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The Nusantara Capital City Authority (OIKN) has tested the flying taxi prototype at Aji Pangeran Tumenggung Airport in Samarinda, East Kalimantan. OIKN’s Deputy for Green and Digital Transformation Mohamed Ali Berawi said that the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew for about 10 minutes at an altitude of 50 m and …

A woman in Hanoi used alum for 10 years to get rid of her armpits’ stink, which later gave her aluminum poisoning. The 64-year-old woman suffered symptoms like itchy body, feet and palms for two months, and tests revealed that the aluminum levels in her blood and urine was higher …

Singapore’s unemployment rate fell to 2.8% by June, according to labor market data issued last week. The rate fell from 3% in May to 2.8% in June, the Singaporean Ministry of Manpower said in its Labor Market Advance Release report for the second quarter of 2024. The number of Singaporean …

A fire ripped through a building in the Philippine capital’s Chinatown early Friday, killing 11 people, authorities said. Crews from 14 fire trucks took two hours to control the morning blaze in Manila’s Binondo district, the city’s fire bureau said in an initial report. Rescue personnel later found the bodies …

A man in Guangxi Province has filed a lawsuit against an e-commerce firm after he ordered online a 10,000-yuan (US$1,380) excavator for digging soil in his garden, and was shocked when he received a toy excavator instead. The People’s Court of Luzhai County, Liuzhou City of Guangxi on Tuesday heard …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi met on Thursday when they agreed to elevate the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to a new height. The two PMs held a joint press conference on the results of their talks on Thursday afternoon in New Delhi. PM Modi, on …

Chinese weather authorities said Thursday July was the country’s hottest month since records began six decades ago, as extreme temperatures persist across the globe. China is the world’s biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that scientists say are driving climate change and making extreme weather more frequent and intense. Heatwaves …

The European Union’s landmark law on artificial intelligence came into force on Thursday, which Brussels vows will drive innovation while protecting citizens’ rights. The EU earlier this year adopted the world’s first sweeping rules to govern AI, especially powerful systems like OpenAI’s ChatGPT after difficult and tense negotiations. Although the …

Vietnam has recommended citizens to leave Lebanon and avoid going to unsafe areas in Israel amid escalating regional tension. Amid tension in the Middle East, including conflicts between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon, the Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt and Lebanon on Tuesday warned Vietnamese citizens not to come to …

Eight bank employees in southern Dong Nai Province are suspected of suffering carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning after turning on power generators in the basement. Several employees at a bank in Bien Hoa City showed signs of fatigue, headache, dizziness and difficulty breathing on Wednesday, and they had been taken to …