I’m 29. Ten years ago, a girl and I had strong feelings for each other, but due to having backgrounds decided not to pursue our relationship further. I thought I didn’t deserve her so I avoided her on purpose. When she reached out to me, I didn’t dare to respond because I was afraid I would fall too deeply in love with her.My circumstances back then were less than favorable: I didn’t have a stable job and couldn’t take care of anyone else, so I decided to cut off all contact with her.I have only been focusing on my career…
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By AFP  May 9, 2023 | 08:52am GMT+7 Police blockade a luxury watch shop in Ginza district, Tokyo following the failed heist. Photo by AFP Four people were detained in Tokyo on Monday after they smashed their way into a luxury watch shop and stole items worth over $740,000, local media said. The robbery in the upscale Ginza district was an unusual attempted heist in a country with famously low levels of crime.Three people entered the shop with their faces covered and armed with crowbars which they used to destroy glass cases and snatch more than 30 items worth over…
The market, crowded with more than 90 models, is about to get even tighter with at least 20 new models of both Chinese and foreign brands launched in April, squeezing pricing and margins at home and driving exports, analysts and executives said.EV makers in China have followed Tesla’s bold price cuts by lowering prices for their own electric SUVs, cannibalizing sales of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles as the price gap between the technologies narrows, analysts said.The trend will spread abroad with growing exports of China-made electric SUVs.”We’re going to see a lot of Chinese exports because of the ultra-competitive…
By Reuters  May 8, 2023 | 03:57pm GMT+7 Binance logo is seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Dado Ruvic Cryptocurrency exchange Binance halted bitcoin withdrawals for several hours on Monday, citing heavy volumes and a surge in processing fees, before clearing them at a higher cost. Late on Sunday and again early on Monday the world’s biggest crypto exchange shut bitcoin withdrawals saying there was a glut of pending transactions because it hadn’t offered so-called miners a high enough reward to log the trades on the blockchain.The halt pushed bitcoin lower though its losses were marginal,…
By Y Ly  May 8, 2023 | 02:47pm GMT+7 Scottish actress Karen Gillan wore a cutout dress made by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri to the “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” film premiere in the United States. On Sunday, Gillan, 36, uploaded photos of herself in a black cutout dress taken on her way to the premiere in Florida, onr social media. Karen Gillan attends the Florida “Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 3” premiere on May 2, 2023, in a Cong Tri design. Photo from Karen Gillan’s Instagram The cutout dress, made from faille silk and accompanied by long ton-sur-ton…
May 8, 2023 | 09:48 am GMT+7 I find orange juice very sweet, so is it all right for people with diabetes to drink it? (Thanh Tan) Answer:People with diabetes should avoid all food products that contain a lot of cholesterol, fat, and sugar. Instead, you should supplement your diet with vegetables and fruits. They contain a large amount of fiber, are rich in vitamins, low in fat, and provide positive benefits to your blood sugar levels.You should avoid canned or bottled juice, as well as pre-made juice sold in cartons, because they contain large amounts of sugar. These kinds…
This photograph, which shows a sugarcane vendor in front of a temple in 1915, is part of over 30 monochrome photographs of streets and markets in old Hanoi on display at the 22 Hang Buom Street Culture and Arts Center from April 21 to June 3. The event, hosted by the French Institute of Hanoi, takes visitors back in time to early-20th-century Hanoi . Source: Internet
“I feel alive. I feel free,” said an excited Bian, dapper in tinted sunglasses, flat-topped navy blue hat and a wraparound tunic cinched at the waist, his hair hanging loosely to his shoulders. “This is my dream.”Cooped up in China for three years under some of the world’s toughest curbs against Covid-19, Bian is among a flood of mainland Chinese hunting for property buys in the southeast Asian nation since Beijing opened its borders this year.Many Chinese are eager to invest in a residence overseas, keen for a safety net in case of a similar disease outbreak, and also to…
By Reuters  May 8, 2023 | 08:12am GMT+7 Dozens feared dead after a tourist boat capsized near Tanur in Malappuram district of Kerala, India. Photo obtained from social media At least 21 people drowned after a boat capsized off the coastal town of Tanur in the Malappuram district of India’s southern state of Kerala, local authorities said on Monday. The boat, which was carrying about 40 inbound passengers, overturned as it was overcrowded, said Abdul Nazar, Malappuram district’s junior superintendent of police.It was not immediately clear exactly how many more people had died, the police office officer said, adding that…
The Texas Department of Public Safety on Sunday confirmed the identity of the assailant in Saturday’s shooting as Mauricio Garcia, a 33-year-old resident of Dallas, Texas.Police said Garcia killed eight people and wounded at least seven on Saturday afternoon at Allen Premium Outlets mall in Allen, a northern suburb of Dallas, before he was killed by police.The killings were the latest in at least 199 mass shootings that have occurred in the United States so far in 2023, according to the nonprofit group Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as any in which four or more people are…