-Mercator fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs.
Ahead of a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Zagreb, Dutch minister Stef Blok said the ceasefire should be cemented with a no-fly zone to stop any further bombing of hospitals.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he hoped the deal "will serve as a good basis for a cessation of military activity in the Idlib de-escalation zone".
Erdogan said the sides would work together to supply aid to Syrians in need, but that Turkey retained the right to "respond to all (Syrian) regime attacks in the field."
TENSE CALM
Residents and fighters in the region said the front lines – which have seen heavy air strikes by Russian and Syrian jets, and intense Turkish artillery and drone strikes – were largely quiet after the midnight ceasefire came into effect.
"There is a ceasefire but there are violations," said Abdul Ghani al Sheikh, a rebel fighter from the Turkey-backed Failaq Sham rebel group. He said government forces were shelling Jabal al Zawya and Atareb, to the south and east of Idlib.
"But the situation overall is better. Everyone thinks this is all temporary and Turkish reinforcements are still coming," he added.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group reported that the first eight hours of the ceasefire had passed with "relative calm", and the skies had been free of Syrian government and Russian warplanes.
A Syrian state reporter, broadcasting from the town of Saraqeb recaptured by Syrian forces last week, said they were reinforcing positions at the front lines.
Naji Mustafa, spokesman for a coalition of rebel factions called the National Liberation Front, said government forces had violated the ceasefire with shelling and attempts to storm a front line, leaving little trust between the sides.
Ahmad Rahhal, a former general in Syria's government forces who defected to the opposition, said: "There is no pullout, and where will the displaced go (who) would never accept going to (Assad) regime areas? What we have heard is not comforting."
(Additional reporting by Khalil Ashawi in Azaz, Syria, Orhan Coskun in Ankara, Daren Butler in Istanbul, Samar Hassan in Cairo and Tom Perry and Ellen Francis in Beirut; Editing by Dominic Evans and Nick Tattersall)
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Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals after March 1
By Lefteris Papadimas and Bulent Usta
KASTANIES, Greece/EDIRNE, Turkey (Reuters) – Greece has repulsed nearly 35,000 migrants trying to cross onto its territory illegally since Turkey opened its border nearly a week ago, government sources said on Thursday, as it prepares to deport hundreds of others who made it through.
Thousands of migrants have made for Greece since Ankara said on Feb. 28 that it would let migrants cross its borders into Europe, reneging on a commitment to hold them on its territory under a 2016 deal with the European Union.
Ankara has accused Greek forces of shooting dead four migrants. A charge rejected by Athens, which says Turkish forces are helping the migrants to cross the border. Both sides used tear gas at the Kastanies border post on Wednesday.
Turkey's interior minister, Suleyman Soylu, visited Edirne province bordering Greece on Thursday and announced the deployment of 1,000 special police to the area to halt the pushback of migrants toward its territory.
Soylu, who said on Wednesday that Turkey was preparing a case at the European Court of Human Rights over Greece's treatment of migrants, accused Greek forces of wounding 164 people and pushing back nearly 5,000 into Turkey.
Greece on Thursday banned vessels from sailing around the Aegean islands of Chios, Lesbos and Samos. They are all close to the Turkish coast and a regular target for dinghies packed with migrants trying to enter the EU.
The ban exempts merchant ships and vessels of the EU's border agency Frontex.
The Aegean Sea remained choppy on Thursday and there were no further sightings of dinghies carrying migrants.
Lesbos already hosts more than 20,000 asylum seekers, many of them living in filthy conditions in overcrowded camps.
The situation at the Kastanies border crossing was calm on Thursday. Migrants – many of whom are from Afghanistan and Pakistan as well as Syria and other Arab nations – huddled in tents and makeshift camps on the Turkish side of the border.
HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS
Greek border guards rebuffed nearly 7,000 attempts in the last 24 hours alone, taking the total since Feb. 29 to 34,778 and the number of arrests of those who got through to 244, the Greek government sources said.
Migrants who arrived in Greece illegally after March 1 will be transferred to the northern city of Serres and deported back to their own countries, Greek Migration Minister Notis Mitarachi said late on Wednesday.
