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Two men in the northern Vinh Phuc Province were killed from alcohol poisoning after they drank wine made of methanol, doctors said. The General Hospital of Vinh Phuc said Wednesday that the two men, 52 and 60, were rushed to the hospital during the New Year holiday in a state …

Rescuers are set to pull up a concrete pillar buried 35 meters underground this morning to rescue a 10-year-old boy stuck inside it since last Saturday. The process to excavate the concrete pillar at a site in Mekong Delta’s province of Dong Thap will start on Wednesday morning, four days …

Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo said his “work is done” in Europe, adding that he is relishing new challenges both on and off the pitch after being unveiled as a player of Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr on Tuesday. Ronaldo, who was a free agent following his acrimonious split with Manchester …

Police investigating possible violations by an automotive registration center in HCMC’s Nha Be District have found that its director cannot read or write. Following raids of several registration centers in the city, they had taken in the chief of 50-17D center, and it was then that they discovered he was …

The first major U.S. winter storm system of the year dumped a frosty mix of snow, freezing rain and sleet from the Northern Plains to the Upper Great Lakes region on Tuesday while posing a tornado and flood threat to a large swath of the South. The National Weather Service …

Recently described as “250 grams of magic and perfection” by President Emmanuel Macron, the French baguette is at risk from surging energy prices, with some bakers warning they can no longer afford to fire up their ovens. Already struggling with sharp hikes in the price of butter, flour and sugar …

Emotional crowds bid Brazil soccer legend Pele a final farewell on Tuesday, lining the streets of Santos to watch his coffin taken to its final resting place from the city’s stadium where 230,000 mourners had filed past his open casket. Young and old embraced as the funeral procession wound its …

South Korea and the United States are discussing launching a tabletop exercise and engaging in joint planning to counter North Korea’s increasing nuclear threats, officials from both sides said on Tuesday. The plan came amid South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s push to strengthen American extended deterrence – the U.S. military …

Rescuers are set to pull up a concrete pillar buried 35m underground this morning to rescue a 10-year-old boy stuck inside it since last Saturday. The process to excavate the concrete pillar at a site in Mekong Delta’s province of Dong Thap will start at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, four …

The National Assembly on Thursday will consider the approval of two new deputy prime ministers following the dismissal of deputy prime ministers Pham Binh Minh and Vu Duc Dam. Nguyen Thi Thanh, head of the Board of Delegate Affairs of the assembly, said at a Tuesday press meet that an …