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Australia’s health minister on Tuesday announced a sweeping crackdown on vaping, accusing tobacco companies of deliberately luring in teenagers to hook the next “generation of nicotine addicts”. Billed as the country’s largest anti-smoking reforms in a decade, Australia will ban single-use disposable vapes, halt imports of non-prescription versions, and restrict …

The central banks of South Korea and Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding on Tuesday to cooperate on promoting the use of their currencies for bilateral transactions, such as current account transactions and direct investment. The cooperation will help businesses reduce their transaction costs and exposure to exchange rate risks …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday summoned the four top congressional leaders to the White House next week after the Treasury warned the government could run short of cash to pay its bills by June. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that the agency will be …

The four facades of Ho Chi Minh City’s iconic Ben Thanh Market have been repainted with the original “old cream” color after being rundown for many years. The painting work took four days and was completed on Sunday. City authorities hope the facelift will boost the image of the market …

Thailand’s leading prime ministerial candidate, Paetongtarn Shinawatra, gave birth on Monday to a baby boy two weeks before elections in which she hopes to return to power the populist movement her father and aunt led before army coups ousted them. Paetongtarn, 36, announced the birth on her official Facebook and …

A metro line No. 1 train in Ho Chi Minh City parked at the Long Binh Depot was found vandalized with graffiti on Sunday. The vandalism was discovered by a worker who reported the incident to his superiors before removing the graffiti. This is the second such incident after two …

Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a new organization run by the University of Tokyo, the university said on Monday. The appointment term for China’s best-known entrepreneur finishes at the end of October, but the contract is renewable on an …

At least 18 people were killed and 33 injured when a bus fell off a cliff in western Mexico, local authorities said Sunday. The prosecutor’s office in Nayarit, the state where the accident occurred, said the vehicle fell some 15 meters (49.21 ft) down a ravine on Saturday night, on …

An embankment collapse triggered by a landslide and heavy rains on Sunday buried a house in the northern mountain province of Cao Bang, killing at least three people. Nong Thi Nghiep, chairwoman of Duyet Trung Ward in Cao Bang Town, said it happened at 2 a.m. Those killed included a …

A further 363 Indonesian citizens evacuated from Sudan arrived home on Sunday on a second flight by the country’s flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, the country’s foreign ministry said. The conflict between Sudan’s army and a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has triggered a rush to extract foreign …