A police stands guard outside a village house where part of Abby Choi’s body was found in Hong Kong, China February 27, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Tyrone Siu A sixth suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of 28-year-old Hong Kong socialite and model Abby Choi, whose dismembered body was discovered last week. The city resident, whose surname is Lam and who works at a pleasure boat rental business, was arrested in an office in Sheung Wan on Thursday.The suspect was alleged to have tried to collect millions of thousands of dollars to help a suspect flee Hong Kong…
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By Reuters  March 3, 2023 | 02:11pm GMT+7 A fire burns at a high-rise building under construction in the Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on March 3, 2023. Photo by AFP About 170 people were evacuated from a Hong Kong shopping area after a fire broke out in a skyscraper late on Thursday night, the government said. Firefighters battled the blaze at a redevelopment project in the Tsim Sha Tsui district throughout the early hours of Friday, the flames visible from the other side of Victoria Harbour.Several upper floors of the building were engulfed in fire, according to…
By AFP  March 3, 2023 | 11:00 a.m. GMT+7 An analyst examines a suspected cocaine sample. Photo by AFP Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the country’s addicts. The licensing deal comes after a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands, by decriminalizing small amounts of cocaine, heroin and other hard drugs.Ottawa granted a criminal code exemption in January to British Columbia for the three-year pilot project, with the aim of removing…
Thousands of party delegates from across China will converge on Beijing for a rubber stamp conclave set to confirm key personnel appointments and make policy for the coming year.Among the first declarations is expected to be a target for gross domestic product growth over the coming 12 months, announced by outgoing Premier Li Keqiang at Sunday’s opening ceremony.Last year, the economy expanded just three percent, one of its weakest in decades on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic, lockdowns and a real estate crisis.And economists surveyed by AFP predicted goals for 2023 will be conservative, expecting policymakers to aim for…
By Tuan Hoang  March 3, 2023 | 10:07 am GMT+7 Pop star Katy Perry gave a top created by Vietnamese designer Cong Tri for a recent episode of American Idol. In the latest episode of the ABC singing competition TV series, Perry attracted attention with an all-back outfit and a sexy top, complimented by shiny leather pants and pointy heels, the getup was different from her usual “exotic” look on the show.The top, designed by Cong Tri, is sexy but doesn’t reveal too much. Although the design might look simple, it took a large amount of time to get the…
By AFP  March 3, 2023 | 09:38 am GMT+7 TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence. Photo by AFP TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence. TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has continued to grow faster than the Google-owned video sharing platform, particularly among US adults in…
The multi-day, table top exercises have been carried out at a war-gaming facility at a US Army base in Wiesbaden, Germany, where the top US military officer, Army General Mark Milley, visited on Thursday.US officials declined to talk through the potential battlefield scenarios that Ukrainian military staff were examining during the drills, which involve thought exercises to evaluate potential military courses of action.”No one is sitting there telling the Ukrainians, go left or go right or do this or do that. That is not the job of the international community,” Milley told reporters traveling with him to Germany.”All we’re doing…
The bride hired a wedding decoration crew to deck out the ocean-themed wedding. It took the crew three days to design the concept and five days to complete the decorations, employing the work of more than 100 people on the 400 square-meter space. The crew said the difficult part was dealing with wind for the outdoor event and making sure the flower gate and photobooth didn’t tip over. . Source: Internet
I am 29 years old, born in a poor rural village in north Vietnam. I spent 5 years working and studying in Saigon before moving back to the North to live and study.As a woman who has to make a living away from her hometown, I have always been very independent. I struggled with work when I graduated, but my career is okay now.However, my love life is not so good. In the early days of trying to settle in the north, I met and got to know my first love via a chat app.He is tall, gentle and looked…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had a brief encounter on the sidelines of the meeting during which Blinken urged Russia to reverse its decision on the New START nuclear treaty, a senior US official said.Blinken also told Lavrov that Washington was prepared to support Ukraine to defend itself for as long as it takes, the official said. The two spoke for less than 10 minutes, they said.The Russian foreign ministry said Lavrov and Blinken spoke “on the move” but did not hold negotiations or a meeting, Russian news agencies reported.News of the exchange…