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China’s exports shrank much faster than expected in May while imports extended declines with a grim outlook for global demand, especially from developed markets, raising doubts about the fragile economic recovery. The world’s second-largest economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter thanks to robust services consumption and a …

Zara-owner Inditex said on Wednesday sales of its spring-summer collection jumped by 16% over the past month, in a sign the fast fashion retailer can continue its strong run despite higher wage costs and the loss of its Russian business. The results came as the world’s biggest fast fashion company …

A car continued jerking forward with a man on its hood and hitting more vehicles after crashing into several motorbikes at a red light in Binh Duong Province. The driver, Vu Tuan Anh, 30, was driving the four-seat car registered in the province as he crashed into several motorbike drivers …

Heavy rains filled the drainage system at Nhon Trach No.3 Industrial Park (IP) in Dong Nai Province, causing water to flow downhill to a residential area, authorities have said. On the afternoon of June 4, Nhon Trach District in the southern province received rainfall for over two hours along with …

A man armed with four handguns killed two people and wounded five others when he fired into a crowd outside a high school graduation ceremony in Richmond, Virginia, on Tuesday, police said. Police said they arrestedone suspect, a 19-year-old man who knew one of the victims and shot at him …

HCMC plans to launch 22 new public bus routes and make changes to 15 existing ones to provide easy access to its almost-completed first metro line. The Public Transport Management Center said of the new routes three would run also through Binh Duong and Dong Nai provinces and the other …

About 42,000 people were at risk from flooding in Russian and Ukrainian controlled areas along the Dnipro River after a dam collapsed, as the United Nations aid chief warned of “grave and far-reaching consequences.” Ukraine and Russia blame each other for the collapse of the massive dam on Tuesday, which …

Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the country lifted zero-Covid rules that forced classes online for months on end. China’s education ministry says a record nearly 13 million students are registered to take the exams — known as “gaokao” — …

The remote northern border province of Dien Bien is battling mysterious anthrax outbreaks as 14 cases have been recorded this month alone, including a new infection of unknown origin. In the latest case, a two-year-old girl in Tuan Giao District came down with a fever and began vomiting as blisters …

The UN’s cultural agency UNESCO welcomed on Tuesday commitments from Australia to protect the Great Barrier Reef, with the government pledging 4.4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) to safeguard the natural wonder. The fate of the reef has been a recurrent source of tension between UNESCO and Australian authorities, with …