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An Indiana high school did not break the law by allegedly forcing a music teacher to quit after he refused on religious grounds to use transgender students’ preferred names, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday. The rights of the teacher, John Kluge, to exercise his religious beliefs were outweighed …

A federal judge on Friday halted federal regulators’ approval of the abortion pill mifepristone while a legal challenge proceeds, partially granting a request by anti-abortion groups and dealing another setback to abortion rights in the United States. The 67-page ruling by U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk in Amarillo, Texas, will …

State President Vo Van Thuong will pay an official visit to Laos from April 10-11 at the invitation of General Secretary and President of Laos Thongloun Sisoulith, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This will be his first foreign trip since taking office last month. Vietnam and Laos established …

The operator of Ho Chi Minh City’s (HCMC) Metro Line No. 1 said it might not be able to hire enough staff to run the project due to a lack of funds. Writing to the Ministry of Finance recently, HCMC Urban Railway Co. No. 1 (HURC1), the operator, said it …

Police in the central province of Nghe An have detained two man for illegal transporting endangered, precious and rare animals in large quantities. Nguyen Trong Duc, 27, and Nguyen Van Dung, 39, in Dien Chau District were arrested as they transported 34 big-headed turtles. On the same day, police urgently …

A Chinese court has jailed six people for up to 11 years for the abuse of a woman whose appearance last year in an online video chained by the neck sparked a public outcry and calls for the better protection of women. The video, which surfaced in January last year, …

Indonesian animal experts were preparing Thursday to conduct an autopsy on an 18-meter (59-foot) whale that died after washing up on a beach in Bali, conservation officials said. The sperm whale, believed to weigh many tonnes, beached itself in the east of the holiday island on Wednesday before locals and …

Authorities on Friday urged people in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai to stay indoors and work from home as air pollution spiked to hazardous levels. Smoke from forest fires and farmers burning crop stubble has blanketed the popular tourist destination in recent weeks. On Friday morning, the air …

Chinese state-owned telecom firms are developing a $500 million undersea fiber-optic internet cable network that would link Asia, the Middle East and Europe to rival a similar U.S.-backed project, four people involved in the deal told Reuters. The plan is a sign that an intensifying tech war between Beijing and …

The body of the fifth and final victim of a helicopter crash near Ha Long Bay was found Friday morning. The remains of Nguyen Thi Hoi, 60, were found 30 m away from the site of the crash, a representative of the Hai Phong military said. Her remains are expected …