Once the father and son reach the nursing center, a nurse standing at the door helps carry Phuc’s personal belongings and assist him in completing his health checkup.After breakfast, Phuc and other fellow seniors would attend a morning exercise session.”I’m not any different from children attending day school now,” Phuc said, commenting on his daily schedule.Every Monday to Friday morning, his son brings him from their Bac Tu Liem District family apartment to the nursing home in the same neighborhood.Then he picks Phuc up and brings him home in the evening. The grandfather stays at home with his children and…
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By AFP  May 4, 2023 | 04:15pm GMT+7 Electric-powered Volvo XC40 cars are seen at the Auto Zurich Car Show 2022 in Zurich, Switzerland November 10, 2022. Photo by Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann Chinese-owned Volvo Cars of Sweden said Thursday that it would cut 1,300 white-collar positions in Sweden in an effort to cut costs and warned that global cost-cutting measures were to come. CEO Jim Rowan said in a statement that cost-cutting measures taken last year had started to “bear results” but “it’s clear that we need to do more.””Economic headwinds, increased raw material prices and increased competition are likely to…
The AI-enhanced features of the company’s Bing search engine and Edge internet browser are now open for anyone to use, Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president, said in a blog post.”This means that it will now be easier than ever for everyone to try the new Bing and Edge by simply signing into Bing with your Microsoft Account,” Mehdi said.The services have been enhanced with the ability to work with images as well as text, and Microsoft intends to add video to the mix, according to the executive.A Bing “Image Creator” was recently integrated into its AI chatbot’s repertoire, allowing it…
After seeing Chi Pu in the theme song for the fourth season, people commented about her presence and charisma on Chinese social network Weibo.A commenter with the handle KIT21 wrote: “The first back shot in the MV could not be more beautiful. It took me half a day to find out that it was Chi Pu.”User Pop Culture Vote wrote Chi Pu created a good impression despite appearing after famous Taiwanese actress Alyssa Chia.She is also among the favorite contestants for Keaiya, who said the 29-year-old singer has a beautiful face and charisma like a Miss Universe.”The first time I…
The suspected gunman, identified as Deion Patterson, 24, was taken into custody without incident after an undercover officer spotted him north of the city in suburban Cobb County several hours after the 12:30 pm shooting at the Northside Medical facility, police said.The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an emailed statement that the woman killed was one of its employees, but did not identify her. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution newspaper identified the slain woman as Amy St. Pierre, citing her husband Julian St. Pierre.The motive for the shooting, and whether the suspect knew or targeted any of his…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Kyiv had nothing to do with the reported overnight incident.”We don’t attack Putin, or Moscow, we fight on our territory,” Zelenskiy told a press conference during a visit to Finland, of the war against Russian occupiers.A senior aide to Zelenskiy called the accusation a sign that the Kremlin was planning a major new attack on Ukraine, at a time of potential turning point in the war as Kyiv prepares to mount a long-anticipated counteroffensive.Shortly after the Kremlin announcement, Ukraine reported alerts for air strikes over the capital Kyiv and other cities.Russia said that two unmanned…
The US central bank raised its benchmark overnight interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to the 5.00%-5.25% range, as expected by financial markets, but in doing so dropped from its policy statement language saying that it “anticipates” further rate increases would be needed.The change doesn’t foreclose the central bank’s policy-setting committee from hiking rates again when it meets in June, but Fed Chair Jerome Powell said it was now an open question whether further increases will be warranted in an economy still facing high inflation, but also showing signs of a slowdown and with risks of a…
By Hoang Hai  May 4, 2023 | 06:44am GMT+7 My wife and I are both 30 years old. I work in shifts, while my wife is an office worker. Our child is now 7 months old and is being taken care of by the grandparents in the countryside. Our income isn’t exactly high, but we managed to save a sizable amount.Recently, with some financial support from my parent’s side, we bought a house – where we’ll be moving in together once our child is one year old.I think my wife is fine in every aspect, it is just that she…
Milan Milosevic, the father of one of the pupils at the Vladislav Ribnikar elementary school in the Serbian capital, said his daughter was in the class where the gun was fired.”She managed to escape. (The boy) …first shot the teacher and then he started shooting randomly,” Milosevic told broadcaster N1.Milan Nedeljkovic, mayor of the central Vracar district where the school is located, said doctors were fighting to save the teacher’s life.The interior ministry statement said eight children and a security guard had been killed and six children had been hospitalized along with the teacher.Police said a seventh-grade student had been…
By Reuters  May 3, 2023 | 03:58pm GMT+7 Morning rush hour following the Chinese Lunar New Year holiday in Beijing, January 2023. Photo by Reuters Asia’s economic growth could outpace developed countries’ by 5% by end-2023 driven by China’s easing of Covid-19 curbs, strong domestic demand and interest rates staying in less-restrictive territory, said Morgan Stanley economists. The recent banking stress in the US and Europe strengthens the case for Asia’s out performance, MS Asia economists, led by Chetan Ahya, said in a note dated Tuesday.”Lending standards will tighten in the US and Europe, and, in turn, weigh on domestic…