One of China’s most powerful earthquakes in recent years killed at least 149 people in a remote northwestern region, according to state media, with two people still missing after the magnitude 6.2 temblor hit a week ago. The epicentre of the quake straddled the provinces of Gansu and Qinghai in …
Read More »Police identify murder suspect after 13 years by hitting repentance
Around 200 police officers in Hai Phong narrowed down a list of four suspects for a murder committed 13 years ago before one of them, repented, finally confessed. Bui Trong Thanh was detained last week, standing accused of having killed a woman during a robbery when he was 17 years …
Read More »Police track down murder suspect after 13 years by hitting repentance
Around 200 police officers in Hai Phong narrowed down a list of four suspects for a murder committed 13 years ago before one of them, repented, finally confessed. Bui Trong Thanh was detained last week, standing accused of having killed a woman during a robbery when he was 17 years …
Read More »13 dead, 38 injured in explosion at nickel plant in Indonesia
At least 13 people were killed and 38 injured in eastern Indonesia on Sunday in an explosion at a Chinese-funded nickel-processing plant, the owner of the industrial park that hosts the facility said. The island of Sulawesi is a hub for the mineral-rich country’s production of nickel, a base metal …
Read More »Buffalo kills man in central Vietnam
A man in the central province of Quang Tri has died in hospital two days after being attacked by a male buffalo. While searching for his family’s cattle in Trac Noi Forest, Ho Van Quan, 65, was attacked by a male buffalo and suffered head injuries, broken ribs and a …
Read More »Indian tourists injured in bus accident
A bus carrying an Indian tourist group to Da Lat in the Central Highlands collided with a truck on a pass, injuring six people and causing an hour-long traffic jam on Sunday. The 29-seat passenger bus carrying a group of Indian tourists on Bao Loc Pass on its way to …
Read More »Bizarre chronicles of 2023: oddities unfold in Vietnam
In 2023, Vietnam has proven once again that the unusual is just another day’s news – here are 10 of the weirdest stories from this year. Illiterate chief As police investigated possible violations by a private-owned automotive registration center in Ho Chi Minh City’s Nha Be District in January, they …
Read More »Company fined $25,000 for building wind farms on protection forest land
The main investor of two wind farms in Quang Tri Province has been fined for installing wind turbines on protection forest land without approval. Inspectors from the central province’s Department of Natural Resources and the Environment on Dec. 21 said they fined Tan Hoan Cau company, the main investor of …
Read More »US sees new isolation from Israel support
Nearly three years after President Joe Biden took office vowing “America is back,” the country’s international image is taking a beating as his administration backs Israel in its war with Hamas. In one step back from the newfound isolation, the United States on Friday, after painstaking negotiations, let through a …
Read More »Colorado paramedics found guilty in death of Elijah McClain
Two Colorado paramedics were found guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a jury on Friday for their role in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain, who died after police roughly detained him, put him in a choke hold, and the medics injected him with a powerful sedative. The trial of …
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