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Police in Hanoi are investigating a mother that used different weapons to beat her son to death. Nguyen Thi Thanh Thi, 37, a native of Thai Nguyen Province, which borders Hanoi, is under investigation for murder, police said Saturday. According to the police, Thi married a local man named Manh …

Twitter Inc will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a higher price for Apple users, the company said in a tweet on Saturday. The company said users could subscribe to the revamped service that will allow subscribers to edit tweets, upload 1080p videos …

Over 1.5 million people were without power in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa on Saturday after a night attack by Russian “kamikaze drones,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said. The region’s energy authority warned that repairs after the Friday strikes would take weeks, perhaps up to three months. “After the night …

The Hotel Continental Saigon, one of the oldest hotels in Ho Chi Minh City, is one of 31 relics that will be renovated under a government-invested program to save historical sites. Other relics scheduled for renovation under the program include the HCMC Museum of Vietnamese History, Giac Lam Pagoda, which …

Olivier Giroud continued his magnificent World Cup by scoring France’s late winner in their quarter-final against England on Saturday and admitted that the holders’ battling performance in adversity evoked the spirit of their triumphant 2018 run. France are now just two games away from becoming the first team in 60 …

Thailand celebrated the arrival of its 10 millionth international visitor of 2022 on Saturday, according to the tourism authority, as the kingdom consolidated the recovery of its Covid-battered travel sector. Thailand welcomed some 40 million people in 2019, but then the pandemic hit and travel was decimated as nations tightened …

Thousands of people in Hanoi and neighboring localities traveled to the Gia Lam Airport despite the cold, rainy weather to visit Vietnam International Defense Expo on Saturday. Lines of people spanned around a kilometer on Nguyen Son Street of Long Bien District. Nguyen Phuong Thao, 19, said she traveled over …

A representative of BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian multinational aerospace and defense corporation, said Friday that the company is preparing to enter talks with Vietnam regarding the sale of its supersonic cruise missile. “BrahMos is the best supersonic cruise missile developed in the world today, and that is what we’re offering …

Christmas came early for 165 people from the small northern Belgian village of Olmen who won 142,897,164 euros ($150.81 million) in the EuroMillions lottery this week, the biggest group win ever in Belgium. Each individual will get almost 900,000 euros tax-free, EuroMillions spokesperson Joke Vermoere told Reuters. She said it …

The southern Binh Phuoc Province has decided not to build a national highway section through a nature reserve after all. The upgrades planned to the existing Road DT 753 to make it a part of National Highway 13C would be altered to keep the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve …