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A deadly blizzard paralyzed Buffalo, New York, on Christmas Day, trapping motorists in their cars, knocking out electricity to thousands of homes and raising the death toll from a severe winter storm system that has chilled much of the United States for days. At least 30 people have died in …

A suspect accused of gunning down three Kurdish people in Paris told investigators of his “hatred of foreigners”, the Paris prosecutor said on Sunday. The 69-year-old man was arrested on Friday after two men and a woman were shot dead at a Kurdish cultural centre and nearby Kurdish cafe in …

The National Assembly will convene its second extraordinary session on January 5 to discuss urgent personnel issues, NA General Secretary Bui Van Cuong said. The session, slated to focus on Vietnam’s 2021-2030 national master plan “with a vision towards 2050,” will discuss and issue decisions on several financial and budget …

British pop star pedophile Gary Glitter, who used to serve three years in Vietnam for child sexual abuse, will be released from a U.K. prison next year after serving only half his sentence for sexually abusing a young girl. The 78-year-old was jailed for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with …

Six more bodies have been recovered from the sea after a Thai warship went down in the Gulf of Thailand six days ago, the country’s navy said Saturday. The HTMS Sukhothai sank late Sunday roughly 37 kilometers (22 miles) off Thailand’s southeastern coast, with a massive rescue operation managing to …

Charles Sobhraj, a convicted killer who police believe killed more than 20 western backpackers on the “hippie trail” through Asia in the 1970s and 1980s, returned to France on Saturday after nearly two decades behind bars in Nepal. Nepal’s Supreme Court ordered the release of Sobhraj, known as the “bikini …

Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday. The decision follows psychiatric examination of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 42-year-old. Abe was killed with a handmade gun during an election …

India has mandated a Covid-19 negative test report for travelers arriving from China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand, the health minister said on Saturday. Passengers from those countries would be put under quarantine if they showed symptoms of Covid-19 or tested positive, Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. India’s government …

An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancelations. Plummeting temperatures were expected to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record, and energy systems across the …

Construction of Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s third terminal and an accompanying road, costing nearly VND16 trillion ($678.3 million), began on Saturday. The project, expected to be completed in two years, will enable the Saigon airport, the largest in Vietnam, to receive 50 million visitors a year and will relieve …