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A street in HCMC’s District 12 that used to be flooded for six months in a year has been repaired with money contributed by over 100 local residents. On New Year’s Day a section of An Phu Dong 35 Street in An Phu Dong Ward reopened to traffic after more …

South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. Lee was attacked by an unidentified man while touring the site of a proposed airport, Yonhap said. The assailant appeared …

The tightening of work visa regulations by the U.K. and Australia will significantly impact international students seeking residency but lacking outstanding skills, according to experts. The U.K. has unveiled a strategy for significantly reducing migration and addressing misuse within the immigration system, which is set to bring about the largest-ever …

There were 155 traffic accidents during the three-day New Year holiday, 152 of them on roads, in which 56 people were killed and 131 others were injured. The Traffic Police Department said compared to 2023, also a three-day holiday, the number of accidents increased by 72 and the number of …

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year’s Day killed at least six people, as police and local authorities early on Tuesday (Jan. 2) reported cases of bodies being pulled from the rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck in the middle …

Denmark’s popular Queen Margrethe II, Europe’s longest-serving monarch, said Sunday that she would abdicate on January 14 and pass the baton to her son Crown Prince Frederik. Margrethe, 83, has reigned for 52 years and has been Europe’s only reigning queen after the death of Britain’s Elizabeth II. She has …

South Korea’s exports rose for a third month in December but at a slower pace as weaker demand for Korean goods in China offset robust global sales for semiconductors, data showed on Monday. Exports by Asia’s fourth largest economy gained 5.1% to $57.66 billion in December, slowing from a rise …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed to further develop relationship of cooperation between the two countries, in New Year messages exchanged on Monday, South Korea’s Yonhap news reported citing the North’s state radio. North Korea’s KCNA news agency did not immediately carry a report …

U.S. helicopters repelled an attack by Iran-backed Houthi militants on a Maersk container vessel in the Red Sea, sinking three ships and killing 10 militants, according to accounts by American, Maersk, and Houthi officials on Sunday. The naval battle occurred around 0330 GMT on Sunday as the attackers sought to …

Several audience members fainted during a crowded New Year’s music concert in the central province of Thua Thien Hue Sunday evening. At 10 p.m. those who fainted were taken by ambulances to a local hospital. Six other ambulances were put on standby near Hung Vuong Road, where the celebratory year-end …