By Reuters  April 17, 2023 | 02:04pm GMT+7 An employee shines a light at the 55.22 carat “The Estrela de Fura” ruby, the largest in the world and expected to fetch up to $30 million in an upcoming New York auction, during a preview at Sotheby’s, in Hong Kong, China April 17 , 2023. Photo by Reuters/Lam Yik The largest ruby in the world to come to auction will be offered by Sotheby’s in New York in June, the auction house said at a preview in Hong Kong on Monday, and is estimated to achieve more than $30 million. That…
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By Linh Le  April 17, 2023 | 10:56 am GMT+7 A Malaysian entrepreneur mother gifted her 5-year-old daughter a Mercedes G Wagon to motivate her to attend school, according to MalayMail. Entrepreneur Farhana Zahra recently shared a TikTok video where she surprised her daughter Fatima with the brand new car, which retails for RM1.79 million ($405,000). Fatima crosses her little finger with her mother as a promise that she would go back to school if given the SUV on her fifth birthday. Photo by Farhana Zahra TikTok Taking to TikTok, Farhana said that Fatima stopped attending school in January after…
By Reuters  April 17, 2023 | 07:59 am GMT+7 A North Korean flag flutters on top of the 160-metre tall tower at North Korea’s propaganda village of Gijungdong, in this picture taken from Tae Sung freedom village near the Military Demarcation Line (MDL), inside the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, September 30, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Kim Hong-Ji North Korea held a ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the completion of 10,000 new modern homes in the newly built Hwasong District in Pyongyang, state media KCNA reported. Leader Kim Jong Un took part in the ceremony, the…
In addition to the four people whose lives were lost, 28 people were injured, some critically, during the shooting in east-central Alabama, about 60 miles (100 km) northeast of the state capital of Montgomery, authorities said.Authorities said the shooting started shortly after 10:30 pm CT on Saturday but declined to answer questions or provide further details during two Sunday news conferences.Officials would not even say whether a suspect has been killed or arrested, although they said there was no longer any threat to the community.”We’re going to continue to work in a very methodical way to go through this scene,…
April 17, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 I heard people say that drinking orange juice in the evening is not good for you. So when is a good time to drink orange juice? (Han, 25, from Binh Duong) Answer:Orange juice is known for its ability to increase the body’s resistance to infection, lower the risk of cardiovascular disease and cancer, and it also has anti-aging properties.Currently, no research suggests orange juice shouldn’t be drunk in the evening. However, there is a large amount of caffeine in the juice that can create insomnia for those who are sensitive.Orange also contains a…
By AFP  April 16, 2023 | 09:07pm GMT+7 Firefighters rushed to the scene and evacuated the building six minutes after being notified of the fire at 12:35pm. Photo by AFP A fire in a residential building in Dubai killed 16 people and injured nine others in the wealthy Gulf emirate, the government said Sunday. The fire broke out at midday Saturday on the fourth floor of the building in the Al-Ras neighborhood in the old part of the city.The civil defense force said preliminary investigations showed the fire was caused by a “lack of compliance with building security and safety…
“28 days after that, I transformed into a woman,” said the Hanoian trans woman, who now works as a barista at a cafe on Nha Tho street, Hoan Kiem district.Tien said she only realized that she identified as a woman two years ago. Yet her desire to “be a complete woman” was so strong, it took her to the operating room.It was not long after the surgery that Tien started encountering the challenges present in a woman’s life. She had to familiarize herself with female body parts after living in a male body for 20 years. Every day, it takes…
Tien came to the US at the end of March to travel and meet friends. After having fun in Miami, Florida, she went to Mexico for a long vacation and visited beautiful places there like Cancun and Tulum. The fashionista spent a lot of time at amusement parks and resorts in Tulum, an ancient Mayan city located on 12-meter-high cliffs along the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. The place is known for its ancient ruins, beautiful beaches and Sian Ka’an, a biosphere reserve that became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987. As with her previous trips, Tien…
The Xbox-owner has embarked on a campaign to convince all three EU, UK and US regulators to back its $69 billion bid to take over Activision Blizzard, owner of hit games “Candy Crush” and “Call Of Duty”.The effort to create the world’s third largest gaming company by revenue was launched last year but the company must now address concerns from all three regulators that if it takes control of such market-leading games it could stifle competition.Sony, which produces the bestselling PlayStation console, says the deal will give Microsoft the power to limit rivals’ access to the popular franchise. Microsoft argues…
By AFP  April 16, 2023 | 02:43pm GMT+7 A South Korean flag covers a ceremonial guard member prior to the arrival of South Korea’s then-President Moon Jae-in at the White House in Washington, US, April 11, 2019. Photo by Reuters/Carlos Barria South Korea’s military fire warning shots to turn back a patrol boat from the North that had crossed the countries’ de facto maritime border, Seoul said Sunday. The boat breached the Northern Limit Line on Saturday morning near South Korea’s Baekryeong Island, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.”Our Navy’s high-speed boat sent warning messages and conducted…