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A woman lost part of her leg after it got trapped in a moving walkway at Bangkok’s Don Mueang Airport on Thursday. The unidentified woman tripped over her suitcase while using the walkway at around 8:30 a.m., and her leg got caught, Bangkok Post newspaper quoted the airport’s general manager, …

More than 100 people have died due to extreme heat in Mexico in June, the government said, following a series of heatwaves in the Latin American nation. Scientists say global warming is exacerbating adverse weather, with many countries experiencing record high temperatures. Over 1,000 heat-related emergencies were reported in Mexico …

Google said on Thursday it plans to block Canadian news on its platform in Canada, joining Facebook in escalating a campaign against a new law requiring payments to local news publishers. Alphabet-owned Google will remove links to Canadian news from search results and other products in Canada when the law …

Cambodian leader Hun Sen, a prolific Facebook user, vowed on Thursday to quit posting on the popular social media platform, days before he launches a re-election campaign. Cambodia will go to the polls on July 23 in an election that has been widely dubbed a sham after authorities denied registration …

Ban Khun Samut Chin, a coastal village less than 10 km (six miles) from the edge of Bangkok, is slowly being devoured by the waves. Some 200 people cling on in the village, in a glimpse of what the future may hold for countless coastal communities in a world battling …

The head of the Da Lat urban management department has been suspended following a landslide that killed two people Thursday. The Lam Dong Province People’s Committee suspended Nguyen Duong Trung Huu while it investigates the approval and monitoring of a construction site where two workers died following a landslide that …

Former chief of the Vietnam Coast Guard, Commander Nguyen Van Son, was sentenced to 16 years in prison Thursday for embezzling VND50 billion (US$2.1 million). Besides Son, Hoang Van Dong was sentenced to 15 years and six months in jail, the Hanoi Military Court announced following a three-day trial. Doan …

China’s top diplomat said Thursday a new foreign relations law would help counter “bullying” from abroad after Beijing approved legislation it said would enhance its powers to counter sanctions. The United States has imposed sanctions on a lengthy list of Chinese companies and individuals, accusing them of complicity in human …

Cats are considered lucky in Japan, and owners of the popular pets spend big on their care. But how do you know when they’re feline down? A tech firm and university in Tokyo have teamed up to produce an app trained on thousands of cat photos that they say can …

A 27-year-old woman died after having fillers injected for a breast enhancement procedure at a hotel in HCMC. Linh, who’s from the Mekong Delta’s Ca Mau Province but worked in HCMC, called a 38-year-old beautician from Ca Mau to a hotel in HCMC’s District 10 to help enhance her breast …