"Our aim is to return them to their countries," he told the Athens News Agency.
Mitarachi said migrants who entered Greece prior to Jan. 1, 2019 and are living on its Aegean islands would be transferred to the mainland in the coming days.
Athens announced on March 1 that it would not accept any new asylum applications for a month following the build-up of migrants at the border. This has triggered criticism from human rights agencies.
"It's very sad that we have seen again human beings treated as political weapons… This is unacceptable," said Francesco Rocca, head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), on a visit to the Greek-Turkish border where he struggled to hold back tears.
The U.N. migration agency, the IOM, also urged all countries to respect the migrants' human rights.
"… international legal obligations must be upheld, in particular with respect to those who may be in need of international protection," it said in a statement.
Greece and the EU accuse Turkey of deliberately goading the migrants to cross the border as a way of pressuring Brussels into offering more money or supporting Ankara's geopolitical aims in the Syrian conflict.
Turkey, which already hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees and faces another influx amid increased fighting in northwest Syria, says it cannot take in any more and that the EU must do more.
President Tayyip Erdogan discussed the migrant issue with senior EU officials in Ankara on Wednesday but his spokesman said the Europeans had made "no concrete proposition" on how to resolve the crisis.
(Additional reporting by Athens and Istanbul bureaux and by Gabriela Baczynska in Brussels; writing by Foo Yun Chee; Editing by Gareth Jones)
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'Europe is nicer': migrants head west after Turkey opens border
By Bulent Usta and Ali Kucukgocmen
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Hundreds of migrants in Turkey started arriving on the borders with Greece and Bulgaria on Friday after a senior Turkish official said Ankara would no longer abide by a 2016 EU deal and stop refugees from reaching Europe.
Greece and Bulgaria, both European Union member states, said they were beefing up frontier controls to prevent the migrants crossing illegally. Bulgaria said it was sending 1,000 extra troops to its border with Turkey.
Reuters TV footage showed migrants walking near the Greek border, some carrying plastic bags and small children, while Greek police and border vehicles patrolled on the other side of the fence. Similar scenes unfolded at the Bulgarian border.
On the Aegean coast, Turkish broadcasters showed two dozen people, including women and children, aboard a rubber dinghy boat. They were reportedly bound for the Greek island of Lesbos.
"We heard about (Turkey's decision) on the television," said Afghan migrant Sahin Nebizade, 16, one of a group of migrants packed into one of three taxis that were parked on a highway on the outskirts of Istanbul.
"We've been living in Istanbul. We want to go to Edirne and then on to Greece," he said before the taxis headed for the northwestern province of Edirne.
Syrians, Iranians, Iraqis, Pakistanis and Moroccans were among the migrants heading towards the border crossings with Greece and Bulgaria, about 200 km (125 miles) west of Istanbul, Turkey's pro-government Demiroren news agency said.
Hamid Muhammed, holding a young girl at the Greek border, told Reuters that Greek police were not letting him enter.
"There are many problems here (in Turkey). We want the Turkish and European governments to open this gate," he said.
"THERE IS NO WORK HERE"
Turkey's decision to make good on threats long issued by President Tayyip Erdogan to "open the gates" to Europe came after 33 Turkish troops were killed in an air strike by Syrian government forces in Syria's northwestern Idlib region.
Some one million civilians have been displaced in Syria near Turkey since December as Russian-backed Syrian government forces seized territory from Turkish-backed Syrian rebels, creating the worst humanitarian crisis in the nine-year war.
Turkey already hosts some 3.7 million Syrian refugees and says it cannot handle any more. The EU said on Friday it had received no official word from Ankara that it had suspended the 2016 deal, whereby Brussels sends billions of euros in aid in return for Turkey stemming the migrant flow to Europe.
The scenes at the borders on Friday will revive memories of the 2015 migrant crisis, when more than a million people, mostly from the Middle East and Asia, trekked from Turkey across the Balkans towards western Europe, igniting furious rows between EU governments and fuelling support for far-right parties.
Syrians boarding buses for the border in Istanbul's Fatih district complained of economic difficulties in Turkey and said they hoped to build a better life in Europe.
"There is no work here. Turkey is not nice at all, Europe is nicer," said Muhammed Abdullah, 25, adding that he wanted to go to Germany.
(Writing by Daren Butler; Editing by Jonathan Spicer and Gareth Jones)
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As Syrian forces advance on Idlib, families fear being trapped at Turkish border
By Khalil Ashawi
ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) – Syrian government forces are advancing closer to the displaced persons camp where Adnan Abdelkarim and his family have taken shelter along the Turkish border after being uprooted multiple times, and he fears there is nowhere left to go.
"Today the regime is advancing from everywhere and we are trapped along the border," said 30-year-old Abdelkarim.
At the Atmeh camp on the northern edge of Idlib province, uprooted families are arriving in droves as they flee bombardment from air strikes and artillery shelling.
They fear being trapped between the fighting and the closed-off Turkish border. About 50 meters from the camp an imposing gray concrete wall is crowned with barbed wire, blocking their entry to Turkey.
"In the event the regime advances…, either we will die storming the Turkish wall and fleeing with our families…or slaughter ourselves by turning ourselves over," said Abdelkarim.
Backed by heavy Russian air power, Syrian government forces have stepped up a campaign to retake the last rebel stronghold in the northwestern regions of Aleppo and Idlib, sparking an exodus of nearly a million people toward a shrinking pocket along the Turkish frontier.
On Monday, Russian and Syrian warplanes continued to pound eastern and southern areas of Idlib province, according to the Syrian Observatory, a war monitor, and witnesses.
The Observatory said on Monday that pro-Damascus forces had seized control of 10 more towns in southern areas of Idlib province in less than 24 hours. It said fighting continued meanwhile around the Idlib town of Neirab between government forces and rebels backed by Turkish artillery.
"People here have little hope and everyone has started to head toward the border, fearful of the (government) advance," said Ismail Shahine, 37, originally displaced six years earlier from the Hama countryside.
Shahine on Monday prepared a tent to accommodate the rest of his family, which he said would soon arrive from the western countryside of Aleppo, where government forces have retaken large swathes of land from rebels at a rapid clip in recent weeks.
Fearing a fresh refugee crisis, Turkey has poured thousands of troops into Idlib in the last few weeks and President Tayyip Erdogan has threatened to use military force to drive back Syrian forces unless they pull back by the end of the month.
Turkey hosts about 3.7 million Syrians and says it cannot absorb any more.
As Turkish military convoys continue to enter northern Syria, Shahine and others near the border have pinned their hopes on Erdogan's pledge to force Damascus to retreat.
"Everyone today is waiting for the start of the coming month, for the deadline that Erdogan gave the regime to withdraw," said Shahine. "I am expecting that they will make a move and not leave the Syrian people to fend for themselves."
(Reporting by Khalil Ashawi; Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Nick Macfie)
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Shelterless Syrians burn refuse for warmth in bitter Idlib winter
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Emma Farge
AMMAN/GENEVA (Reuters) – Families fleeing air strikes and advancing troops in Syria's Idlib province are sleeping rough in streets and olive groves, and burning toxic bundles of rubbish to stay warm in the biting winter weather, aid workers say.
Hundreds of thousands of people have been uprooted by a Syrian government assault which has corralled ever growing numbers of people into a shrinking pocket of land near the Turkish border.
Humanitarian agency officials say it is the biggest single displacement of civilians in the nine-year-old war. But they lack the shelter and supplies to support them.
Relief workers say 10 children have died in the last week alone in makeshift camps that now dot the border area. A seemingly endless flow of cars and vehicles packed with belongings of fleeing civilians jam the roads. Some have also fled on foot.
In one camp in northern Idlib, a family of four died of suffocation on Tuesday after inhaling fumes from a fire they had made from shoes, old clothing and cardboard, their neighbor in the camp, known as Dia3, said.
"Most people are bringing bundles of shoes or clothing and burning it," Adnan al Tayeb told Reuters by phone. "The family were sleeping and suffocated."
