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Developers are moving towards sustainable development by promoting green apartment buildings but there are issues to surmount. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) awarded EDGE certification to the HausNeo Apartments project developed by the EZ Land Vietnam Development JSC in August, as it met the required excellence in design for green buildings. According to Mr. Do Ngoc Dung Oliver, CEO of EZ Land, there are signs that awareness of the value of going green is increasing in Vietnam. “People are attracted by the savings they can achieve through lower utility bills and by the unique green features of EDGE-certified buildings,” he said. “This EDGE certification will further help raise people’s awareness and show the sustainability values of EZ Land through our first apartment project, HausNeo.”  Many other developers have also joined the sustainable development movement by promoting green apartment buildings. Mr. Dang Thanh Long, Managing … [Read more...] about Initial costs in green apartments offset later

Property prices are falling so fast in Melbourne that units in at least a dozen suburbs are cheaper than they were five years ago. Housing data shows falls of up to 22 per cent since 2014, let alone since the dizzying heights of 2017 before the property bubble deflated.  Buyers are taking notice with traffic on real estate websites jumping as bargain hunters look to get in before the trend reverses again. Inner city suburb, Abbotsford, (pictured) saw property prices drop 22 per cent over the last five years  Windsor, (pictured) in Melbourne's centre, has seen property prices drop 14 per cent The trendy inner suburb of Abbotsford saw the biggest fall with units averaging just $450,000 - 22 per cent cheaper than 2014. The median price in Travancore also took a hit of 18 per cent, meaning a property worth $425,000 in 2014 will now fetch $350,000. Central Melbourne suburb, Windsor, dropped 14 per cent, while Bundoora, in the city's north, saw a decrease of almost 10 per … [Read more...] about Good news for first home buyers! Property prices in one Australian city are falling so fast there are a DOZEN suburbs where units are cheaper now than five years ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Veteran anchor Bill Hemmer will replace Shepard Smith on Fox News Channel’s afternoon newscast, the network announced Monday. Hemmer has been with Fox News since 2005, after previously working at CNN. He has most recently been a co-host of Fox’s 10 a.m. news program, which now has an opening to fill. Smith, who had become known for occasionally refuting some of the assertions made on Fox’s prime-time news programs, abruptly quit the network in October. Fox said that under Hemmer, the 3 p.m. Eastern time show would remain a news and not an opinion program. Hemmer will lead all breaking news coverage for the network as part of his new role. He will debut on the program Jan. 20. … [Read more...] about Fox News names Hemmer to take over Smith’s time slot

Nancy Pelosi and her Democrats announced two charges against Donald Trump on Tuesday, setting up a vote to impeach the president by the end of the year. 'Today, in service to our duty to the constitution and to our country, the House Committee on the Judiciary is introducing two articles of impeachment charging the president of the united States, Donald J. Trump, with committing high crimes and misdemeanors,' said House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler.  The two charges are abuse of power and obstruction of justice.  'The first article is for abuse of power. It is an impeachable offense for the president to exercise the powers of his public office to obtain an improper personal benefit while ignoring or injuring the national interest. That is exactly what President Trump did when he solicited and pressured Ukraine to interfere in our 2020 presidential election. Thus damaging our national security, undermining the integrity of the next election and violating his … [Read more...] about BREAKING NEWS: Democrats reveal TWO articles of impeachment against Donald Trump accusing him of abusing his office by ‘soliciting’ Ukraine to interfere in 2020 election and obstruction of Congress saying: ‘No one is above the law.’

Bandh, protests against Citizenship Bill hit normal life in NortheastLarge parts of the Northeast simmered with protests by students’ unions and Left-democratic organisations against the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, passed by the Lok Sabha. A day before the divisive legislation is tabled in the Rajya Sabha, normal life was paralysed in Assam’s Brahmaputra Valley during the shutdown, led by the All Assam Students’ Union and the North East Students’ Organisation NESO. The deserted Saraighat bridge which connects the Northeast with rest of India in Guwahati December 10, 2019 during the Assam bandh called by the North East Student Organisation in protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.   | Photo Credit: Ritu Raj Konwar Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: U.S. panel considers recommending sanctions against Amit Shah | Comment unwarranted, inaccurate: Ministry of External AffairsIndia has the prerogative to validate its citizenry through … [Read more...] about Top news of the day: Anti-Citizenship Bill protests rock Northeast, Nirbhaya case convict Akshay Singh Thakur seeks review of death penalty, and more

Bombshell has been met with mixed reviews from critics questioning the melodrama's success in depicting the downfall of Fox News kingpin Roger Ailes.  The film chronicles Ailes ouster from the network through the accounts of three women who accused him of sexual harassment - anchors Megyn Kelly (Charlize Theron), Gretchen Carlson (Nicole Kidman) and Kayla Pospisil (Margot Robbie), a composite character who serves as a voice for female staffers whose claims were silenced.  Bombshell triumphed in cultivating a cast that bears striking resemblance to real-life characters, with Theron transformed into a body double of Kelly, Kidman as a slightly less believable but still similar Carlson and John Lithgow as an uglier, pudgier version of Ailes.   However, critics who screened the movie ahead of its December 20 theater debut were divided about how well the compelling true story was translated onto the screen.   Bombshell, a melodrama about the sexual harassment … [Read more...] about A real Bombshell? Critics are divided over how effectively new movie portrays Roger Ailes’ downfall at Fox News as Charlize Theron is hailed for her ‘frighteningly’ accurate portrayal of Megyn Kelly