By Reuters August 13, 2023 | 09:55 GMT+7 A man walks past the carcass of a sheep that died from El Niño-related drought in the town of Marodijeex, southern Hargeysa, in Somaliland’s semi-autonomous region, northern Somalia, April 7, 2016. Reuters Photo/Feisal Omar There’s a greater than 95% chance that El Niño conditions will prevail from December 2023 to February 2024, a U.S. government forecaster said Thursday, increasing the risks of heat waves and flooding in several countries. The weather phenomenon, a warming of ocean surface temperatures in the eastern and central Pacific, is already causing natural disasters across the globe,…
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By Reuters August 13, 2023 | 08:45 GMT+7 South Korean activists take part in a protest against Japan’s plan to dump treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean in central Seoul, South Korea, August 12, 2023. Photo by Reuters /Kim Hong-Ji Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to protest Japan’s plan to dump treated radioactive water from the tsunami-destroyed Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ocean. from Japan Asahi Shimbun Daily reported earlier this week that the country plans to start discharging water into the ocean as soon as late August,…
Thanh started 2023 by signing a three-year contract with V. League club Cong An Ha Noi (CAHN). He is said to have signed for 100 million VND ($4,208) per month, with a bonus of 4 billion VND per season.Through this deal, Thanh began to purchase high-value assets. Vu Van Thanh in his new duplex at HCMC. Photo courtesy of Vu Van Thanh At the end of July, he hosted a housewarming party at a newly purchased apartment in HCMC. This duplex in the high-end apartment complex in District 2 cost nearly 10 billion VND.Since Thanh lives in Hanoi, he bought…
The announcement and rising death toll came as Lahaina residents were allowed to return to town for the first time – with most finding their homes burned down, and even the lucky few angry against a feeling of abandonment.”It’s all been coir,” said William Harry, referring to a rumor system.”One person heard, then told another, but that’s not official information. They don’t come here to explain anything.”Another man, who did not want to be named, told AFP he felt left to his own devices.“Where is the government? Where are they ? he fumed.”It’s insane. We can’t move freely, we don’t…
By AFP August 12, 2023 | 15:01 GMT+7 Photo Reuters Two people have died and 16 others are missing after a mudslide triggered by heavy rains occurred near the northern Chinese city of Xi’an, state media reported on Saturday. China has faced deadly floods and historic rainfall in recent weeks, with the death toll from storms in the north of the country reaching at least 78 on Friday.“Affected by short-term local heavy rains, at 6:00 p.m. on August 11 … there was a sudden mountain flash flood and landslide,” state broadcaster CCTV reported.”Preliminary inspection showed that at present two houses…
The 21-year-old beauty pageant winner is the face of designer Kim Anh Le’s latest collection of wedding dresses. This collection, titled “Be the Princess as You Are”, focuses on beading techniques, using thousands of sparkling Swarovski crystals and quartz ranging in size from 3 to 8 mm. Source: Internet
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) said it would increase the number of Chinese passenger flights allowed into the United States to 18 round trips weekly on September 1 and to 24 per week starting October 29, in increase from the current one. 12.He said the Chinese government would agree to the same increase for US carriers, confirming a decision reported earlier by Reuters.The deal between Beijing and Washington, which has been fought over on many fronts, comes after China on Thursday lifted pandemic-era restrictions on group visits for more countries, including key markets such as the United States, Japan,…
The fires have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history, surpassing that of a tsunami that killedkilled 61 people on the Big Island of Hawaii in 1960, a year after Hawaii joined the United States.Officials have warned that search teams with cadaver dogs could find yet more dead in the blaze that has burned down 1,000 buildings and left thousands homeless, likely taking many years and billions of dollars to rebuild .Three days after the disaster, it was still unclear whether some residents had received a warning before the fire engulfed their homes.The island includes emergency sirens meant to…
By Ngoc Ha August 12, 2023 | 07:00 GMT+7 I am 36 years old and currently unemployed. I come from a normal family and have savings of 400 million VND (about $17,000). I always thought of my mother as a self-centered and cruel person, who always thinks of herself and for her own benefit. She and my paternal grandmother argued a lot, and she didn’t even cry when my grandmother died.She also argues with my father, my older sister, my sister-in-law, me and almost all of our neighbors and her friend.She nitpicks and talks badly about my father’s brothers and…
Singer-songwriter Hoang Quyen during the press conference on August 9, 2023. Photo courtesy of Quyen Quyen said she never imagined that she would one day have the chance to work with the music producers of the world’s top divas, but it came true with the help of the author’s entourage. – Vietnamese-Australian singer-songwriter Thanh Bui.”I wrote a long letter [to Van Der Kuil] expressing how much I admired him and how much I wanted a collaboration between a European musician and an Asian musician on my album,” the Vietnamese singer-songwriter said at a press conference on Wednesday.”I also told him…