Aniruddha Ghosal

1 week ago | asianreporter.com | Aniruddha Ghosal

International NewsFUTURISTIC FACTORY. Lego characters in Vietnamese traditional costumes are displayed at a Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam. Lego has opened a $1 billion factory in Vietnam that it says will make toys without adding planet-warming gas to the atmosphere by relying entirely on clean energy. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)CLEAN ENERGY. Lego characters are seen in Vietnamese traditional lion dance costumes on display at the Lego factory in Binh Duong, Vietnam. (AP Photo/Hau Dinh)GREEN FACTORY.

1 week ago | arkansasonline.com | Aniruddha Ghosal |Hau Dinh

On the move? Let us read it for you. LISTEN NOW Your browser does not support the audio element. DA NANG, Vietnam -- The Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy. Nguyen Thanh Hai, 34, is one of millions with disabilities linked to Agent Orange.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Aniruddha Ghosal |Hau Dinh |Sarah Gelbard

Wanted: A holy man. Job description: Leading the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church. Location: Vatican City. There are no official candidates for the papacy, but some cardinals are considered “papabile,” or possessing the characteristics necessary to become pope. After St. John Paul II broke the centurieslong Italian hold on the papacy in 1978, the field of contenders has broadened considerably.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Aniruddha Ghosal |Hau Dinh

DAKAR, Senegal — Ndeye Lam visits the cemetery often, praying and gently touching the seashells laid out across her daughter’s gravesite. “Mariama will always be here,” she said, stepping away from the grave and onto a path that winds through rows of monuments outlined with white tile, stone and sand. At home, Ms. Lam and her husband Pathé smiled over an old video clip of their daughter beaming as she celebrated her 13th birthday with cake and sparklers. When the girl was little, she loved to play.

1 week ago | argus-press.com | Aniruddha Ghosal

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam on Wednesday celebrated the 50th anniversary of the end of the war with the United States and the formation of its modern nation with a military parade and a focus on a peaceful future. The fall of Saigon on April 30, 1975 marked the end of a Vietnam divided into the communist North and U.S.-allied South, and the country's top official told crowds the past decades had led to ever increasing unity. “All the Vietnamese are the descendants of Vietnam.