(From L) Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé and Lisa at Blackpink’s second concert at My Dinh Stadium in Hanoi on July 30, 2023. Photo by VnExpress Tens of thousands of fans cheered and shouted for Blackpink’s second and final show of the “Born Pink” tour in Vietnam on Sunday night. The four girls of the K-pop group took to the stage at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium around 7:50 p.m., starting their performance with “How You Like That” and “Pretty Savage.” There were no changes to the order of the track listing from Saturday night, but there was additional choreography involved.The energy and…
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By Reuters July 30, 2023 | 6:06 p.m. GMT+7 Paramilitary policemen evacuate residents stranded by floodwaters in Xincuo town, Fuqing city, after Typhoon Doksuri made landfall and brought heavy rains in Fuzhou, Fujian province, China, 29 July 2023 Photo by cnsphoto via Reuters Tens of thousands of people were evacuated from flood-prone areas in Beijing as Typhoon Doksuri hit the Chinese capital with heavy rain on Sunday and residents were told to stay indoors. The deadly storm has swept across northeast China since Friday, when it slammed into the southern province of Fujian after hitting the Philippines.The Chinese capital and…
By AFP July 30, 2023 | 6:04 p.m. GMT+7 Rescuers set up a rope route during the evacuation process after the landslide from the Bolaang Mongondow Regency illegal gold mine in North Sulawesi, Indonesia February 28, 2019 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Photo by Antara Foto/Adwit B Pramono via Reuters Eight people trapped in an illegal gold mine on the Indonesian island of Java are believed to have died, a local rescue official said on Sunday, as search efforts entered their fifth day with little progress. Unlicensed mines – many of which fail to adhere to basic safety…
By Reuters July 30, 2023 | 14:53 GMT+7 Thick smoke rises from the rubble after a firework exploded that killed at least nine people in Sungai Kolok district in Narathiwat on July 29, 2023. Photo from Radio Thailand Sungai Kolok Facebook page Twelve people were killed and more than 100 injured when firecrackers kept in a warehouse exploded in southern Thailand, an official said on Sunday. Firecrackers sparked a fire on Saturday at the unlicensed warehouse at Muno Market in Su-ngai Kolok district in the southern province of Narathiwat, which borders Malaysia, Narathiwat Governor Sanan Phongaksorn said. .“There are 10…
By Reuters  July 30, 2023 | 09:17 am GMT+7 Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Iowa’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 28, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Scott Morgan A federal judge has thrown out Donald Trump’s $475 million defamation lawsuit against CNN, in which the former president claimed the network’s description of his election fraud as the “big lie” associated him with Adolf Hitler. In a ruling late on Friday night, U.S. Judge Raag Singhal, who was nominated by Trump in 2019, said CNN’s words were opinion, not…
By AFP July 30, 2023 | 09:17 GMT+7 Flames rise along the edge of a wildfire, as seen from a Canadian Forces helicopter surveying the area near Mistissini, Quebec, Canada, June 12, 2023. Photo by Cpl Marc-André Leclerc/Canadian Forces /Handout via Reuters A firefighter has died battling one of the massive fires that have devastated Canadian forests this year, the premier of British Columbia announced on Saturday. It was the third fatality of a firefighter during this devastating wildfire season.”I am devastated to learn that we have lost another wildfire fighter. My heart goes out to the family, friends and…
By Reuters July 30, 2023 | 09:00 GMT+7 Rapper Kanye West makes a point as he holds his first rally in support of his presidential bid in North Charleston, South Carolina, U.S., July 19, 2020. Photo by Reuters/Randall Hill Social media platform X on Saturday reinstated the account of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, after he was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper broke the platform’s rules prohibiting the incitement to violence. Ye’s account now shows his last post from December 1, a day before his X-platform account was suspended, new name owner Elon Musk…
Doksuri smashed into southern Fujian province on Friday morning with gusts of up to 175 km per hour (110 miles per hour), and China’s meteorological service said Saturday its “influence” was now being felt in the country’s north.China has been experiencing extreme weather conditions and posting record temperatures this summer, events that scientists say are being exacerbated by climate change.Experts have warned Saturday’s downpour could prompt even worse flooding than in July 2012, when 79 people died and tens of thousands were evacuated, according to local media.It is the first time since 2011 that such a heavy rainfall warning has…
By AFP  July 29, 2023 | 10:11 pm GMT+7 Thick smoke rises from the rubble following a fireworks explosion that killed at least nine people in Sungai Kolok district of Narathiwat on July 29, 2023. Photo by Radio Thailand Sungai Kolok Facebook page An explosion ripped through a firework warehouse in Thailand on Saturday, killing nine people and injuring more than 100, a senior official told AFP. The blast in the town of Sungai Kolok in the southern province of Narathiwat is thought to have been caused by welding during construction work on the building.”A warehouse storing firecrackers in Sungai…
By Ha Thu  July 29, 2023 | 09:34 pm GMT+7 Korean girl band Blackpink greeted 30,000 fans in Hanoi in Vietnamese and won big applauses performing their hit songs Saturday night. Blackpink chào khán giả bằng tiếng Việt Blackpink members say “Xin chao” (Hello) to greet fans at Hanoi’s My Dinh Stadium, July 29, 2023. Video by Ha Thu The band showed up on stage at My Dinh Stadium at 7:50 p.m., starting their first show in Vietnam.They started with the song “How You Like That” before singing and dancing with “Whistle” and “Pretty Strange.” Rose (L) and Lisa greet…