The Ref 96 Quantieme Lune timepiece, which boasts a crown-like moon phase, originally belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the final monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty.Emperor at the age of two in 1908, Puyi was immortalized by Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning film “The Last Emperor,” but left a mixed legacy.More than 20 years after being forced to abdicate, he was installed as the puppet leader of Japanese-occupied Manchuria, before he was captured in 1945 after the fall of Japan and taken to a Soviet prison camp.British auction house Phillips said it had documentation that showed Puyi had brought the watch with him…
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The Ref 96 Quantieme Lune timepiece, which boasts a crown-like moon phase, originally belonged to Aisin-Gioro Puyi, the final monarch of the Chinese Qing dynasty.Emperor at the age of two in 1908, Puyi was immortalized by Bernardo Bertolucci’s Oscar-winning film “The Last Emperor,” but left a mixed legacy.More than 20 years after being forced to abdicate, he was installed as the puppet leader of Japanese-occupied Manchuria, before he was captured in 1945 after the fall of Japan and taken to a Soviet prison camp.British auction house Phillips said it had documentation that showed Puyi had brought the watch with him…
“If I had a chance to go back in time, I would still choose to attend beauty contests, even if that means I would not have enough time to complete my university studies,” 29-year-old Chau told VnExpress. “I don’t know if that would be a right choice, but right now I haven’t regretted competing in those pageants.” Nguyen Thi Ngoc Chau, the 2022 Miss Universe Vietnam. Photo from Chau’s Instagram When asked about the reasons why she was forced to stop her university studies, Chau cited a lack of time and considering her future career path to see if her…
By Thanh Hung  May 24, 2023 | 06:00 am GMT+7 My girlfriend and I work for the same company. After a year of dating, we have decided to get married at the end of this year. We’re both living separately with our parents. Recently, she’s been reading articles about marriage and family and suddenly decided she does not want to live with my family or move in with me after our wedding. She wants both of us to continue living with our parentsI asked her how she came up with such a weird idea. She said she read that married…
When she started working, the now 32-year-old woman from Nghe An thought her salary as a teacher was “fine” even though it wasn’t high.But after she got married and gave birth, unprecedented costs appeared. Things got even harder after Thu and her husband took out a mortgage from the bank to buy a new house. Their accumulated income, which was around VND 15 million, was not even enough for their monthly living costs.At the start of this year, Thu applied for work in Japan. Her parents and parents-in-law were initially against the idea, however, when Thu persuaded them that her…
By AFP  May 23, 2023 | 03:22pm GMT+7 A box truck crashes into security barriers on Lafayette Square adjacent to the White House grounds in Washington, US, May 22, 2023, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. Photo by Chris Zaboji/via Reuters US Secret Service officers detained the driver of a U-Haul box truck in Washington on Monday night after the vehicle crashed into a barrier near the White House, the agency said in a statement. “There were no injuries to any Secret Service or White House personnel and the cause and manner of the crash remain…
The children, aged between six and 13, were playing in the open-sided building at a school in Phichit province on Monday, watched by a number of spectators.At about 6:30pm (1130 GMT) the storm struck, according to local media, and heavy rain and high winds caused the roof to suddenly collapse.The fatally injured adults were two parents and a janitor, the provincial office of public relations told AFP, while 18 people were injured.A video shared on the Facebook page of the local public relations office showed a twisted mess of metal, with poles and corrugated iron lying crumpled on the ground.The…
By Minh Khang  May 23, 2023 | 02:08pm GMT+7 Goalkeeper Bui Tien Dung and his Ukrainian wife, model Dianka Zakhidova, enjoyed a dinner at a resort in the coastal city of Vung Tau to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. On Monday, Dung, 26, and Zakhidova, 23, returned to the Vung Tau resort where they held their wedding reception last year. The couple on their wedding day on May 22, 2022. Photo from Bui Tien Dung’s Instagram “One heart for two, one happiness, one love, and now we are a family. Let our relationship grow stronger every year. Happy First Anniversary.…
“I thought celebrities made money easily. However, after winning the beauty pageant and becoming a celebrity myself, I realized that this is not the case,” she told VnExpress.”Those [working in the entertainment industry] who want to maintain their values and pursue their passion have to be able to deal with pressure, chaotic schedules and work much harder than common people,” Hang, 24, said.Since her agency encountered hardships in doing business, she has had to work as a free agent. Sometimes she has gone through bouts of self-pity, after having to ask friends to help her attend events and not having…
The Democratic president and the top congressional Republican have struggled to make progress on a deal, as McCarthy pressures the White House to agree to spending cuts in the federal budget that Biden considers “extreme,” and the President pushes new taxes on the wealthy that Republicans reject. “I felt we had a productive discussion. We don’t have an agreement yet,” McCarthy told reporters after an hour of talks with Biden in the Oval Office. He said their staffs would continue talks and added, “I believe we can still get there.” They have just 10 days to reach a deal –…