By Reuters  June 24, 2023 | 08:22am GMT+7 Security personnel keep watch outside the Wuhan Institute of Virology during the visit by the World Health Organization (WHO) team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, February 3, 2021. Photo by Reuters/Thomas Peter US intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology, a report declassified on Friday said. The four-page report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) said the US intelligence community still could not rule out…
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The 182-square-meter house is located in the city of Dong Ha, Quang Tri province, where the weather goes through notable changes over the year. The area is cold and rainy in the winter, while the summer is hot and dry. Architects who made the house created a wall made from tiles in front of the house, which reduces sun exposure and creates a private space for the bedroom’s balcony. . Source: Internet
After graduating from university, I was helped by my father to get a position in a state-owned company. My salary is not high, but my workload is light. Regarding my love life, I dated a few chicks, but none of those relationships went anywhere.I met my current wife 10 years ago. She is considered good looking, competent, and ambitious. She comes from a poor family in a rural town. I think she got married to me partly because of my stable career and Hanoi residence.We initially lived with my parents, who helped my wife a lot in her career. She…
By Sao Mai  June 23, 2023 | 06:24pm GMT+7 Designer Ly Qui Khanh attended the latest Louis Vuitton show in Paris and met international celebrities including Zendaya, Song Joong-ki and Kim Kadarshian. Ly Qui Khanh’s outfit for the Men’s Spring-Summer 2024 show of Louis Vuitton show on June 20, 2023. Photo courtesy of Ly Qui Khanh Khanh was the only Vietnamese guest at the Men’s Spring-Summer 2024 show on June 20. For his outfit, he layered white shirt with black blazer and wore legging with leather boots.The highlight of his fit was a purple checkered long coat with stuffed animals…
By Linh On  June 23, 2023 | 05:55pm GMT+7 Roseate House New Delhi has filed a report to the police about a man who checked into the hotel and kept extending his stay until he finally left paying nothing. As reported by the South China Morning Post on Friday, the guest, identified as Ankush Dutta, first booked a room at the residence on May 30, 2019, for one night. He then kept extending his booking until he left on January 22, 2021.His nearly two-year stay cost 5.8 million Indian rupees (around $70,000) in total, however, he left without paying anything.…
A screenshot of the wedding of JM Tiongco and Abbie Caram at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay on June 18, 2023 A couple from the Philippines went viral after holding an extravagant wedding in Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay, which took inspiration from the 2018 hit movie “Crazy Rich Asians”. A video and photos of the wedding, which took place on June 18, went viral after the bride’s younger sister Mary Golez shared them online.Golez told South China Morning Post that her sister, JM Tiongco, 26, and the groom, Abbie Caram, 31, wanted to recreate the wedding scene of Colin…
By Reuters  June 23, 2023 | 11:46am GMT+7 A view of the vessels anchored in the eastern anchorage area, seen behind the Marina Bay Sands integrated resort in Singapore July 26, 2022. Photo by Reuters Singapore for the first time became the most expensive city for goods and services for wealthy people, overtaking Hong Kong, London and New York, according to the latest report. Cars and essential health insurance in Singapore are 133% and 109% more expensive than the global average, among 12 consumer goods and eight services that reflect the spending patterns of high-net-worth individuals, according to Julius Baer’s…
By Reuters  June 23, 2023 | 11:45 am GMT+7 Firefighters work at the fire scene following a gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant in Yinchuan city, Ningxia, China, on June 21, 2023 in this screengrab obtained from a video handed out by Reuters China’s State Council Security Committee and Beijing’s municipal government both held emergency video conferences on Thursday to discuss fire hazards and safety in the wake of a blast in China’s northwest that killed 31 on Wednesday. Separately, China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism issued an emergency circular, urging all localities to investigate “hidden dangers” and strengthen supervision…
Every country on the globe will see an increase in the number of patients with the chronic disease, according to the most comprehensive analysis of global data projecting out to 2050.Some 529 million people were estimated to already be living with diabetes, one of the top 10 causes of death and disability.That number — 95 percent of which are cases of type 2 diabetes — will top 1.3 billion in less than three decades, according to a study published in the Lancet journal.High body mass index — an indication that people could be overweight — was linked to more than…
Temperatures in parts of the region breached 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in late April, earlier than usual, causing widespread infrastructure damage and power outages.In China, where renewables account for more than half of the power mix, authorities kept backup coal and gas-fired plants on standby to meet demand and sudden spikes in consumption from the early heat, consultancy Rystad said.India’s top solar power producing state Rajasthan has been getting “early warnings” of technical challenges that could arise as the use of renewables increases, a federal power ministry official said.Improving reliability of the grid would involve expensive upgrades. Transmission and distribution…