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The Pentagon’s top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has arrived in Taiwan, two sources familiar with matter said on Friday, beginning a visit that could exacerbate tensions between Beijing and Washington. Both Taiwan’s Defense Ministry and the Pentagon declined to comment on the trip, which was …

A gunman went on a rampage in a small Mississippi town on Friday, killing his ex-wife and five other people in three locations before sheriff’s deputies arrested him, the county sheriff and witnesses said. The bloodshed occurred in Arkabutla, a rural hamlet of less than 300 people in Tate County …

Rescue teams pulled three people alive from under collapsed buildings in Turkey on Friday, 11 days after an earthquake that has killed more than 45,000, left millions homeless, and sparked a huge relief effort. Mosques around the world performed absentee funeral prayers for the dead in Turkey and Syria, many …

The southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau has proposed a new airport project for both military and commercial purposes. In a statement sent to the Ministry of Transport, the People’s Committee said the Go Gang Airport project, which was initially planned for military use only, should be …

The German Embassy in Hanoi announced Friday it will acknowledge Vietnamese passports issued from Jan. 1, and resume the issuance of category C visa for multi-year residence. “Vietnamese passports issued from Jan. 1, 2023 and containing the place of birth on the personal information page are accepted,” the embassy’s official …

Weather apps ranked Hanoi’s air quality as “unhealthy” on Friday with high level of PM2.5 U.S. weather forecast service AccuWeather recorded the air quality index (AQI) in Hanoi on Friday at 128 and a PM2.5 level of 78 µg/m3. Hanoi’s AQI is forecast to be between 126 and 130 until …

A man in central Vietnam has been arrested after he tricked a 21-year-old woman and sold her as a wife to a man in China. Lo Van Duc, 33, of Ky Son District of Nghe An Province, is now under investigation for “human trafficking,” the district police said Thursday. Duc …

The death toll from Cyclone Gabrielle in New Zealand rose to eight on Friday, Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said and he warned that the number was expected to increase as emergency crews make contact with hundreds of cut-off communities. The cyclone, which hit New Zealand on the uppermost region of …

The IPO parade of the early pandemic years crashed to Earth in 2022, but there are hints of a potential 2023 rebound despite plenty of lingering caution. Last year the U.S. IPO market “ground to a halt,” according to Renaissance Capital, with only $7.7 billion raised, down a whopping 95 …

France has dropped Covid testing restrictions imposed on travelers from China, the French embassy in Beijing said. Since January, visitors aged 11 and over traveling from China to France have had to present a negative test taken 48 hours before the flight to board the plane. The restrictions were introduced …