The father, mother and their two children were among tens of thousands of people who had driven north to escape the Russian-backed Syrian government offensive.
Up to three million civilians are stuck between the advancing Syrian government troops and the closed-off border with Turkey, which already hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees and says it cannot take more.
Storms which blanketed much of northwest Syria in snow this week has worsened the plight of the displaced. Shelter is scarce, with houses and tents already packed with dozens of people. Many who have become destitute have little money to buy fuel or heaters.
"People are burning anything they have available to them, things that are often dangerous to inhale just to stay warm," said Rachel Sider of the Norwegian Refugee Council.
Mark Cutts, United Nations Deputy Regional Humanitarian Coordinator for the Syria Crisis, said the situation in Idlib was catastrophic.
"We keep hearing stories of babies and people dying as a result of cold weather and the inability to stay warm," he said.
With the Syrian army on the outskirts of Idlib city, currently home to an estimated 1 million people, a full military assault there could lead to even greater upheaval.
"NO PLACE LEFT"
International humanitarian agencies say the number of people on the move has swamped existing camps in northern Idlib, set up to shelter families displaced by earlier fighting, and people were being turned away.
"We are seeing people who simply have nowhere else left to go. They are being squeezed into a smaller and smaller area and are feeling very abandoned by the whole world and that the world is just failing them," Cutts said.
The once agricultural rural terrain of Idlib province, Syria's main olive growing district, now resembles the shanty towns on the edges of large congested cities.
"Families are sharing tents with up to 30 to 35 other people so there is very little space for people to seek refuge in northern Idlib at this stage," Sider said.
A resident from the once sleepy border town of Atma said the many people in the human wave pouring north are now sleeping in cars and under olive trees along congested routes.
Some families, with relatives further east, are able to cross from Idlib into areas of northern Syria controlled by Turkish troops. For most, there is no escape.
"Along the border area in northern Idlib it's overcrowded and the situation is much more difficult," said local aid worker Adi Satouf.
Despite the turmoil and constant upheaval in the shrinking area of rebel rule, few people say they would return to areas now under the control of President Bashar al-Assad's government.
"People are no longer thinking of returning as long as Assad is there. They are ready to put up with every injustice and hardship here but not go back to the regime," said Ibrahim Islam, a rescue worker now struggling with his family in a camp on the outskirts of Idlib.
(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi and Emma Farge; Editing by Dominic Evans and Angus MacSwan)
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Syria displacement is worst since conflict began: U.N.
By Emma Farge
GENEVA (Reuters) – More people have fled fighting in Syria over the past 10 weeks than at any other time in the 9-year-old conflict and the city of Idlib, where many are sheltering, could become a graveyard if hostilities continue, two U.N. agencies said on Tuesday.
Syrian government forces are shelling their way northwards, backed by Russian air strikes, driving people toward the Turkish border as they try to seize remaining rebel strongholds near Idlib and Aleppo.
Turkey, which backs the rebels and is fearful of additional refugees, has retaliated militarily, with displaced civilians caught in between.
"It's the fastest growing displacement we have ever seen in the country," Jens Laerke from the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, adding that nearly 700,000 people had fled since December, mostly women and children.
Another 280,000 people could flee from urban centers if fighting continues, including from the city of Idlib, which is packed with people who have escaped fighting elsewhere and which has not yet seen a full military assault on its center.
"It has the world's largest concentration of displaced people and urgently need a cessation of hostilities so as not to turn it into a graveyard," Laerke added.
Of Syria's 17 million people, 5.5 million are living as refugees in the region, mostly in Turkey, and a further six million are uprooted within their own country.
Civilians are struggling to find shelter, amid harsh winter conditions with snow, rain and wind from Storm Ciara. Mosques are full and makeshift camps are overcrowded, said Andrej Mahecic, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency.
"Even finding a place in an unfinished building has become nearly impossible," he told journalists in Geneva, describing the humanitarian crisis as "increasingly desperate".
