Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien. Photo from Tien’s Instagram Tien said on her livestream Sunday that she aimed to replace her title with an interesting quote, however, while scrolling through her profile, she got interrupted and thus left it empty.Tien initially thought it was normal she wanted to remove her title, since she had seen many of her predecessors do so after passing their crowns to their successors.However, after Teresa Chaivisut, vice president of Miss Grand International, texted her, she realized that she was wrong and immediately apologized.Itsaragrisil had not re-followed Tien on Instagram as of Monday.…
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Samsung Display, a unit of Samsung Electronics, asked a federal jury in Texas to award damages for the infringement of patents regarding organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays supplied by BOE. Samsung also seeks an injunction from the court to halt the import and sale of the affected displays.The case was filed on Wednesday with the US court in East Texas, which has a reputation for quicker hearings and decisions on cases.Apple has been using OLED displays on some of its Apple Watch and iPhone models, including the latest iPhone 14. Apple says OLED delivers high resolution and allows for…
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I’m 35, married with two kids, with the smaller one being only 11 months old. After our marriage, my husband and I lived in the same house with my parents for three years. However, they moved to a new house nearby and we are currently living in their old one.I had my first child when we were living with my parents, so they helped me a lot in taking care of my child, as they were running their own business and had a lot of spare time. So I want them to assist in taking care of our second child,…
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By Reuters  July 3, 2023 | 04:12pm GMT+7 Residents walk past phrases written on walls of buildings at a neighborhood where Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager, was killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, France, July 2, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Nacho Doc Fewer than 160 people were arrested overnight in connection to riots that have rocked cities across France following the killing of a teenager of North African descent by a police officer, the interior ministry said on Monday. The relative calm following five nights of heavy riots offered some relief to the government of Emmanuel…
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By Thien Anh  July 3, 2023 | 02:26pm GMT+7 Nawat Itsaragrisil, president of Miss Grand International, said Miss Grand International 2021 Nguyen Thuc Thuy Tien was immature for removing her title from her Instagram profile. Tien and Itsaragrisil. Photo from Miss Grand International’s Instagram After unfollowing Tien on Instagram Friday, Itsaragrisil went on a livestream Saturday and called her “immature,” though the Vietnamese beauty queen had put her title back on her account the previous day.According to Itsaragrisil, Pham Kim Dung, the national director of the Miss Grand Vietnam, was surprised by Tien’s move as the title brings many endorsements…
The 28-year-old office worker in Ho Chi Minh City isn’t in Vietnam’s low-income group because her monthly salary is around VND20 million.But she spent VND12 million on a designer bag after getting paid last month, another VND3 million on rent, and VND4 million on a private training kickboxing course.”The operation cost was unexpected, so I had to borrow money from my friends to cover it,” she says.Uyen says she often suffers from fear of missing out (FOMO), so she spends almost all of her monthly income hanging with friends, buying cosmetics, purchasing bags and clothes, and traveling. Because of that,…
The 28-year-old office worker in Ho Chi Minh City isn’t in Vietnam’s low-income group because her monthly salary is around VND20 million.But she spent VND12 million on a designer bag after getting paid last month, another VND3 million on rent, and VND4 million on a private training kickboxing course.”The operation cost was unexpected, so I had to borrow money from my friends to cover it,” she says.Uyen says she often suffers from fear of missing out (FOMO), so she spends almost all of her monthly income hanging with friends, buying cosmetics, purchasing bags and clothes, and traveling. Because of that,…