Atingida pelo envelhecimento da população, a aldeia japonesa de Nanmoku tomou uma iniciativa drástica: convidar visitantes de uma região amazónica do Peru para os convencer a mudarem-se para a localidade, que está em risco de extinção. A presidente da câmara da cidade peruana de Belén e duas jovens visitaram recentemente um lar de idosos em Nanmoku, uma aldeia montanhosa no centro do Japão, com 1.300 habitante Cumprimentaram os residentes. Alguns, não esconderam a sua surpresa com a visita. “Nanmoku é uma cidade muito bonita. Desde que cheguei, comecei a admirar tudo”, disse à AFP Wendy Sangama, uma estudante de 19

Doveva essere il viaggio più bello della vita, si è trasformato in una sequenza di disguidi, disagi e telefonate rimaste senza risposta. Ora, a quattro anni dalle nozze, una coppia di Milano ottiene giustizia: il Tribunale del capoluogo lombardo ha condannato l’agenzia di viaggi che aveva organizzato la luna di miele a restituire i circa 11mila euro del pacchetto e a versare ulteriori 16mila euro, tra danni e spese legali, per la cosiddetta “vacanza rovinata”. Lo riporta Il Corriere della Sera.

Nelle motivazioni, depositate nei giorni scorsi, il giudice insiste su un punto: il viaggio di nozze non è una vacanza come le altre. La gravità del pregiudizio, si legge in sostanza nella sentenza, nasce proprio dalla natura dell’occasione, carica di aspettative altissime e destinata a diventare un ricordo duraturo per gli sposi.

Un itinerario su misura, ma con problemi fin dal check-in

Il pacchetto, concordato nei dettagli con l’agenzia, prevedeva un tour tra Perù e Colombia dal 12 al 28 agosto 2022, con voli intercontinentali, soggiorni in diverse strutture e vari spostamenti interni per le escursioni. Le difficoltà sono cominciate prima ancora del decollo. Arrivati in aeroporto, i due sposi hanno scoperto che la compagnia Klm li aveva assegnati a voli diversi sulla tratta transoceanica: lei con volo diretto da Amsterdam a Lima, lui con scalo a Panama e arrivo nella capitale peruviana alcune ore dopo.

All’andata il problema è stato risolto grazie alla disponibilità del personale della compagnia, che è riuscito a farli sedere sullo stesso aereo, forse anche per la particolarità del viaggio. Al ritorno, invece, nessun miracolo: la partenza “da separati” è stata confermata.

L'articolo Luna di miele in Perù disastrosa: sposi milanesi viaggiano separati in volo e finiscono al gelo in hotel. Il Tirbunale condanna l’agenzia al risarcimento di 16mila euro proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Ukraine holds personal data on each of the nearly 46,000 foreigners it has identified as signing with Russia’s army since 2022, Dmytro Usov, secretary of its prisoner-of-war coordination headquarters, said on 19 October. If the current pace holds, he expects this year’s contracts to reach Moscow’s plan. Meanwhile, a survey of captured foreigners gave a split answer on how many knew they were heading to war.

Usov said 41% of surveyed foreign POWs signed at enlistment offices and recruitment points, which the headquarters reads as a sign of a systematic campaign. He also said the hiring is meant to ease the social and budget burden of Russia’s own losses. Russia has long turned to foreigners to offset shortages in its regular forces. In April, Ukraine’s military intelligence (HUR) said enlistment offices had reportedly been assigned regional quotas.

A count built name by name

Usov, a brigadier general and secretary of Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War, spoke at the international conference Crimea Global. He said Russia’s Defense Ministry has signed 45,959 foreigners from 151 countries. Ukraine’s records include each one’s rank, dog tag, and contract date.

The figure counts everyone who signed, not only those serving now. In April, Usov said his count left out North Korea’s regular troops, that 25–30% more recruits were likely still unidentified, and that at least 5,149 foreign recruits had died, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

This year’s contracts near the plan

Contracts have grown every year: 94 in 2022, 4,067 in 2023, 8,877 in 2024, and 16,085 in 2025. Some names surface late. At the same April event, Interfax-Ukraine reported, Usov had put 2025 at 13,997 and said the headquarters adds newly identified foreigners every month.

For 2026, Russia’s Defense Ministry planned 18,500 foreign contracts. Ukraine knows of 16,168 so far, roughly level with all of 2025. Another 668 contracts still have no year assigned. If the same dynamic holds, Usov said, the ministry will fully meet its plan and may even exceed it.

He named Indonesia, Peru, Chad, and Zimbabwe among the ten countries that drove the growth in recruits, Ukrinform reported. At the same time, he said, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry and POW agencies have cut recruitment in some countries and stopped it in others.

What captured foreigners told Ukraine

Ukrainian forces have captured citizens of 59 countries since the full-scale invasion began. Uzbeks, Tajiks, Belarusians, and Colombians are among the largest groups.

In the headquarters’ survey of foreign POWs, nearly half said they knew they would fight Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. Another 28% said they didn’t know, 14.8% weren’t sure, and 13.8% said they were deceived. The headquarters ran the survey, and neither report gave a sample size or explained how the shares fit together. Usov said the results showed most knew where they were going. Almost 47% said they signed up for Russian citizenship.

Sondagem revela que quase metade dos peruanos estão insatisfeitos com Keiko Fujimori, que tomou posse em julho.

© Paolo Aguilar/EPA

À frente de um partido de esquerda com nome aparentemente de direita, Ahora Nación, bateu um partido de extrema-direita com nome aparentemente de extrema-esquerda, Renovación Popular.

© JOÃO PORFÍRIO/OBSERVADOR

The EU welcomes Cambodia’s decision to join the Multi-party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) for WTO members, contributing to efforts to uphold a rules-based multilateral trading system. 

With Cambodia’s participation, the MPIA now covers 62 World Trade Organization (WTO) members and 60.4% of world trade.  

The MPIA brings together participants from all continents and at different levels of development, united by a shared commitment to upholding the rules-based trading system. 

The MPIA preserves the right to appeal in trade disputes among participating WTO members, at a time when the WTO’s Appellate Body remains non-functioning. It helps ensure that disputes can continue to be resolved in an orderly and binding manner, avoiding appeals 'into the void'. 

“I welcome Cambodia to the MPIA. The arrangement plays an important role in upholding the rules-based trading system. Each new participant helps reinforce the predictability, stability and credibility of global trade rules. I encourage other WTO members to join the MPIA,” said EU Trade and Economic Security Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič. 

Background 

The MPIA was established in 2020 and has proven its effectiveness in many WTO disputes.  

Under the MPIA, appeals are heard by arbitrators randomly selected from a pool of 10 standing appeal arbitrators set up by the participating WTO members. These arbitrators are persons of recognised authority, with demonstrated expertise in law, international trade and WTO agreements.  

The MPIA is open to all WTO members as a practical tool for appeal arbitration, pending the restoration of a reformed and fully functioning WTO dispute settlement system. 

As of 1 June 2025, the MPIA has an updated pool of appeal arbitrators to ensure that appeals continue to be heard by independent arbitrators of the highest calibre. 

At the WTO Ministerial Conference that took place earlier this year, MPIA ministers stressed the importance of the MPIA for the security and predictability of the multilateral trading system.  

The current MPIA participants are Australia, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, China, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, the European Union (and its Member States), Guatemala, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, Japan, Liechtenstein, Macao (China), Malaysia, Mexico, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, Uruguay and Vietnam.

More information

MC14: Supporting the rules-based multilateral trading system: the role of the MPIA