OCHA has sent 230 trucks over two authorized border crossings in Turkey so far this month, containing food, water and hygiene equipment, Laerke added. Last month, 1,227 trucks were shipped in the biggest cross-border aid operation there since the operation started in 2014.
The U.N. Security Council renewed a six-month program delivering aid to civilians in January but stopped crossings from Iraq and Jordan to avoid a veto from Russia which backs Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Aid workers say that is restricting their ability to help the displaced.
(Additional reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by Philippa Fletcher)
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U.S. forces seen near Turkish border for patrol in northeast Syria: witness, SDF source
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.S. forces in armored vehicles were seen on Thursday near the Syria-Turkey border in a part of northeastern Syria where they had not been observed since the United States announced a decision to withdraw from the area, a witness said.
A military source from the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) described the movement as a patrol running between the towns of Rmeilan to Qahtaniyah, 20 km (12 miles) to the west. The source said it would "not be a one-time" event.
The head of the SDF's media office could not immediately be reached for comment. The witness saw the vehicles outside the town of Qahtaniyah, roughly 6 km (4 miles) south of the border.
President Donald Trump announced this month that U.S. forces would withdraw from northeastern Syria, where the United States had allied with the SDF to oust Islamic State forces.
In response to a question about the reported troop movement, Colonel Myles Caggins, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, said, "All Coalition military operations are de-conflicted with other forces operating in the region".
"We have begun repositioning Coalition troops to the Deir al-Zor region, in coordination with our SDF partners, to increase security (and) continue our mission to defeat (Islamic State) remnants," Caggins added.
The U.S. military said last week it was reinforcing its position in Syria with additional assets, including mechanized forces, to prevent oil fields from being taken over by remnants of the Islamic State militant group or others.
Trump said last week a small number of U.S. troops would remain in the area of Syria "where they have the oil". Syria's oil wells are principally located in Deir al-Zor province, well south of the Turkish-Syrian border.
(Reporting by Rodi Said in northeast Syria; Writing by Eric Knecht; Editing by Tom Perry and Will Dunham)
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Shells fall in northeast Syria despite five-day ceasefire agreement
CEYLANPINAR, Turkey (Reuters) – Shelling could be heard at the Syrian-Turkish border on Friday morning despite a five-day ceasefire agreed between Turkey and the United States, and Washington said the deal covered only a small part of the territory Ankara aims to seize.
Reuters journalists at the border heard machine-gun fire and shelling and saw smoke rising from the Syrian border battlefield city of Ras al Ain, although the sounds of fighting had subsided by mid-morning.
The truce, announced on Thursday by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, sets out a five-day pause to let the Kurdish-led SDF militia withdraw from an area controlled by Turkish forces.
The SDF said air and artillery attacks continued to target its positions and civilian targets in Ral al Ain.
"Turkey is violating the ceasefire agreement by continuing to attack the town since last night," SDF spokesman Mustafa Bali tweeted.
The Kurdish-led administration in the area said Turkish truce violations in Ras al Ain had caused casualties, without giving details.
The deal was aimed at easing a crisis that saw President Donald Trump order a hasty and unexpected U.S. retreat, which his critics say amounted to abandoning loyal Kurdish allies that fought for years alongside U.S. troops against Islamic State.
Trump has praised the deal, saying it would save "millions of lives". White House spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham told Fox News the ceasefire was successful even if halting fighting "takes time".
Turkey cast it as a complete victory in its campaign to control a strip of territory stretching hundreds of miles along the border and more than 30 km (around 20 miles) deep into Syria, to drive out fighters from the YPG, the SDF's main Kurdish component.
"As of now, the 120-hour period is on. In this 120-hour period, the terrorist organization, the YPG, will leave the area we identified as a safe zone," Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul. The safe zone would be 32 km deep, and run "440 km from the very west to the east," he said.
But the U.S. special envoy for Syria, James Jeffrey, said the agreement covered only a smaller area where Turkish forces were already operating, without giving details of how far along the border Washington believed it stretched.
The Kurds said it was limited to a small strip between two border towns that have seen the bulk of the fighting: Ras al Ain and Tal Abyad, just 120 km away.
