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A Vietnamese man was arrested by Japanese police on charges of swindling ¥5 million ($35,829) by remote-controlling his victims’ computers. Tran Viet Anh, 29, was arrested over allegations of remote controlling an online bank account and illegally transferring money into his own account, police of Aichi Prefecture said on Wednesday, …

Heavy rain is expected in the north in the coming days, but the water level in hydropower reservoirs will remain lower than in previous years, causing difficulties for power generation. Nguyen Van Huong, head of the weather forecast department at the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting, said in the next …

Scaling Everest is always dangerous, but expedition organisers have warned that a combination of extreme weather, corner-cutting on safety, and inexperienced and “impatient” foreign climbers has resulted in one of the peak’s deadliest mountaineering seasons. As the last search and rescue teams hang up their boots and the tent city …

The Japanese government on Friday called for households and industries around Tokyo to save electricity in July and August to ensure a stable power supply during the peak summer season, though it did not set any numerical targets. The country’s power market is predicted to be less tight this summer …

A man survived four days at sea after falling off a fishing vessel 370 km away from the shore. Tran Van Viet from the Mekong Delta’s Kien Giang Province, and 17 crewmembers went to sea on the Ngoc Loi fishing vessel in the delta’s Ben Tre Province in mid-May on …

As Canada hurtles towards its worst wildfire season in history, a conspiracy theory has taken off online claiming environmentalists intentionally set some of the blazes. “I bet a good portion of the wildfires raging across the country were started by green terrorists who want to give their climate change campaign …

Vietnam PM Pham Minh Chinh has called on the public to conserve electricity, as prolonged and record heat has dried up hydropower dams and resulted in severe power shortage. In a directive released Thursday on electricity saving, he warns that the power situation is challenging now and will remain so …

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has been indicted by a federal grand jury for retaining classified government documents and obstruction of justice, according to a source familiar with the matter. The criminal case, brought by the U.S. Department of Justice, amounts to another legal setback for Trump as he seeks …

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Indonesia this month on their first state visit since ascending the Chrysanthemum Throne in 2019, the Japanese government said Friday. The June 17-23 trip comes after Indonesian President Joko Widodo invited the couple during a visit to Tokyo last year. “The visit …

A vice principal in Ha Tinh Province in central Vietnam has been fired for abandoning his job and going incommunicado in South Korea. Le Van Quynh, 45, vice principal of the Ky Xuan Secondary School, left behind a trail of conflicting stories as to whether he was traveling to find …