“I’ve always told my kids to be careful when going abroad because of the fear of guns, but now I’m more afraid of being in South Korea,” Lee Young-ja , a 78-year-old Seongnam resident who fled after hearing people scream during Thursday’s incident, told Reuters. Another local resident, Choi Jun-ho, 26, said he remained extremely vigilant on his way to work on Friday morning near the mall where the stabbings took place. “It’s annoying,” Choi said. “Something like this could happen right next to me.” President Yoon Suk Yeol called the incident an act of terrorism against innocent citizens and…
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Hanoi girl Vu Anh Phuong kept her promise after 6 months. When Chance held Phuong’s hand at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport, they officially became lovers. “The moment we held hands, I knew my heart was his,” said Anh Phuong, 27, who now lives and works in Indiana in the United States. Chance and Anh Phuong first met in Hanoi in 2018. Photo courtesy of Phuong Anh Phuong and Chance Clark first met in 2018 when Clark was a biotechnology student at Purdue University (ID) and visited Vietnam with a group of 17 peers as part of an exchange program. students.Vu Anh…
By Hoang Dung August 4, 2023 | 13:23 GMT+7 Singer Ho Quang Hieu, 40, and model Tue Nhu, 23, recently celebrated their engagement ceremony in Nhu’s hometown, the southernmost province of Ca Mau. Singer Ho Quang Hieu and model Tue Nhu during their engagement ceremony on August 2, 2023. Photo VnExpress/Hoang Dung The singer’s family left at 7 a.m. from a hotel in Ca Mau town. It took them over an hour by car and canoe to reach the model’s house in Nam Can town.Hieu said he was up all night the night before writing his vows. Guests burst into…
By Hang Tran August 4, 2023 | 13:20 GMT+7 Linnie Phan and Jimmy Phan went viral for two lavish wedding ceremonies, one which cost VND21 billion ($884,000) and one in which they received 26 pitches as gifts. Linnie Phan and Jimmy Phan at their wedding ceremony in Hue. Picture from Linnie Phan’s Instagram The nearly million-dollar ceremony, with a setting inspired by the movie ‘Alice in Wonderland’, was held in the United States last month. Flowers and the shape of butterflies were used as the main decorative objects during the ceremony.The couple then held another “Alice in Wonderland” themed ceremony…
By AFP August 4, 2023 | 13:08 GMT+7 A view of the Singapore skyline next to the Supreme Court in Singapore on July 1, 2019. Picture taken July 1, 2019. Photo by Reuters Singapore has executed a 39-year-old man convicted of smuggling heroin, the city-state’s fifth hanging this year and the third in just over a week, authorities said Thursday. Mohamed Shalleh Adul Latiff was sentenced to death for possessing approximately 55 grams of heroin “for the purpose of trafficking” in 2019.His sentence was carried out on Thursday, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said in a statement.According to court documents,…
The four members of Blackpink grabbed attention with their fashionable outfits, using numerous high-end designer brand items, for their two-day tour in Hanoi. Source: Internet
“Across Amazon, each of our teams is working to create generative AI applications that reinvent and improve the experience of their customers,” Chief Executive Andy Jassy said on a conference call.Apple sees AI and machine learning as “essential foundational technologies that are integral to virtually every product we build,” company boss Tim Cook told analysts when discussing the iPhone maker’s quarterly results.”It’s absolutely critical for us,” Cook said of AI.He cited crash detection and other iPhone features as technologies that “wouldn’t be possible without AI and machine learning.” Collision detection presents the user with a prompt for an emergency call…
Mi Jiayi, a public relations professional in Shanghai, spent more than 500 yuan ($70.04) on a cooling vest for Mary, a small mixed-breed dog she adopted. To use it, she first soaks it in water before wringing it out.“When we go out, if the temperature is over 30 degrees (86 Fahrenheit), I will put such a cooling outfit on my dog,” the 31-year-old said. “The water will evaporate and take the heat away, so it won’t be that hot for my dog.””There are cheaper options but…I want to give him the best product I can afford.”Searches of online marketplaces JD.com…
By Reuters August 4, 2023 | 09:36 GMT+7 Participants of the 25th World Scout Jamboree fill water bottles at a water supply area of a campsite in Buan, South Korea, August 2, 2023. Photo courtesy of Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday ordered air-conditioned buses and tanker trucks to be sent to a world scout event hosted by his country, after hundreds of teenagers fell ill due to hot weather. At least 600 people at the World Scout Jamboree, which started Tuesday in southwest Buan, have so far been treated for heat-related ailments, officials said.The event coincides…
Hours before the proceedings, 16-year-old Sam Arreaza lined up with his mother for a seat in an overflowing courtroom. Citing its historical significance, he said this first hearing in the Washington case had implications for American democracy.”It’s a sad day but it’s also a day when justice begins,” he said. A resident of Ellicott City, Maryland, about an hour’s drive from Washington, Arreaza aims to study political science and law in college.Trump has pleaded not guilty to charges of leading a wide-ranging conspiracy to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.The courthouse is about 1 km from the…