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The United States stormed into the World Cup last 16 on Tuesday by beating Iran 1-0 at a cacophonous Al Thumama Stadium after Christian Pulisic bundled the ball home in a Group B showdown shrouded by decades of enmity between the two nations. Pulisic’s 38th minute goal proved enough for …

Qatar’s coach Felix Sanchez avoided talking about his future after they became the first World Cup hosts to exit the group stage without a point after a 2-0 defeat by Group A winners the Netherlands on Tuesday. But the Spaniard said the Asian champions’ project will continue as they look …

The urban system of the Red River Delta needs to be interconnected in a smart and sustainable way, allowing its population to have high incomes, General Party Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said Tuesday. At a conference on socio-economic development and national security and defense at the Red River Delta until …

Singapore’s parliament decriminalised sex between men on Tuesday, but amended the constitution to effectively block full marriage equality. The British colonial-era law penalised sex between men with up to two years in jail, although the statute was not actively enforced. The law had long been criticised as discriminatory and stigmatising …

A karaoke parlor manager in Da Nang was arrested for allowing customers and employees to throw a drug party inside the parlor. Huynh Bui Hau Anh, 29, was detained on Tuesday by police of Thanh Khe District to be investigated for concealing drug use. Anh, who managed a karaoke parlor …

After strong waves capsized their vessel off Vietnam’s central coast, nine fishermen drifted to an islet and were stuck there for five days. From Binh Chau Commune in the central Quang Ngai Province, captain Nguyen Van No, 26, and 10 fishermen went fishing on the night of Nov. 1. When …

Chinese entrepreneur Wang Min is delighted about Russia’s embrace of the yuan. His LED lights company can price contracts to Russian customers in yuan rather than dollars or euros, and they can pay him in yuan. It’s “win-win”, he says. Wang’s plans have been transformed by the conflict in Ukraine …

Dozens of people brandished knives and metal bars to wreak havoc at a HCMC restaurant and threaten customers on Monday. People were eating and watching football Monday night at a restaurant in District 7 when dozens of young people arrived on motorbikes and a car. The group, who wore masks …

International experts have found a new passage of a volcanic cave in Dak Nong UNESCO Global Geopark in Vietnam’s Central Highlands. The new passage stretches 175 meters long, raising the total length of C7 Cave to 1,240 meters. C7 is one of 50 caves in the Krong No volcanic cave …

Australia’s largest state will withdraw or refund tens of thousands of fines issued during the Covid pandemic after government lawyers conceded on Tuesday that some fines were invalid in a test case brought by a legal advocacy group. Australian states and territories instituted strict restrictions during the pandemic, including limits …