By Reuters August 7, 2023 | 09:38 GMT+7 An aerial view shows the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant after a strong earthquake, in Okuma city, Fukushima prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on March 17, 2022. Photo courtesy of Reuters Japan plans to begin discharging treated radioactive water from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean as early as the end of August, Japanese daily Asahi Shimbun reported on Monday, citing unnamed government sources. The release will likely come shortly after Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets US President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk…
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Respond:There is no evidence that newborn babies will have fair skin if their mother drinks coconut water during pregnancy.Nutritionally, coconut water is rich in vitamin A, E, calcium, potassium and chlorine, which helps to improve the health of pregnant women and strengthen their immune system. However, pregnant women should keep these facts in mind before deciding to include coconut water in their diet.Pregnant women should avoid drinking coconut water during their first trimester because their fetuses are not yet fully formed and they go through many hormonal changes during this time. Meanwhile, coconut water cools the body, which can lead…
They came up with the idea after attending a wedding party in the mountain resort town of Da Lat in 2019.Thuy was then working for an NGO based in Hanoi, while Jack had a stable job in South Korea. But then they both left all that behind, moved to Da Lat, and began to learn about the farmer’s way of life.The couple bought a 450 square meter plot in a rural area just outside the ‘city of dreams’ in 2021. They have completed construction of their new home, designed to look like an evergreen, eight months later.Jack built the house…
By Reuters August 6, 2023 | 7:25 p.m. GMT+7 Local residents and ambulances are seen next to wagons after a passenger train derailed in Nawabshah, Sindh province, southern Pakistan, August 6, 2023. AFP photo A passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 50 others, local TV channel Geo reported. About 10 carriages of a passenger train derailed near a town in the southern province of Sindh, about 275 km (171 miles) from the country’s largest city, Karachi.Accidents on Pakistan’s decaying rail system are common, and successive governments have been trying for years…
By Reuters August 6, 2023 | 6:08 p.m. GMT+7 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives advice on the ground at a major arms factory in this image released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency on August 6, 2023. Photo by KCNA via Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has asked factories making missile engines, artillery and other weapons to increase their capacity as part of boosting the country’s defense capabilities, state media said on Sunday. . Kim’s inspections from Thursday to Saturday included the production of engines for strategic cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, as well…
By Reuters August 6, 2023 | 6:08 p.m. GMT+7 Tesla CEO Elon Musk gets into a Tesla car as he leaves a hotel in Beijing, China May 31, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Tingshu Wang Elon Musk said in a social media post that his planned cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be streamed live on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. Social media moguls have been rocking a mixed martial arts cage match in Las Vegas since June.“The Zuck vs. Musk fight will be streamed live on X. All proceeds will go to veterans charities,” Musk said…
By Bao Lam August 6, 2023 | 11:00 GMT+7 A photo taken in Hung Yen helped a German contestant win the iPhone Photography Awards (IPPA) Photographer of the Year award, while a photo from Hoi An won the Still Life category. “Soy Sauce Village”, shot in the northern province of Hung Yen with an iPhone 12 Pro Max, helped German photographer Thea Mihu win first place in the Photographer of the Year category.The photo shows a local resident stirring giant containers of soy sauce.Another winning photo this year was ‘Viet Memories’, taken by Indonesian photographer Robert Lie in the old…
People pray in front of the cenotaph for the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing, on the anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing, at the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo August 6, 2023. Mandatory Credit Kyodo/via Reuters The day to commemorate the victims of the world’s first nuclear attack comes as Russia has raised the specter of using nuclear weapons in its war against Ukraine.It also happens that the biopic “Oppenheimer”, about the creation of the atomic bomb, became a box office success in the United States. Some have criticized the…
City of Dezhou in China. Photo by Reuters A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck China’s northeast region on Sunday, the German Geoscience Research Center (GFZ) said. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ said.The Associated Press reported that the earthquake occurred near the city of Dezhou, about 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Beijing, the Chinese capital, at 2:33 a.m.It toppled houses and injured at least 10 people, but no fatalities were reported, he said, citing state media. Source: Internet
Blackpink member Lisa wrote a caption in Vietnamese to thank fans after the group’s two successful concerts in Hanoi last week. Lisa backstage at the Blackpink concert in Hanoi. Photo by Instagram/lalalalisa_m On Lisa’s Instagram which has nearly 97 million followers, Lisa wrote “Cam on Viet Nam” (Thank you Vietnam) and posted photos from her two concerts at My Dinh National Stadium in the capital.The post received many comments from Vietnamese fans, with most of them expressing their wish for Lisa and the group to return soon. Photos she took backstage at both concerts received millions of likes from fans.Earlier,…