Friday, August 21, 2020

TIN TỨC THỜI SỰ & HÌNH ẢNH NGÀY 21 THÁNG 8,2020

Fr: Ann Nguyen *Hong Nguyen        

  A foreign worker walks past designated aisles set up at a basketball court at an on-site dormitory at the Kim Keat Beacon BTO work site located at Kim Keat Avenue on 19 Aug 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG

 A foreign worker walks past designated aisles set up at a basketball court at an on-site dormitory at the Kim Keat Beacon BTO work site located at Kim Keat Avenue on 19 Aug 2020. PHOTO: THE STRAITS TIMES/KUA CHEE SIONG (Trạm cách ly Covid-19 dựng trên sân bóng rổ trong ký túc xá Kim Kaet.

Children carry torches during a parade ahead of the Islamic New Year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 19, 2020. PHOTO: REUTERS Children carry torches during a parade ahead of the Islamic New Year amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tangerang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, August 19, 2020. AFP ( Tangerang /ngoai ô Jakarta - Trẻ em rước đuốctrong khi Covid bùng nổ)

Swedish founder of the "School Strike for Climate" movement Greta Thunberg (C) wears a face mask as she walks to the Chancellery, where she was to meet the German Chancellor for talks on August 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP Swedish founder of the "School Strike for Climate" movement Greta Thunberg (C) wears a face mask as she walks to the Chancellery, where she was to meet the German Chancellor for talks on August 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP  Khí hậu toản cầu ..Cô nử sinh Thuy Điển Greta Thunberg trước khi gặp TT Angela Merkel

People cross a flooded road on a highway following monsoon rainfall in Gurgaon. on the outskirts of New Delhi, in India on August 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

People cross a flooded road on a highway following monsoon rainfall in Gurgaon. on the outskirts of New Delhi, in India on August 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFPPeople cross a flooded road on a highway following monsoon rainfall in Gurgaon. on the outskirts of New Delhi, in India on August 20, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Commuters make their way along a waterlogged street following monsoon rainfalls in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on August 19, 2020. PHOTO:  AFP Commuters make their way along a waterlogged street following monsoon rainfalls in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi on August 19, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

Community workers and volunteers deliver food and supplies to flood-affected residents after heavy rains in Neijiang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on August 19, 2020.  PHOTO: AFP

Community workers and volunteers deliver food and supplies to flood-affected residents after heavy rains in Neijiang in China's southwestern Sichuan province on August 19, 2020. PHOTO: AFP

This long-exposure picture taken with a fish-eye lens on August 20, 2020 shows a view of the Milky Way galaxy rising in the sky above the Judaean mountains (R) and the Dead Sea (L) in the occupied West Bank between Palestinian Jericho and Israel's Ei

This long-exposure picture taken with a fish-eye lens on August 20, 2020 shows a view of the Milky Way galaxy rising in the sky above the Judaean mountains (R) and the Dead Sea (L) in the occupied West Bank between Palestinian Jericho and Israel's Ein Gedi. PHOTO: AFPThis July 2018 handout photo obtained August 18, 2020 courtesy of Xiufeng Yang, University of Southern California shows a robotic beetle. Scientists have long envisioned building tiny robots capable of navigating environments too dangerous for humans This July 2018 handout photo obtained August 18, 2020 courtesy of Xiufeng Yang, University of Southern California shows a robotic beetle. Scientists have long envisioned building tiny robots capable of navigating environments too dangerous for humans. PHOTO: HANDOUT VIA AFP

California wildfires prompt urgent evacuations

The California governor declared a state of emergency as fire crews scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires.

A home burns in the Spanish Flat area of Napa, California, as flames rage through. [Josh Edelson/AFP]

A home burns in the Spanish Flat area of Napa, California, as flames rage through. Josh Edelson/AFP

A resident hoses down a burning bicycle and tree as flames from the Hennessey approach a property in the Spanish Flat area of Napa. [Josh Edelson/AFP]

A resident hoses down a burning bicycle and tree as flames from the Hennessey approach a property in the Spanish Flat area of Napa. Josh Edelson/AFP

A mobile home and car burn at Spanish Flat Mobile Villa. [Noah Berger/AP Photo]

A mobile home and car burn at Spanish Flat Mobile Villa.

Bill Nichols, 84, works to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, California. Nichols has lived in the home for 77 years. [Noah Berger/AP Photo]

Bill Nichols, 84, works to save his home as the LNU Lightning Complex fires tear through Vacaville, California. Nichols has lived in the home for 77 years. Noah Berger/AP Photo

Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heatwave continues. [Noah Berger/AP Photo]

Fire crews across the region scrambled to contain dozens of wildfires sparked by lightning strikes as a statewide heatwave continues. Noah Berger/AP Photo

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 Biden Harris ticket Dem Convention

 Đại hội đảng Dân chủ đã bế mạc. Hình từ trái sang phải Cựu Phó TTHK Joe Biden Ứng viên Tổng thống HK của Đảng Dân chủ (2) và phu nhân Jill Biden (1) , nghị sĩ Kamala Harris ứng viên Phó Tông thống HK  của đảng Dân chủ (3) và phu quân Douglas Emhof ( 4)

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden, Senator and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris and her husband Douglas Emhoff celebrate on the final night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention [Kevin Lamarque/Reuters]

Alexei Navalny allowed to fly to Germany, say Russian doctors

Kremlin critic in coma to be airlifted to Berlin for medical treatment after he drank tea allegedly laced with poison.

Alexei Navalny allowed to fly to Germany, say Russian doctors

A plane with German specialists and equipment necessary to transfer Navalny for treatment in Berlin landed at Omsk airport on Friday morning [File: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP] 

Torrential rain has water inside China's Three Gorges Dam nears maximum levels forcing authorities to increase discharge volumes.

The Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River discharges water to lower the water level in the reservoir following heavy rainfall in July [China Daily via Reuters]

Source : Straits Times* Aljazeera