Four people in Da Nang have died due to flooding that submerged homes in the entire city from Friday night, and caused blackouts to over 200,000 families. Phan Van Dung, deputy director of the municipal police department, on Saturday said the four victims were a student who drowned on Me …
Read More »Floods, landslides disrupt trans-Vietnam routes
Floods and landslides triggered by Storm Son Ca in central Vietnam have disrupted traffic on the north-south railway and highways. A section of the North-South Railway in Thua Thien Hue Province is covered with mud, soil and rocks on October 15, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Anh Duy A landslide occurring Friday …
Read More »At least 25 killed, dozens trapped in Turkey mine blast
Rescuers desperately searched for signs of life on Saturday after a methane blast at a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 25 people and trapped dozens of others hundreds of meters underground. Updating the death toll, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca also tweeted that 11 others pulled out alive …
Read More »US to send munitions, military vehicles to Ukraine in latest aid package
The United States will send munitions and military vehicles to Ukraine as part of a new $725 million security assistance package aimed at bolstering the country’s defense against the Russian war, the Defense Department said on Friday. The package is the first since Russia’s barrage of missiles fired on civilian …
Read More »Justice Dept. asks court to end arbiter’s review of Trump documents
The U.S. Justice Department on Friday asked an appeals court to end a third-party review of documents seized from Donald Trump’s Florida home, arguing that a judge should not have appointed an independent arbiter as the former president battles a criminal investigation into his handling of sensitive government records. At …
Read More »Indonesia Sept trade surplus seen at $4.8 billion as exports slow
Indonesia’s trade surplus likely remained elevated in September, albeit below the level recorded in the previous month, amid a slowdown in export growth, a Reuters poll showed on Friday. The resource-rich nation has been enjoying an export boom on the back of high commodity prices, which has boosted its economic …
Read More »Australia suffers flash floods in southeast, Melbourne suburb evacuated
Thousands of people across Australia’s southeast were asked to evacuate their homes on Friday, including some in a western suburb of Melbourne, after two days of incessant rains triggered flash flooding and fast-moving waters burst river banks. Large parts of Victoria state, southern New South Wales and the northern regions …
Read More »An iPhone 14 upgrade for $82, because looks matter
People are spending less than $100 to change their phones’ appearance and make them look like the new iPhone 14. Huynh Anh of Hanoi said the iPhone XS that he has been using for the last three years still works well, but he “was feeling bored.” This year, after seeing …
Read More »Teenage boy okay after swallowing 21 birth control pills
A teenage boy in the northern Hai Duong Province has been discharged after being hospitalized for swallowing 21 of his mother’s birth control pills, mistaking them for cough medicine. His mother had brought home some pills to treat the boy’s sore throat, but placed them next to her birth control …
Read More »Residents cry out for help as heavy rains flood Da Nang
Heavy downpours from around 1 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday inundated many areas in the central city of Da Nang by up to 1.5 meters. Storm Son Ca, the fifth storm formed along the Vietnam coast this year, brought heavy rains to Da Nang from Friday afternoon until early Saturday …
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