By Reuters  May 2, 2023 | 08:38 am GMT+7 The logo of the Bank of Korea is seen on the top of its building in Seoul, South Korea, March 8, 2016. Photo by Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji The central banks of South Korea and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to cooperate on promoting the use of their currencies for bilateral transactions, such as current account transactions and direct investment. The cooperation will help businesses reduce their transaction costs and exposure to exchange rate risks by enabling the direct exchange rate quotation between the Korean won and the Indonesian rupiah…
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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that the agency will be unlikely to meet all US government payment obligations “potentially as early as June 1” without action by Congress.The estimate raised the risk that the United States is headed for an unprecedented default that would shake the global economy, adding new urgency to political calculations in Washington, where Democrats and Republicans were girding for a months-long standoff.Biden called Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Jerusalem, where he is on a diplomatic trip, to invite him to a May 9 White House meeting. The two leaders haven’t…
Answer:Bubble tea is currently a very popular drink choice for many people. This concoction can bring certain benefits to the body, however, the harm it does to the body is still more prominent.Analyzing a typical cup of bubble tea that is sold in many places today would show that it is not very nutritious. The milk for this drink was made from sugar and dairy creamer, not the kind of milk that we’d often use.A 500ml cup of bubble tea contains about 30 grams of sugar, equivalent to 120 kcal; about 30 grams of dairy creamer primarily made from palm…
By Hieu Nhan  May 2, 2023 | 07:23am GMT+7 The lenses of American photographer William E. Crawford and Nguyen The Son have clearly captured Hanoi’s evolution between the mid-1980s and now. 114 Hang Bac Street circa 1986 and 2023 – part of the 16 photos showcased at the “Then and Now, Hanoi streets in transition” exhibition being held at No.2 Hang Bun Street from 26/4 to 20/5.Eight of the photos were taken by William E. Crawford between 1985 and 2000, and the remaining eight by Son at the same locations to show how Hanoi changed over the years. A1 Giang…
Six months have passed since my last horrible breakup. I have tried to heal myself in many ways: self-love, letting go of things that were holding me back and learning new skills, just generally enjoying my life a bit more. I want to breathe freely without feeling crestfallen.Over the past six months, I have managed to get a better job, a better place, meaningful friendships and traveled to new places. But there’s one thing I know, with this damaged and broken soul of mine: I have not been the same since.I’m over 30, I’m knowledgeable, have great technical skills with…
“Hanoi is an unbelievably beautiful city,” he told American magazine Hollywood Reporter.”There’s a lot to unpack because a big part of that beauty – the incredible architecture and food in this rich, vibrant culture – is due to French colonialism.”While in Hanoi for filming the Netflix movie, he stayed at a hotel not far from the old quarter, which gave him an opportunity to explore daily life in the vicinity.One of his favorite experiences was sitting in a tiny plastic chair to drink a cup of coffee and eat pho (Vietnamese noodle soup), a popular breakfast among Hanoians, he said.”I…
He barely ever slept.Back then, he was 140 kgs, which is 60 kgs overweight for a 1m-76-tall man. Phat was suffering from insomnia, and gaming was his only escape from reality.Phat’s mother, the 48-year-old Ngo Thi Dieu Hang, told VnExpress that she had tried to instill healthy eating habits in her son every sine he was a baby. However, Phat has never paid much attention, she said.”He ate what he wanted, that’s why he grew chubby,” she said.Phat never worried about his weight until he noticed that in 10th grade his heart began pounding hard anytime he walked faster than…
By Reuters  May 1, 2023 | 01:52pm GMT+7 Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, Srettha Thavisin, a property tycoon and Pheu Thai Party’s new adviser, and Chaikasem Nitisiri, line up as the Pheu Thai Party’s prime ministerial candidates, are pictured during an event to announce the party’s prime ministerial candidate in Bangkok, Thailand, April 5, 2023. Photo by Reuters Thailand’s leading prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, gave birth on Monday to a baby boy two weeks before elections in which she hopes to return to power the populist movement her father and aunt led before army coups…
By Reuters  May 1, 2023 | 11:43am GMT+7 Alibaba Group co-founder and executive chairman Jack Ma attends the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) in Shanghai, China, September 17, 2018. Photo by Reuters Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the university said on Monday. The appointment term for China’s best-known entrepreneur finishes at the end of October, but the contract is renewable on an annual basis, the university said. At the college, Ma will be engaged in areas including advising on important…
By Reuters  May 1, 2023 | 11:31 am GMT+7 Emergency personnel work on the site where a bus carrying tourists traveling to Guayabitos overturned, in Compostela, Nayarit state, Mexico in this handout image obtained from social media April 30, 2023. Photo by Reuters At least 18 people were killed and 33 injured when a bus fell off a cliff in western Mexico, local authorities said Sunday. The prosecutor’s office in Nayarit, the state where the accident occurred, said the vehicle fell some 15 meters (49.21 ft) down a ravine on Saturday night, on a highway that connects state capital Tepic…