By Reuters  May 26, 2023 | 03:49pm GMT+7 Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, a Nepali mountaineer, waves towards the media personnel upon his arrival after climbing Mount Everest for the 28th time, creating a new record for the most summits of the world’s highest mountain, in Kathmandu, Nepal May 25, 2023. Photo by Reuters A Nepali climber who scaled Mount Everest for a record 28th time this week, the most by any mountaineer, said on Thursday he had no immediate plans to hang up his climbing boots. Kami Rita Sherpa, 53, who reached the 8,849-metre (29,032-foot) summit of the world’s highest…
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By Reuters  May 26, 2023 | 11:24am GMT+7 A smartphone with a displayed ChatGPT logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken February 23, 2023. Photo by Reuters/Dado Ruvic Group of Seven (G7) nation officials will meet next week to consider problems posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools like ChatGPT, Japan said on Friday. Leaders of the G7, which includes the United States, European Union and Japan, last week agreed to create an intergovernmental forum called the “Hiroshima AI process” to debate issues around fast-growing AI tools.G7 government officials will hold the first working-level AI meeting…
By Reuters  May 26, 2023 | 10:39 am GMT+7 Chinese passenger jet C919 performs at the China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition, or Airshow China, in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China November 8, 2022. Photo handed out via Reuters China Eastern Airlines, the initial customer for the country’s homegrown narrow-body jet C919, will launch the planes first commercial flight on Sunday, the carrier’s app showed on Friday. The C919 flight will take off as flight number MU9191 at 10:45 am Beijing time (02:45 GMT) from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport and arrive in Beijing Capital Airport at 1:10 pmThe commercial operation of…
During the premiere on Wednesday, Tran Anh Hung said: “What an excellent opportunity for me to have worked with Juliette [Binoche] and Benoît [Magimel]and the others, of course.””This film is my declaration of love to the French, to the French’s spirit which is so magnificent.” “La Passion de Dodin Bouffant” director Tran Anh Hung (third to the left) and his family, lead actress Juliette Binoche (second to the right), and gastronomic director Pierre Gagnaire (far right) on the red carpet during the film’s Cannes premiere . Photo from Festival de Cannes’ Facebook After his speech, the audience, including Cannes artistic…
Actress Caylee Cowan donned a dress by Vietnamese designer Nguyen Minh Tuan on the Cannes red carpet this week. Cowan attended the “Asteroid City” premiere at Cannes on Tuesday in an outfit inspired by Hanoi’s Turtle Tower, a landmark in the middle of the iconic Hoan Kiem Lake.Using yellow and brown as the dress’ main tones, Tuan wanted to evoke the tower with lights reflecting on it at night. Cowan attended the “Asteroid City” premiere at Cannes on May 23, 2023 in a dress designed by Nguyen Minh Tuan. Photo from Cowan’s Instagram According to Tuan, Cowan’s entourage contacted him…
The man was taken into custody outside the farm property near the city of Nakano in Nagano region, with police confirming a fourth fatality overnight — an elderly woman who was found injured at the scene and later pronounced dead.A police spokesman told AFP that the suspect had been detained at about 4:30 am.It was a rare instance of violent crime in Japan, which has a low murder rate and some of the world’s toughest gun laws.The suspect hid for several hours in the house, which belonged to his father — the speaker of the Nakano city assembly, the Kyodo…
By Han  May 26, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 My boyfriend accidentally read my messages to a male friend and he assumed that I had feelings for him. I have recently discovered that my boyfriend suffers from depression. Before that, I had started talking to a foreign friend who told me that he liked me and it was a pity that I already had a boyfriend.As I’m still young and because I’m not sure if my relationship with my current boyfriend will last, I decided to overlook the fact that my new friend doesn’t speak the same language and has…
Huan has also had to sell his car after gasoline prices surged.”When the price of gasoline dramatically surged, the price of everything went up,” he said. “A dozen eggs used to sell for around US$1.80, but then it doubled and tripled before settling on around US$2-3 now.” A woman is shopping at a local market in Nice, France on June 7, 2022. Photo by Reuters Van Lam, a Vietnamese restaurant owner in Germany, has experienced the same problem.”I used to live comfortably spending around 500 euros a month,” he said. “But now, I have to spend between 800 and 900…
By Quoc Bao  May 26, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 A promotional video of “A Crack in the Mountain,” an award-winning documentary about Son Doong in Quang Binh was revealed ahead of its premiere in the UK and Ireland. On Tuesday, variety revealed an exclusive promotional video featuring natural scenery at Son Doong, dubbed the “eighth wonder of the world,” and a team of explorers studying the cave. Visitors tour Son Doong cave in central Vietnam’s Quang Binh province. Photo by AFP “Deep in the jungle of central Vietnam lies an underground kingdom. Hang Son Doong, which translates as ‘mountain…
Quoc Trung, one of the most-respected music producers in Vietnam. Photo from Trung’s Facebook “The gaps in talent, ability, professionalism, production and operation process [are the reasons why Vietnamese artists failed to approach foreign markets],” he told VnExpress Tuesday.”Only a few Vietnamese singers possess the ability to write and sing their songs in English as well.”He said there was a “lack of musical uniqueness and influence” present among Vietnamese artists.”I once attended a music festival in England. Many artists performed in an eccentric way and their music was even hard to listen to,” he said.”Still, the audiences gave them respect…