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The nonfungible token (NFT) market, which first sent the art industry into a frenzy, is expected to take a deep plunge into the fashion and entertainment world, amid fast-growing interest in making new money using the blockchain technology.

In winter, Yen stream in the Huong (Perfume) Pagoda tourist site in Hanoi’s My Duc district becomes a charming destination for tourists with thousands of water lilies in full bloom.

Hardened fighters of Iraq’s Shiite former paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi organisation are seeking a new avenue to exert their influence – the theatre. Dubbed the “biggest theatrical production in Iraq”, the pro-Iran Hashed – integrated into government forces in 2019 – has sought a captive audience in southern Iraq’s impoverished, predominantly Shiite Muslim city of Basra.

It took Rita Moreno a year to agree to a documentary about her career. When she finally watched it for the first time, she exclaimed to her daughter: “What a life I’ve had!” The Puerto Rican superstar’s seven decades in show business have earned her Emmys, a Grammy, a Tony and an Oscar – the rare “EGOT” feat, achieved by only 16 artists ever.

Five global nuclear powers pledged Monday to prevent atomic weapons spreading and to avoid nuclear conflict, in a rare joint statement setting aside rising West-East tensions to reaffirm a goal of a nuke-free world.

Woori Bank Chairman of the Board of Directors Hyun Seong Yoon says that under its new identity, the bank will roll out a slew of innovative banking products and services to serve the diverse financial needs of its customers, and support the Kingdom’s development agenda.

A budding Iraqi filmmaker yells “action!” as an actress clambers over rubble in Mosul’s Old City, proud students of a nascent film school in the former jihadist bastion.

A destitute Indian woman who claims she is heir to the dynasty that built the Taj Mahal has demanded ownership of an imposing palace once home to the Mughal emperors.

On the whole, 2021 was a year of slow recovery for the Cambodian and broader global economy, and was heavily shaped by the spread and evolution of SARS-CoV-2 and emergence of new variants of the novel coronavirus, which causes Covid-19.

Cambodia shares some good news with the world – wild elephants have returned to one of the forest conservation sites in the country.