Vietnam, Australia build practical, future-oriented relations

March 6, 2024

HANOI – Foreign Minister Bùi Thanh Sơn had a meeting with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong on March 5 within the framework of the ASEAN – Australia Special Summit commemorating the 50th anniversary of bilateral relations in Melbourne.

FM Sơn thanked the Australian official for collaboration in preparing for Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính’s official visit to Australia, expressing his belief that the summit will be a great success.

He expressed his satisfaction with the recent progress in bilateral relations as well as in cooperation between the two foreign ministries.

He suggested the two sides closely coordinate in implementing support packages worth nearly AUD200 million (US$130 million) for clean energy development and climate change adaptation in the Mekong Delta region, which Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and FM Wong had announced during their recent visits to Việt Nam.

For her part, minister Wong thanked the Vietnamese Government as well as FM Son for their support and participation in the Summit, while highly valuing substantive activities that the two countries held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their diplomatic relations last year.

She took the occasion to invite Sơn to visit Australia again and co-chair the 6th Vietnam-Australia

Elon University DJs electrify college party scene

Many parties nowadays come with pre-made playlists blasting through JBL speakers. However, there’s a new wave of musical entertainment on the rise that has swept through Elon’s campus — DJs.

DJs, also known as disc jockeys, are performers who play and mix pre-made music live.

Shawn Kelly, an Elon senior and computer science major, discovered DJing during his sophomore year of college. Performing under the name djskelly, he used his musical background and computer science knowledge to teach himself how to mix music.

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Elon senior and DJ Shawn Kelly plays at an Elon house party on March 9. Kelly performs by the name ‘djskelly.’

Since beginning his journey into making music and performing, Kelly has amassed over 24,000 followers on Instagram, which he attributes to understanding the business side of the music industry.

“That’s what I’ve learned — to really harvest the business side of it and the marketing side and promoting side,” Kelly said. “I’ve taken almost half of what I’ve made and put it into promoting myself — put it into targeting advertising and marketing.”

According to Kelly, he is considered a promo DJ, which means he is required to bring an

Man Ignores Naysayers to Revive Tiny Sparrow with CPR – Watch the Moment his Patience is Rewarded

Submitted by Costakis Constantinou

In a heartwarming video, a 67-year-old actor from Cyprus became determined to use his CPR expertise to save a tiny, helpless sparrow.

The avian creature was found unconscious following an “unfortunate pool mishap”.

In the background of the video, you can hear a chorus of teasing and snickering, with voices urging him to dispose of the seemingly lifeless bird—but Costakis Constantinou remains undeterred.

“Nobody thought this was possible or even worth trying, however, he stayed focused and patiently continued,” his son Rolandos told GNN.

With unwavering determination, he persistently, applied his life-saving skills until, against all odds, the sparrow gradually regained consciousness, fluttering back to life.

“I can say with confidence that he was very, very happy, relieved, and satisfied when the little sparrow opened its eyes and flew away.”

When Rolandos rewatched the video again (see below), he got emotional and telephoned his father to tell him how proud he was.

“In the past he saved two people from heart attack by applying CPR. For some reason my father is at the right place at the right time.”

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Osakis School Board approves internet, network services agreements – Alexandria Echo Press

OSAKIS — The Osakis School Board approved both an internet agreement and a network services agreement with the Eastern Central Minnesota Educational Cable Cooperative.

The approvals were made at the board’s regular meeting, which took place Monday, March 11.

The district currently uses the Central Minnesota Educational Telecom Service, or CMETS, for internet and some network service support, but CMETS is dissolving.

The internet agreement with ECMECC is estimated at $4,502, while the network services agreement is estimated at $8,105.

Marc Johnson, executive director of ECMECC, said some areas of focus that were part of CMETS are also a part of ECMECC. One of these is the Central Minnesota Wide Area Network, an internet services program.

“It’s existed for 20 years,” Johnson said via Skype. “ECMECC has always participated in it, but we haven’t always been the manager of that service. We are now the manager of that service, and it serves over 60 school districts and 46 library sites through a large swathe of central Minnesota.”

Johnson explained, “It fully qualifies any of the districts for state telecommunications equity aid, which you received because you were part of CMETS before. The only way to get that aid is to

Dotz Nano: Advancing towards a carbon neutral future


Manny Anton: Hello, I’m Manny Anton from the Finance News Network and today we welcome back Dotz Nano. Dotz Nano has the ASX code DTZ and currently has a market capitalization of approximately $85 million. Dotz is a nanotechnology firm pioneering innovative climate and industrial nanotechnologies. The company’s primary focus lies in developing revolutionary carbon dioxide management technologies paving the way towards a carbon neutral future. Joining us today is Dotz Nano, CEO, Sharon Malka. Sharon, welcome back to the network.

Sharon Malka: Thank you very much and thank you for hosting me again.

Manny Anton: Always a pleasure. Okay, well why don’t we start with the company’s recent announcement on the completion of construction of a bench scale unit. How important is this?

Sharon Malka: We are very pleased with this achievement because it marks a significant progress in the development stage of our technology, Dotz Earth. It enables us to demonstrate the effectiveness of the technology and now we will be focused on scaling it up and developing the technology towards the next stage of development.

Manny Anton: Excellent. And when you did announce this, you also announced that it was done ahead of schedule, which is a