Anxious Relatives Await News From Vietnam Wreck Rescue

Anxious Relatives Await News From Vietnam Wreck Rescue

[ad_1] Relatives anxiously sat beside ambulances on the wharf of one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist sites on Sunday, waiting for news of loved ones who were on a tourist boat that capsized killing dozens. Fruits and flowers were laid on the coast for the 37 killed in the wreckage on Saturday in what some…

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Hanoi Scooter Riders Baulk At Petrol-powered Bikes Ban

Hanoi Scooter Riders Baulk At Petrol-powered Bikes Ban

[ad_1] Vietnam’s plan to bar gas-guzzling motorbikes from central Hanoi may clear the air of the smog-smothered capital, but riders fear paying a high toll for the capital’s green transition. “Of course everyone wants a better environment,” said housewife Dang Thuy Hanh, baulking at the 80 million dong ($3,000) her family would spend replacing their…

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Japan Sees Bright Future For Ultra-thin, Flexible Solar Panels

Japan Sees Bright Future For Ultra-thin, Flexible Solar Panels

[ad_1] Japan is heavily investing in a new kind of ultra-thin, flexible solar panel that it hopes will help it meet renewable energy goals while challenging China’s dominance of the sector. Pliable perovskite panels are perfect for mountainous Japan, with its shortage of flat plots for traditional solar farms. And a key component of the…

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Jensen Huang, AI Visionary In A Leather Jacket

Jensen Huang, AI Visionary In A Leather Jacket

[ad_1] Unknown to the general public just three years ago, Jensen Huang is now one of the most powerful entrepreneurs in the world as head of chip giant Nvidia. The unassuming 62-year-old draws stadium crowds of more than 10,000 people as his company’s products push the boundaries of artificial intelligence. Chips designed by Nvidia, known…

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Sunbears To Elephants: Life At A Thai Wildlife Hospital

Sunbears To Elephants: Life At A Thai Wildlife Hospital

[ad_1] The patient lay prone on the operating table. An IV line snaking from his left leg, near the wound from the tranquilliser dart that sedated him. Yong, a pig-tailed macaque rescued from a life harvesting coconuts, was being treated at Thailand’s only NGO-run wildlife hospital. He is one of dozens of animals treated each…

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Dozens Dead In Vietnam After Ha Long Bay Tourist Ferry Sinks

Dozens Dead In Vietnam After Ha Long Bay Tourist Ferry Sinks

[ad_1] Rescuers were desperately searching for five people still missing on Sunday after 37 were killed when a boat capsized in one of Vietnam’s most popular tourist destinations. The tourist boat ferrying families around Vietnam’s famed Ha Long Bay was lashed by a storm on Saturday in one of the UNESCO World Heritage site’s deadliest…

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Usyk Knocks Out Dubois To Become Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion

Usyk Knocks Out Dubois To Become Undisputed World Heavyweight Champion

[ad_1] Oleksandr Usyk cemented his status as the outstanding heavyweight of his generation with an emphatic fifth-round knockout of Daniel Dubois in their undisputed world title bout at London’s Wembley Stadium on Saturday. Victory saw Ukraine’s Usyk extend his unbeaten professional record to 24 fights as the WBA, WBC and WBO champion added his British…

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Japan PM Faces Reckoning In Upper House Election

Japan PM Faces Reckoning In Upper House Election

[ad_1] Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba faces a reckoning from voters on Sunday with upper house elections that could end his premiership and see a right-wing populist party make inroads. With many Japanese hurt by rising prices, especially for rice, opinion polls suggest that Ishiba’s governing coalition could lose its majority in the upper house.…

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Clashes, Homes Torched In South Syria’s Sweida Despite Ceasefire

Clashes, Homes Torched In South Syria’s Sweida Despite Ceasefire

[ad_1] Smoke rose from burning houses in south Syria’s Sweida on Saturday and an Arab tribal fighter vowed to “slaughter” residents as deadly clashes with Druze fighters persisted. Just hours earlier, Syrian interim President Ahmed al-Sharaa had announced an immediate ceasefire, but Bedouins and tribal fighters who are allied with the Syrian authorities pushed on…

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