RUSSIA, IRAN FILL VACUUM
With the United States pulling its entire 1,000-strong contingent from northern Syria, the extent of Turkey's ambitions is likely to be determined by Russia and Iran, filling the vacuum created by the U.S. retreat.
The government of President Bashar al-Assad, backed by Moscow and Tehran, has already taken up positions in territory formerly protected by Washington, invited by the Kurds.
Jeffrey acknowledged that Turkey was now negotiating with Moscow and Damascus over control of areas where Washington was pulling out, which were not covered by the U.S.-Turkish ceasefire agreement.
"As you know we have a very convoluted situation now with Russian, Syrian army, Turkish, American, SDF and some Daesh (Islamic State) elements all floating around in a very wild way," Jeffrey said.
"Now, the Turks have their own discussions going on with the Russians and the Syrians in other areas of the northeast and in Manbij to the west of the Euphrates," he said. "Whether they incorporate that later into a Turkish-controlled safe zone, it was not discussed in any detail."
LIFTING SANCTIONS?
The joint U.S.-Turkish statement released after Thursday's talks said Washington and Ankara would cooperate on handling Islamic State fighters and family members held in prisons and camps, an important international concern.
Pence said U.S. sanctions imposed on Tuesday would be lifted once the ceasefire became permanent.
In Washington, U.S. senators who have criticized the Trump administration for failing to prevent the Turkish assault in the first place said they would press ahead with legislation to impose sanctions against Turkey.
The Turkish assault began after Trump moved U.S. troops out of the way following an Oct. 6 phone call with Erdogan.
It has created a new humanitarian crisis in Syria with – according to Red Cross estimates – 200,000 civilians taking flight, a security alert over thousands of Islamic State fighters potentially abandoned in Kurdish jails, and a political storm at home for Trump.
Turkey says the "safe zone" would make room to settle up to 2 million Syrian refugees it is currently hosting, and would push back the YPG militia which it deems a terrorist group because of its links to Kurdish insurgents in southeast Turkey.
A Turkish official told Reuters that Ankara got "exactly what we wanted" from the talks with the United States.
(Additional reporting by Daren Butler and Ali Kucukgocmen in Istanbul, Writing by Jonathan Spicer and Dominic Evans, Editing by Peter Graff and Timothy Heritage)
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Syria rebel group upbeat on Douma talks but denies deal
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Syrian rebel group said on Friday that U.N.-mediated talks with Russia were "heading in the right direction" but denied it had agreed to evacuate the last insurgent-held enclave in eastern Ghouta.
The town of Douma, controlled by the Jaish al-Islam rebel group, is the last patch of eastern Ghouta still held by insurgents who have been routed in a ferocious offensive by the Russian-backed Syrian military that began in February.
Its recovery would seal a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad, crushing the last big rebel stronghold near Damascus seven years into a conflict that has killed hundreds of thousands of people and displaced millions.
Thousands of people – fighters from other rebel factions, their families and other civilians – have been leaving for northwestern Syria from other parts of eastern Ghouta in convoys of buses that have been given safe passage to Idlib province.
Jaish al-Islam has so far refused such an evacuation, saying it amounts to forced demographic change by Assad and his allies.
The Russian news agency Interfax quoted the Russian military's general staff as saying it had reached agreement with insurgents in Douma to leave, without saying where they would go.
"Agreement was reached today with the leaders of illegal armed groups on the departure in the near future of the rebels and their family members from the town of Douma," it cited Sergei Rudskoy, an official with the general staff, as saying.
The Jaish al-Islam military spokesman quickly denied the report. "Our position is still clear and firm and it is rejecting forced displacement and demographic change in what remains of eastern Ghouta," Jaish al-Islam military spokesman Hamza Birqdar said in a message posted on his Telegram feed.
But Mohammad Alloush, the group's political official, said the talks over Douma were moving in the right direction and the "chances (of agreement) are getting stronger day after day".
Alloush, who is based outside Syria, made the comments in a report whose accuracy he confirmed to Reuters.
