Stephanie reported 8 000 of earnings from her babysitting

Van Thanh of Can Tho City said he invested US$2,000 in five accounts in Axie Infinity, a play-to-earn game with a goal of winning smooth love potions (SLP), an in-game currency that can be exchanged for real money. "SLP traded at around 0.02 a token. With five accounts, I could earn 800-1,200 SLP a day, or around $15-25. I expected to break even after two months." But by May the price of SLP had fallen sharply, and a token is now worth around $0.0056, a steep decline from the peak of $0.4 it reached last July. "Now I earn the same amount of SLP, but only make $3-5 a day. I want to quit because what I earn is not worth the effort. "But I will keep the SLPs I have earned and hope prices rise later so that I can sell them and recover my losses." Nguyen Mai of the southern Binh Duong Province spent $1,000 on a play-to-earn game named BombCrypto last December. Its currency, Bcoin, traded at $4 a token, but has dived to around $0.04 now. "I haven’t logged into the game for two … [Read more...] about Vietnamese becoming wary of play-to-earn games

The world's oceans grew to their warmest and most acidic levels on record last year, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Wednesday, as United Nations officials warned that war in Ukraine threatened global climate commitments. Oceans saw the most striking extremes as the WMO detailed a range of turmoil wrought by climate change in its annual "State of the Global Climate" report. It said melting ice sheets had helped push sea levels to new heights in 2021. "Our climate is changing before our eyes. The heat trapped by human-induced greenhouse gases will warm the planet for many generations to come," said WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas in a statement. The report follows the latest U.N. climate assessment, which warned that humanity must drastically cut its greenhouse gas emissions or face increasingly catastrophic changes to the world's climate. Dead fish appear on the beaches of La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain, August 21, 2021. Photo: … [Read more...] about World’s oceans at most acidic level in 26,000 years, climate report warns

Philippine players cheer after wining the men's four event (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Philippine and Singapore an teams, surpassing those from five other regional countries, have topped the men's and women’s four bowling events at the ongoing SEA Games 31, respectively. On May 19, the Philippine players obtained 5,275 points for a gold medal in the men’s four competition, with the silver and bronze medals presented to their Malaysian and Singapore rivals. On the same day, the women’s four event saw an outstanding performance of the Singaporean gold medalist team, who secured 5,059 points in total. Players of Malaysia and Indonesia respectively earned 4,951 and 4,843 points for the second and third places. Singapore was the most successful nation in four-day competition of the sport, winning gold medals in all three women’s events, one silver in the men’s doubles, and three bronze in women’s singles, men’s doubles, and men’s four. SEA Games 31 , themed “For a … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Philippines, Singapore earn gold in bowling

Reporter Deepannaj A C Ganesan of Singapore said this is the first time he has worked at a SEA Games, and he was very impressed with the vibrant football atmosphere in Thien Truong Stadium. Every match in the stadium was really a football "party", he said. Meanwhile, Malaysian reporter Mohd Fahmi Ismail said the local authorities have prepared so well for football teams attending SEA Games 31. Ahmad Nazrin Syahmi Mohamad Arif, another reporter from Malaysia, said that he is well disposed to local people because of their friendliness and hospitality. According to the reporters, the stadium was always full of audiences in all the matches that took place there. Football fans in Nam Dinh were amazing, and they cheered very professionally. Not only foreign reporters, head coaches of the men’s football teams have also expressed their impressions at the football atmosphere at the stadium. Coach Michael Weiss of U23 Laos said every time the team played, there were a lot of … [Read more...] about SEA Games 31: Foreign reporters impressed with football fans in Nam Dinh

Germany has ordered 40,000 doses of a Bavarian Nordic vaccine to be ready to vaccinate contacts of those infected with monkeypox if an outbreak in Germany becomes more severe, but officials are banking on other precautionary measures for now. Speaking at a press conference, German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said on Tuesday that measures such as an isolation period of at least 21 days recommended for infected people would suffice for now to contain the outbreak. "If infections spread further we will want to be prepared for possible ring vaccinations that are not yet recommended at this point but might become necessary," said Lauterbach, referring to the strategy of vaccinating contacts of an infected person. He said the outbreak of monkeypox could be contained and did not signal the start of a new pandemic, adding that early intervention can prevent the pathogen from becoming firmly established in communities. So far, five cases have been registered in Germany, all men, … [Read more...] about Germany orders 40,000 vaccine doses as precaution against monkeypox spread

A child receives a COVID-19 vaccine dose in the northern province of Thái Bình. — VNA/VNS Photo Thế Duyệt HÀ NỘI — A total of 1,895 new COVID-19 infections were detected on Saturday, the first time Việt Nam has registered less than 2,000 cases in a single daily update since July 11 last year. The latest numbers bring the total national caseload to 10,695,036 so far. All the new infections were domestic. A total of 1,585 new transmissions were detected in the community. The capital city of Hà Nội continued to record the highest number of infections with 489, followed by Nghệ An with 115. The other cases were found in Quảng Ninh (95), Vĩnh Phúc (92), Phú Thọ (92), Yên Bái (86), Tuyên Quang (81), Thái Bình (66), Quảng Bình (54), Bắc Kạn (52), Lào Cai (51), Thái Nguyên (47), HCM City (45), Hà Nam (41), Lâm Đồng (38), Lai Châu (34), Nam Định (30), Đà Nẵng (27), Lạng Sơn (26), Ninh Bình (24), Hưng Yên (22), Hà Tĩnh (22), Đắk Nông (22), Hải Phòng (22), Bình Dương (22), Sơn La (21), … [Read more...] about 1,895 new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday