Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe would not be reappointed and would leave the bank after finishing his current seven-year term on Sept. 17, marking the end of his 43-year career. Bullock is currently deputy governor.In a press conference, Chalmers said it was not out of the norm for a governor to only serve one term and he felt Bullock was best placed to lead the RBA through a coming reorganization.”This is a history-making appointment,” Chalmers told reporters. “Michele Bullock will become the first woman to ever lead…
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July 14, 2023 | 06:24am GMT+7 I took up the habit of exfoliating so that my skin could be fairer and smoother. May I ask if this habit has any bad consequences? (Ngan, 30, HCMC) Answer:Skin cells, similar to any other cells, go through every stage of a life span: being born, developing, growing, and dying. Exfoliating may interfere in this natural process and cause consequences.Dead cells are those that have grown mature and are no longer able to perform biological activities. Our bodies automatically get rid of them without us having to “exfoliate.”Exfoliating removes keratinocytes on the skin’s outermost…
After hours of discussions but a surprisingly swift voting process, Pita failed to secure the 375 parliamentary votes needed to become Thailand’s 30th premier, despite his reformist party winning the popular vote in the general election.The political challenger rode a wave of support in May that saw voters emphatically reject almost a decade of army-backed rule under Prayut Chan-o-cha, who took power in a 2014 coup.But the outcome had become increasingly inevitable, with signs conservative MPs of the lower house and junta-appointed senators would not give him their support.Ahead of the parliamentary vote, nearby highway overpasses had razor-wire placed on…
Bard and ChatGPT are human-sounding programs that use generative artificial intelligence to hold conversations with users and answer myriad prompts. The products have touched off global excitement tempered with caution.Companies have jumped onto the AI bandwagon, investing billions with the hope of generating much more in advertising and cloud revenue. Earlier this week, billionaire Elon Musk also launched his long-teased artificial-intelligence startup xAI, whose team includes several former engineers at Google, Microsoft and OpenAI.Google has also now added new features to Bard, which apply worldwide.”Starting today, you can collaborate with Bard in over 40 languages, including Arabic, Chinese, German, Hindi…
By Reuters  July 13, 2023 | 02:34pm GMT+7 China’s Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Wang Yi, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attend a meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 12, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are pushing ahead with talks on a third version of a free trade agreement at an ASEAN summit in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said on Thursday. Wang, who was attending the forum with foreign ministers from several countries said,…
The startup will be led by Musk, already the CEO of electric car maker Tesla, CEO of rocket launch company SpaceX and owner of Twitter, who has said on several occasions that the development of AI should be paused and that the sector needed regulation. Musk has repeatedly voiced concerns about AI’s potential for “civilizational destruction.”In a Twitter Spaces event Wednesday evening, Musk explained his plan for building a safer AI. Rather than explicitly programming morality into its AI, xAI will seek to create a “maximally curious” AI, he said.”If it tried to understand the true nature of the universe,…
Every time we meet, my friends, colleagues, and relatives will ask when I’m going to settle down, making me stressed many times over. I consider myself a kind and introverted woman who is always willing to help others and improve myself. However, as my coworkers have been mainly women, I don’t have many chances to meet other men. I was under the pressure of taking care of my family when I was young, so I didn’t think about getting in a relationship. Now, I think my age prevents me from having many men interested in me like before. I have…
“RoseGoldvn – BlackPink ROSÉ 1st Vietnamese Fanpage”, a fansite of Blackpink’s lead vocalist Rosé, announced that their first project will display an image of Rosé and a welcoming message on three giant LED screens covering three sides of the TNR Tower facing central Hanoi’s three main streets: Chua Lang, Kim Ma and Nguyen Chi Thanh. The demo of fansite RoseGoldvn’s project to welcome Blackpink member Rosé to Hanoi. Photo courtesy of RoseGoldvn After the announcement on Sunday, the post received over 15,000 reactions and thousands of comments. The fansite confirmed it had received a total of VND120 million ($5,065) in…
By Linh Le July 13, 2023 | 09:50 am GMT+7 A fan was injured at Switzerland’s Openair Frauenfeld festival after rapping Ski Mask the Slump God encouraged him to stage dive but no one in the crowd caught him. As shown in a 46-second video on TikTok, the American rapper asked the crowd below the stage to catch the fan as he jumped down, which they failed to do, leaving the fan to crash to the ground and hit his head, reported the DailyMail. A fan hit his head to the ground after nobody caught him during a failed stage dive…
The launch, reported at the time by militaries in South Korea and Japan, was condemned by the US and leaders in Seoul and Tokyo, among others.The United Nations Security Council, which has passed resolutions banning North Korea’s ballistic missile and nuclear weapons development, will meet publicly on Thursday to discuss the missile launch.The Hwasong-18 was first flown in April. It is the North’s first ICBM to use solid propellants, which can allow faster deployment of missiles during a war.”The test-fire is an essential process aimed at further developing the strategic nuclear force of the Republic and, at the same time,…