MELBOURNE -- Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley has confirmed the year’s first Grand Slam will go ahead from Feb. 8 despite anger from players forced into hard quarantine in Melbourne due to positive COVID-19 cases on their charter planes. … [Read more...] about Australian Open to plough ahead despite players’ quarantine anger
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Vietnam doctors remove 1kg of metal objects from patient with pica disorder
Colonel Nguyen Quoc Dung, a senior doctor at Ho Chi Minh City-based 175 Military Hospital, which is managed by the Ministry of National Defense, confirmed on Sunday that the infirmary had conducted a surgery on T.H.T., a 27-year-old resident in southern Binh Duong Province. … [Read more...] about Vietnam doctors remove 1kg of metal objects from patient with pica disorder
Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
By 10:30 am that day all those who attempted to purchase tickets were greeted with a message saying, “All tickets of this price tier have been sold out or the remaining tickets are in the process of being paid by customers. Please choose another price tier or come back later!” … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s ticket fever for ASEAN semi moves from stadium counters to cyberspace
Portrait of an artist on a bridge
The painter went on: “I sell them at an affordable price, which still gives me a little to live off once I’ve paid for painting materials. At my prices, more people can afford to buy them, because paintings in galleries are perhaps dozens of times more expensive. Not everyone can spend thousands of dollars on a painting.” … [Read more...] about Portrait of an artist on a bridge
An overseas Vietnamese: Covid-19 infected, in lockdown and the desire to fly back home
I just want to say that the physical pain is really terrible when being infected by a kind of virus that just “as harmful as seasonal flu”, like the British had previously thought. Even with me – a very healthy person without any underlying illnesses; non-smoking; do exercise and play sports regularly- the health is till severely affected by coronavirus infection. Somehow, I felt extremely impotent. … [Read more...] about An overseas Vietnamese: Covid-19 infected, in lockdown and the desire to fly back home