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It said to remain viable in an uncertain landscape it would operate a smaller fleet and reduced network in coming years, having already announced a review of its Airbus SE A380 planes for a possible S$1 billion ($731.21 million) in impairments. … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines to cut 4,300 jobs due to pandemic, most in its history

Written in the form of a math exercise requesting people to determine the shadow area of a public sculpture of Lenin in Hà Nội at different times of the day, consolidated into a mathematical equation, the work gives the viewers an opportunity to reflect on the way our logic, ideals and world views have always been constrained and impacted by natural forces beyond our control. … [Read more...] about Art exhibition offers new perspectives on time and history

WITNESSES TO HISTORY: President Hồ Chí Minh (fourth from left, front row), Vice President Tôn Đức Thắng (third from left), and Chairman of the National Assembly’s Standing Committee Trường Chinh (6th from left), photographed with journalists covering the third National Party Congress in 1960. The woman sitting between President Hồ and Trường Chinh is journalist Huỳnh Ngọc Hường from the Vietnam News Agency, while the man (with glasses) sitting behind the President is journalist Lê Bá Thuyên, deputy director of the Vietnam News Agency. VNA/VNS File Photo … [Read more...] about Through the lens of history

The exhibition to mark the reopening of the Notre-Dame crypt includes photographs, drawings, paintings and film excerpts. Photo: AFP "The exhibition starts with how the cathedral looked at the time the novel was published," said Vincent Gille, a curator at the Victor Hugo museum in Paris. … [Read more...] about Notre-Dame crypt reopens with exhibition 18 months after blaze

Politburo member and Chairwoman of Việt Nam's National Assembly Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân made the remarks in an article titled “Parliamentary Diplomacy for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN Community" released on the occasion of the 41st AIPA General Assembly that the National Assembly will chair via teleconference from September 8-10 for the first time in the organisation's history due to the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly an open, effective forum for regional cooperation: top legislator