By Reuters  March 11, 2023 | 01:50pm GMT+7 Cows are revered in the Hindu scriptures as the ‘mother’ of civilization and many worshipers equate the slaughter of cows or eating beef as blasphemy. Photo by AFP Police in India have arrested three men in eastern Bihar state in connection with the death of a Muslim man who was attacked because he was suspected of carrying beef, a police official said on Saturday. The victim, Naseem Qureshi, 56, died earlier this week after being attacked by a mob on suspicion of carrying beef, the sale and consumption of which is restricted…
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Li’s back-channeling – sources said he bypassed the China Securities Regulatory Commission, which lost some of its power under the new set-up – demonstrated what became a reputation for pragmatism as well as close ties with President Xi Jinping.In late 2018, Xi himself announced Shanghai’s new tech-focused STAR Market as well as the pilot of a registration-based IPO system, reforms meant to entice China’s hottest young firms to list locally rather than overseas.”The CSRC was very unhappy,” said a veteran banker close to regulators and Shanghai officials, declining to be named given the sensitivity of the matter.”Li’s relationship with Xi…
By Dat Phan  March 11, 2023 | 12:16 p.m. GMT+7 Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey and Oscar nominee Woody Harrelson visited Hoa Lo Prison in Hanoi, now a relic, on Friday. Matthew McConaughey, Woody Harrelson and the crew take a photo at the gate of Hoa Lo Prison on March 10, 2023. Photo by Hoa Lo Prison Relic A spokesperson for the relic said the actors and their crew spent an hour there.The visit is among the activities meant to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of Vietnamese soldiers following the 1973 Paris Peace Accords and the 48th anniversary…
Li, the former Communist Party chief of Shanghai, China’s largest city, will replace Li Keqiang, who is retiring during the National People’s Congress session that ends on Monday, after serving two five-year terms.Li Qiang, 63, is a close ally of Xi, serving as his chief of staff between 2004 and 2007, when Xi was provincial party secretary of eastern China’s Zhejiang province.Widely perceived to be pragmatic and business-friendly, the incoming Li faces the daunting task of shoring up China’s uneven economic recovery after three years of Covid-19 curbs, weak confidence among consumers and the private sector, and global headwinds.He will…
By Vinh  March 11, 2023 | 08:22am GMT+7 Overall I am an easy-going person. However, I do pay attention to some small details, and I am concerned about my girlfriend’s personality. I don’t care that much about rules, but I think that people need to behave more tactfully in this modern age. I don’t like anyone who is too messy, especially in front of other people.I am easy-going when we are together, however, once I brought her to meet my family, and since then I don’t want to bring her to see family or friends again.I felt quite ashamed and…
The court was asked to overturn a lower appeals court decision that frozen West Virginia’s 2021 law banning Becky Pepper-Jackson and others like her from competing with other girls because she was born a biological male.It could lead to the Supreme Court’s first-ever intervention in the hot-button issue of trans girls and women in sports.Backed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Pepper-Jackson, 11 at the time, sued in 2021 to block the West Virginia law so that she could join her school’s girls cross-country team.Her case argued that the state law violates guarantees of equal rights under the US Constitution…
California banking regulators closed the bank, which did business as Silicon Valley Bank, on Friday and appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver for later disposition of its assets.The main office and all branches of Silicon Valley Bank will reopen on March 13 and all insured depositors will have full access to their insured deposits no later than Monday morning, the FDIC said.But 89% of the bank’s $175 billion in deposits were uninsured as the end of 2022, according to the FDIC, and their fate remains to be determined.Companies such as video game maker Roblox Corp and streaming…
By Reuters  March 11, 2023 | 07:31 am GMT+7 Paul Flores was convicted in October 2022 for the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart in California. Photo courtesy of San Luis Obispo County Sheriff A California man was sentenced on Friday to serve 25 years to life in prison for his conviction in the 1996 killing of college classmate Kristin Smart, whose disappearance over a quarter-century go long ranked as one of the state’s most sensational unsolved crimes. The sentence handed down for Paul Flores, the maximum penalty he faced for his conviction on first-degree murder, was announced by the San…
K-pop boy band Super Junior. Photo courtesy of Super Junior Industry-leading K-pop boy band Super Junior are arriving in Ho Chi Minh City for a concert in the southern hub Saturday. Three of the super group’s superstars have already arrived in Vietnam, while the other members are currently on their way, according to local newspaper Thanh Nien.Siwon was the first to arrive on Thursday. He immediately uploaded a selfie taken at Tan Son Nhat International Airport, and fans were surprised that he’d traveled to Vietnam quietly without any prior announcement.Photos of Siwon at the airport quickly spread far and wide…
At these novel coffee shops, coffee and other dinks can be served to you in your own private pod with bed, which you’re encouraged to nap inAt another “bed coffee” shop in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District, Linh slept in her pod for an hour during her lunch break. When she awoke feeling refreshed, she took her textbooks to the café’s communal area and joined a group of students immersed in studying there.”Contrary to our expectations of noisy, busy cafes, the atmosphere here is relatively quiet and emphasizes privacy,” said Linh, who had first tried the new café concept with a…