A Chinese boat with 21 crew members had food poisoning, of which 12 died and nine have been treated at Con Dao District hospital on Friday afternoon. A representative of the Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province border guard said that the cargo ship were going from Thailand to China and got …
Read More »Cops who beat up teenage boys dismissed from force
Three police officers who beat up two boys with batons and helmets on the street have been dismissed from the force while another lost his position. Captain Chau Minh Trung, Lieutenant Nguyen Quang Thai and Senior Lieutenant Doan Tan Phong were sacked from the police force, Lam Thanh Sol, director …
Read More »Putin to annex seized Ukrainian land, UN warns of ‘dangerous escalation’
President Vladimir Putin will begin annexing four Ukrainian regions to Russia on Friday, a move the United Nations warned would mark a “dangerous escalation” and jeopardise prospects for peace. Moscow’s planned annexation of 15% of Ukraine’s territory, after what Kyiv and Western countries say were phoney referendums staged at gunpoint …
Read More »Police bust gang smuggling in gold from Cambodia
Anti-smuggling police have taken down a gang that bought dollars and took them to Cambodia to buy gold, which it then smuggled into Vietnam. The large gang had been operating for a long time and in many different localities, Lieutenant General To An Xo, the spokesman for the Ministry of …
Read More »Singapore tightens property curbs to tame demand as rates rise
Singapore has unveiled a package of measures for the property market, including tightening lending limits for housing loans in response to a rise in interest rates. The move would ensure “prudent borrowing” and “avoid future difficulties” in servicing home loans,said Singapore’s central bank, the Ministry of National Development and the …
Read More »Russia says Nord Stream likely hit by state-backed ‘terrorism’
Russia said on Thursday that leaks spewing gas into the Baltic Sea from pipelines to Germany appeared to be the result of state-sponsored “terrorism”. The European Union is investigating the cause of the leaks in the Gazprom-led Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and has said it suspects sabotage was …
Read More »Ex-eBay execs heading to prison for harassing couple behind newsletter
Two former eBay Inc security executives were sentenced to prison on Thursday for carrying out a campaign to harass and intimidate a Massachusetts couple through threats and disturbing home deliveries. Jim Baugh and David Harville were sentenced to 57 and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in an …
Read More »Apple senior exec leaves iPhone maker after remark in viral video
Apple Inc’s Tony Blevins, a key player in the company’s supply chain operations, is leaving the iPhone maker, the company confirmed on Thursday, without providing a reason. The move comes after a TikTok video of the executive making a crude remark about women went viral. Bloomberg first reported Blevins’ departure. …
Read More »Putin set to proclaim annexation of seized Ukrainian territory on Friday
President Vladimir Putin will sign formal documents on Friday proclaiming Russia’s annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threatening to reverse on the battlefield. The move, one of the legal steps Russia says will lead to formal annexation of …
Read More »Floods triggered by storm Noru kill two in Vietnam
The bodies of two of three people in central Vietnam’s Nghe An Province who were swept away by floods triggered by storm Noru have been found. Nguyen Van Hue, 55, a Nghi Loc District resident, was swept away by floods in Nghi Cong Nam Commune Wednesday night, the National Steering …
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