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An Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path, killing eight people, told investigators he had been inspired by watching Islamic State videos and began planning the attack a year ago, according to a criminal complaint filed against him on Wednesday. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, who was hospitalized after he was shot by a police officer and arrested, confessed to authorities that he made a trial run with a rental truck on October 22 to practice turning the vehicle and "stated that he felt good about what he had done" after the attack, the complaint said. The 10-page charging document said Saipov waived his rights to remain silent and avoid self-incrimination in agreeing to speak to investigators without an attorney present from his bed at Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan. In the course of that interview, the complaint said, Saipov told investigators he chose Halloween for the attack because he believed more people would be on the streets and said he had … [Read more...] about Uzbek man charged in New York attack said he ‘felt good’ about what he did

A new coronavirus variant that shares some similarities with a more transmissible and intractable variant discovered in South Africa is on the rise in New York City, researchers said on Wednesday. The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said on Wednesday. The variant was also described in research published online this week by the California Institute of Technology. Neither study has been reviewed by outside experts. The Columbia researchers said an analysis of publicly available databases did not show a high prevalence of coronavirus variants recently identified in South Africa and Brazil in case samples from New York City and surrounding areas. “Instead we found high numbers of this home-grown lineage,” Dr. Anne-Catrin Uhlemann, assistant professor in the division of infectious … [Read more...] about New coronavirus variant identified in New York: researchers

Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long revealed the information at a meeting Wednesday, 10 days after he died. The strain, known as CAL.20C, originated from a group of viruses tracked from Europe to New York early in the pandemic and was first detected in California in July. The virus strain has been spreading fast in many U.S. states and has mainly surfaced in South Korea, Taiwan and India. The 54-year-old Japanese man who entered Vietnam on Jan. 17 was quarantined at a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City and showed two negative test results. He later took a flight to Hanoi and underwent self-quarantine at Somerset West Point on Feb. 1. On Feb. 13, he was found dead inside his hotel room, with his sample tests returning positive for the novel coronavirus. Two other people in close contact with him were confirmed positive as well. Vietnam has earlier reported U.K. coronavirus variant in the outbreak in Hai Duong and neighboring Quang Ninh, and the South African variant on an imported … [Read more...] about Deceased Japanese in Hanoi infected with new Covid-19 strain

The Hanoitimes - For centuries, every year when Tet (the Lunar New Year Festival) arrives, various rituals have been held in every family, bringing a lively ambiance filled with tradition and culture in the beginning of the New Year all over the country. Farewell to Kitchen God Land Genie and the Kitchen God ride carps to Heaven to deliver an annual report on the household’s activities to the Jade Emperor. Photo: Tet feast to farewell Kitchen God was prepared by Ngo Phuong Lan. Kitchen God The first ritual which kicks off the Tet celebration in the country is the “Ong Cong – Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen God) or the “Kitchen God” farewell. It starts on the 23rd day of the last month of the lunar year. Legend has it that Land Genie and the Kitchen God are sent down to earth by the God of Heaven for monitoring and recording all the good or bad manners of the human during the year. Then, on the 23rd day of the twelve months in the Lunar Calendar, they … [Read more...] about The main rituals in the Lunar New Year Festival

The Hanoitimes - “Promoting defense ties with other countries to boost its capabilities in sovereignty protection and in settlement of common security challenges” is a new point in the white paper. Vietnam released Monday another white paper on national defense, once again affirming that it would not participate in any military alliance. Colonel General Nguyen Chi Vinh, Deputy Minister of National Defense at the announcement ceremony of Vietnam's Defense White Paper. Photo: VNExpress This is included in the “four no's” policy including no military alliance, no affiliation with one country to counteract the other, no foreign military base in the Vietnamese territory to act against other countries, and no force or threatening to use force in international relations. In addition, “promoting defense ties with other countries to boost its capabilities in sovereignty protection and in settlement of common security challenges” is also highlighted in the white … [Read more...] about Vietnam releases defense white paper, reaffirming no military alliance