By AFP  April 19, 2023 | 10:02 am GMT+7 This undated handout photo received on April 19, 2023 from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) shows Indonesian fishermen who were shipwrecked on Bedwell Island off Australia’s west coast for six days without food or supplies. Ten men washed up on Bedwell Island, about 300 kilometers (186 miles) west of the resort town Broome, after their boat was battered by a severe tropical cyclone while fishing in the Indian Ocean. Photo handed out via AFP A group of Indonesian fishermen are recovering after being shipwrecked on a coral atoll off Australia’s…
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The streaming television giant reported a quarterly profit of $1.3 billion, in line with expectations, but said it had delayed a broad crackdown on sharing of account passwords “to improve the experience for members.”Netflix said it expects to begin rolling out its options for paid password sharing this quarter instead.”It’s clear that the company wants to manage any fallout from the new strategy,” said Third Bridge analyst Jamie Lumley.That means some membership and revenue benefits resulting from the move were postponed, Netflix said in a letter to shareholders.Netflix has dabbled with “borrower” or “shared” accounts in a few markets, but…
Emergency response teams first received word just before 1 pm (0500 GMT) Tuesday that a fire had broken out at the Beijing Changfeng Hospital in the capital city’s Fengtai District, the Beijing Daily said.The fire was extinguished about half an hour later and rescue efforts continued for another two hours, by which time 71 patients had been evacuated to another location.Social media users posted videos on Tuesday of people sitting on external air conditioning units, while others clinging to ropes jumped from the building.The death toll stood at 21 as of Wednesday morning, the newspaper said.No further details were available…
Parti was tried for theft, accused of stealing items which included clothing. Illustration photo by Pexels Karl Liew, son of ex-Changi Airport Group chairman Liew Mun Leong, was sentenced to two weeks’ jail for lying to a judge when his family’s maid was on trial for theft. Karl told District Judge Olivia Low that his family’s maid Parti Liyani had stolen his clothes when in fact the clothes were not his, South China Morning Post reported.After passing sentence on Friday, Judge Eugene Teo granted a request by Karl, 45, to have the start of his jail term deferred until May…
The new regulation will be applied for every movie and all television programming available by all means of distribution in Vietnam.Movies and dramas will be classified into six categories, ranked from low risk to high: P – suitable for all audiences, K – children under the age of 13, T13 – suitable for those 13-years-old and over, T16 – suitable for 16-year-olds and over, T18 – suitable for 18-year-olds and over, and C – restricted movie, prohibited for distribution in Vietnam.These categories will be decided based on the movies’ and television shows treatment of the following subjects: “violence, nudity, sexuality,…
April 19, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 Many believe that consuming soy milk helps make a woman’s breasts bigger, and it can be especially effective for adolescents who are undergoing puberty. Is this correct? (May, Thai Binh) Answer:Soybeans contain isoflavone, which belongs to the phytoestrogen group (also known as plant-based estrogen). Therefore, many people, especially women, believe that soybean-derived food can help their breasts grow bigger.This is in fact not correct. There is no evidence showing that phytoestrogen can make your breasts bigger, as the level of isoflavone found in soybeans is not high, and thus, not largely effective.Consuming a…
By Reuters  April 18, 2023 | 09:45pm GMT+7 Twenty-one people were killed after a fire broke out in the east wing of the inpatient department of a hospital in China’s capital Beijing, the Beijing Daily reported on Tuesday. The fire broke out at around 12:57 pm(0457 GMT) and was extinguished at around 13:33 pm after an emergency team rushed to the scene of the accident in Beijing’s Changfeng Hospital, according to the Beijing Daily.A total of 71 people were evacuated and transferred after the rescue work. As of 6 pm (1000 GMT), 21 had died after being transferred to hospital…
Every noon, at around 11a.m, Chuong and his wife, Luon, prepare their snack trolley while their adopted granddaughter, Tuong Vy, helps them carry a bag of vegetables.”She’s already eight and very thoughtful. She always helps us with small chores,” said Nguyen Van Chuong, 70, said about Tuong Vy, who he adopted five years ago. Nguyen Van Chuong and Tuong Vy, by their snack trolley on Le Duc Tho street in Go Vap District, April 9, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Minh Tam Chuong used to be a teacher. After retiring, he started to assist his wife selling streetside snacks. While his wife…
“Ve Voi Em” also topped the charts for iTunes listeners, and the day after its release “Vo Ha Tram” was the second most searched keyword on Google Vietnam. Bolero singer Vo Ha Tram, 33, first debuted 16 years ago, yet this is the first time she has achieved such milestones. “I’m happy to the point that I suffered from insomnia. Everything is even better than my imagination.”Many attribute the success of the music video to the Indian cultural elements shown it. Musician Hoai An said he enjoyed the music video both musically and visually.”Ve Voi Em” was composed by CLK…
“It’s my joy to cook Vietnamese dishes for my children,” the 48-year-old man said. Pho is Berhausen’s favorite dish, and he learned how to cook it eight years ago.Berhausen is a mechanical engineer in the city of Mainz, Germany. He married a Vietnamese woman 23 years ago but divorced after nearly 15 years together. He currently lives with his two children. Jens Berhausen makes Vietnamese bun cha for his kids. Photo by Jens Berhausen Berhausen said he had been to Vietnam three times and was really impressed with the culinary culture of his ex-wife’s home country. He had spent time…