Distress and uncertainty lingered among displaced residents after Wednesday’s deadly fire in Hong Kong, as they struggled to move into tiny temporary flats while calling for better long-term resettlement arrangements such as public housing. Some elderly residents who had lived for decades in Tai Po’s fire-ravaged Wang Fuk Court said on Friday they hoped the…
AI is already squeezing some entry-level roles, but the CEO of Google says even the top corporate job isn’t safe. “I think what a CEO does is maybe one of the easier things maybe for an AI to do one day,” Sundar Pichai told the BBC in an interview that aired Tuesday. The Google boss…
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee Tô Lâm and his spouse, along with a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, will make an official visit to the…
Fake it until you make it. This mantra, popularized by the culture of personal development on social media, was already being applied by Victoria Beckham in the early 2000s. This Wednesday, in an interview with Alex Cooper on the Call Her Daddy podcast, the designer was as comfortable as she was amused. On the pink…
A transaction office of MBBank. Shares of the lender dropped over 1.8 per cent on Tuesday, weighing on the market’s downturn. —Photo vietnamplus.vn HÀ NỘI — Benchmark indices finished lower on Tuesday due to profit-taking activities after adding nearly 50 points to the VN-Index. Despite active trading, market participants exhibited greater caution as the VN-Index…
Tally-ho! Ralph Lauren is opening a Polo Bar in London. The Blighty outpost of the clubby eatery will be located at 1 Hanover Square, and will launch in 2028, the brand said on Tuesday. Famed fashion designer Lauren, 85, has also become quite a successful restauranteur. Fashion legend Ralph Lauren has become a successful restauranteur….
The MyStreet app is designed to encourage the public to report violations of seating limits by restaurants, bars and cafes on sidewalks and squares. Citizens have embraced the initiative, but critics point out that little will change unless enforcement is stepped up. [InTime News] If you believe the hype about the number of complaints submitted…
Gary Thanh Nguyễn, head of the Entrepreneurs and Patriotic Vietnamese Club in the Washington Metropolitan Area. — VNA/VNS Photo Đoàn Hùng WASHINGTON — Gary Thanh Nguyễn, head of the Entrepreneurs and Patriotic Vietnamese Club in the Washington Metropolitan Area, has expressed optimism ahead of State President Lương Cường’s upcoming official visit to the US. According…
[Shutterstock] Seven out of 10 children in Europe will have myopia by 2050, driven by excessive use of electronic devices including mobile phones, tablets, gaming consoles and computers, according to a Greek medical expert. Pediatric ophthalmologist Nikos Nitsas, president of the Thessaloniki Medical Association, made the prediction during a scientific discussion at the 89th Thessaloniki…
More like break-a-hip hop. Seventy-one-year-old former Governor David Paterson strutted his stuff down the catwalk — then gave the audience a scare by breakdancing. On Wednesday the pol — reputedly an accoplished b-boy in his day — walked in the “Style Across the Aisle” show at the at Surrogate’s Court. Former Governor David Paterson strutted…