Douma is surrounded by Syrian government forces. There are tens of thousands of civilians in the town.
Syrian state TV said a deal had nearly been reached for Jaish al-Islam to leave Douma to the Idlib, citing preliminary information.
The government offensive in eastern Ghouta has killed more than 1,600 civilians, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says. It said a total of 144,000 people have now been displaced from eastern Ghouta.
While thousands have gone to rebel-held territory near the Turkish border, the bulk of the displaced have fled the fighting to shelters in government-held areas near eastern Ghouta.
(Reporting by Maria Kiselyova in Moscow and Tom Perry in Beirut; writing by Tom Perry; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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Thousands more leave enclave in Syria's Ghouta as Assad takes back control
By Tom Perry and Suleiman Al-Khalidi
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) – Thousands of people departed eastern Ghouta for Syrian rebel territory near the Turkish border on Tuesday, the third group to leave under a deal brokered by Russia to surrender the enclave near Damascus to the Syrian government.
Some 7,000 people – most of them fighters and their families – left on 100 buses in the early hours of the morning, to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. More buses drove into eastern Ghouta ahead of a further evacuation.
Rebels have been leaving Ghouta in batches with their families since Thursday, accepting safe passage to the Idlib region in northwestern Syria after they were beaten into retreat in a fierce assault by the Russian-backed Syrian army.
It marks the biggest defeat for the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad since insurgents were driven from eastern Aleppo in 2016, underscoring his unassailable military position in the seven-year-long conflict.
"We faced two choices: go to Idlib or make peace with the regime," said Sakhr Yousef, a 24-year-old fighter with the Failaq al-Rahman faction as he was preparing to leave eastern Ghouta with his wife and four young siblings.
"Making peace with the regime is very difficult, making peace with those who bombed us with criminal Russia," he added in a voice message to Reuters, referring to Assad's main backer in the conflict.
The rebels being evacuated on Tuesday are leaving from a tract of territory centered around the towns of Arbin, Ain Tarma and Zamalka that was controlled by Failaq al-Rahman rebels.
The last remaining insurgent-held area in Ghouta is the town of Douma. The United Nations said it is highly concerned for 70,000-78,000 people it said were trapped inside.
The Islamist group that controls Douma, Jaish al-Islam, is in talks with Russia that have yet to yield a result.
DISPLACED PEOPLE SUBJECTED TO "SCREENING PROCESS"
Backed by Russia and Iran, the government has repeatedly forced rebels to surrender areas and withdraw to Idlib. The opposition has called this a policy of "demographic change" aimed at forcing dissidents out of Syria's main cities.
State television, broadcasting from the outskirts of Arbin, showed buses moving along a dusty road through a wasteland of heavily damaged buildings.
A correspondent with Hezbollah's al-Manar TV said it could take four to five days to evacuate the tens of thousands of people who had agreed to leave Arbin, Ain Tarma and Zamalka.
Hezbollah, a heavily armed Lebanese group backed by Iran, has fought on Assad's side during the war.
The Russian news agency TASS said 13,190 rebels had left eastern Ghouta in the last three days.
Many tens of thousands of people have fled eastern Ghouta this month into areas controlled by the Syrian government.
The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said more than 80,000 people had left formerly besieged parts of eastern Ghouta as control shifted since March 9.
The displaced "have to proceed to collective shelters and are not permitted to leave, until they have undergone a screening process and are able to prove a sponsor", OCHA said in a situation report.
Syrian state TV said the army freed 28 people who had been held captive by militants in Arbin. The Observatory said their release was part of the deal agreed by rebels.
The Syrian military split eastern Ghouta into three separate zones during its assault that began on Feb. 18 and has killed more than 1,600 people, according to the Observatory.
The government says the offensive is securing Damascus from insurgent mortar fire that regularly used to hit the capital including its Old City.
In addition to their foothold in the northwest, anti-Assad rebels still hold a chunk of territory along the southern frontier with Jordan and Israel, and enclaves near Damascus, Homs and Hama.
(Additional reporting Katya Golubkova; Writing by Tom Perry; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
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