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U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said the department was investigating why Delta Air Lines passengers remained on board a plane at the Las Vegas airport that sat on the tarmac in extreme heat on Monday, citing reports that the plane sat there for four hours. “I want to know how …

India on Thursday ordered a halt to its largest rice export category in a move that will roughly halve shipments by the world’s largest exporter of the grain, triggering fears of further inflation on global food markets. The government said it was imposing a ban on non-basmati white rice after …

Beijing-linked hackers accessed U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns’ email account in an espionage operation thought to have compromised at least hundreds of thousands of individual U.S. government emails, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday. Daniel Kritenbrink, the assistant secretary of state for EastAsia, was also hacked in …

Two endangered Sunda pangolins were found along a street in the southern province of Binh Phuoc on Thursday before they were captured and handed over to authorities. Two Sunda pangolins are found on the side of a street in Binh Phuoc. Photo by VnExpress/Van Tram The Binh Phuoc Forest Protection …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his visiting Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim agreed to work to raise bilateral trade from $15 billion to $18 billion by 2025, among cooperation in various fields. The two leaders held talks in Hanoi on Thursday, noting with satisfaction the development of the bilateral relations, …

Hundreds of people removed barricades blocking an incomplete Dak Lak road in order to complete their commutes quicker on Wednesday. The barricades placed at the two ends of the Dong-Tay Road in Buon Ma Thuot City were removed by people to make way for motorbikes and cars. In just under …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a welcoming ceremony to begin his Malaysian counterpart Anwar Ibrahim’s two-day visit to Vietnam on Thursday. After ceremonial procedures, the two leaders spoke at the Government Headquarters in Hanoi and witnessed the signing of agreements between the two countries. Anwar is expected to meet …

Finnish telecommunications equipment maker Nokia reported a sharp fall in second-quarter profits on Thursday, dragged down by a drop in investment by North American mobile phone operators. The company, which is competing with Swedish rival Ericsson and China’s Huawei in the global rollout of 5G equipment, said the deployment in …

Two Indonesian women have apologized after a lavish “wedding” for their dogs sparked a backlash in the middle-income country, where wealth distribution is one of the most unequal in the world. Two Alaskan Malamutes were wedded Friday at a mall in the capital Jakarta, donning traditional Javanese costumes alongside their …

The head of a Hanoi travel firm claimed it made little profit from the Covid-19 repatriation flights, having paid bribes worth VND38.5 billion ($1.6 million) to get flights approved. The Blue Sky Trading, Services and Tourism Company had bribed former officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Government Office, …