Life

It’s 7:30 a.m. and Lieu Ngoc Chau, 43, ups her shutters for a new business day. She says the first and most important job she has to do is to burn incense for Than Tai, or Caishen, the Chinese god of prosperity, and Tho Dia (Landlord God), a folk deity that Chinese pray to for luck and good business. … [Read more...] about For many Chinese Vietnamese, textile business is the fabric of life

“I was born and grew up during the war. I did’t have chance to continue schooling so I suffered a lot of failures in my daily life,” Ý told Pháp Luật thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (HCM City Legal) newspaper … [Read more...] about Amputee war veteran devotes his life to helping poor students chase their dreams

"Given his age, lack of previous record and guilty pleas, there is a prospect of rehabilitation," he told the court, saying a whole-life sentence breached fundamental human rights. … [Read more...] about ‘Wicked’ Christchurch mosque gunman sentenced to life without parole

"I don't wish it on anybody. Obviously the situation has made it difficult for one of the biggest clubs in the world, so I regret putting the fans and the club through this, but I did nothing wrong," he added. … [Read more...] about ‘I was scared for my life,’ says Maguire of Greece arrest

“It took a lot of effort,” Bảng says. “There was one master singer who had sworn she would never sing Chèo again because her life was so miserable. But sing she did. Recording her was hard, meticulous work. We had to hand-carry a bulky generator along a damaged road to where she had evacuated to, in Bắc Giang Province, but place it away from where we were recording so it wouldn’t drown out her singing. Touched by our appreciation of Chèo, she agreed to join our team. … [Read more...] about Life and history intertwine