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North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan

North Korea conducts longest-range missile test yet over Japan

Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile farther than ever before on Tuesday, sending it soaring over Japan for the first time in five years. U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida spoke by phone and condemned the test in the “strongest terms,” calling it a danger …

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Vietnam’s first monkeypox patient tests negative

Vietnam’s first monkeypox patient has tested negative for the virus after 12 days of treatment, director of the HCMC Hospital for Tropical Diseases said Tuesday. The 35-year-old woman no longer has fever and her blisters are beginning to heal, said Le Manh Hung, director of the hospital. “All close contacts …

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Teenager swallows bags containing drugs with police in pursuit

A teenager in central Vietnam’s Binh Thuan Province swallowed two bags of narcotics when questioned by police. Nguyen Ngoc Son, 17, is being investigated by police of Ham Tan District for “illegal storage of narcotic substances” after it was confirmed Tuesday the bags he swallowed contained drugs. Four days prior, …

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HCMC dengue fever deaths highest in 10 years

Twenty five people have died of dengue fever in HCMC this year, the highest number in the last decade. “The dengue outbreak shows no sign of easing up, and could worsen,” director of the city Department of Health, Tang Chi Thuong, said Monday. The number of severe cases this year …

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Indonesia probes elite officers over stadium disaster

Indonesia probes elite officers over stadium disaster

Elite Indonesian police officers were under investigation Tuesday over a stadium stampede that killed 125 people including dozens of children in one of the deadliest disasters in football history. As public anger grew over the tragedy, police moved to punish those responsible for the crush in the city of Malang …

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