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Four policemen captured on CCTV camera in the southern Soc Trong Province brutally beating up two boys with batons and helmets have been suspended. The five-minute video, which went viral on social media Wednesday, is said to show a yard in the southern province’s Vinh Chau Town where the incident …

The Philippines police have rescued 14 Vietnamese and 10 Chinese women trafficking victims from two Chinese suspects who allegedly held them captive in Paranaque City. The rescue operation was based on an intelligence report the police received about a group of women being confined in three separate units of a …

To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Nguyen Quang Linh, assistant to Vietnam’s Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh, have been dismissed over the bribery scandal regarding Covid-19 repatriation. The decision to dismiss was signed Tuesday by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai in place of Prime Minister Pham …

A fire at a restaurant in northeastern China on Wednesday killed 17 people and injured three, according to local authorities. The blaze broke out at 12:40 p.m. (0440 GMT) in an eatery in the city of Changchun, the local government said in a statement posted on the Weibo social media …

Many sections of National Highway 1 and Ho Chi Minh Road have been flooded as Storm Noru swept through the central region Wednesday morning. Heavy rains lasting for hours early Wednesday have caused water to rise quickly, inundating Dak Long Bridge on National Highway 14, which belongs to Ho Chi …

China approved 15 gigawatts of new coal-fired power capacity and another 30 million tonnes of coal-based iron-making capacity in the first half of this year, despite falling power and steel demand over the period, new research showed on Wednesday. China approved around $26-33 billion in investment in the coal power …

Nervous financial markets propelled the safe-haven dollar to a fresh two-decade peak on Wednesday as rising global interest rates fed recession worries, while sterling languished near all-time lows on fears over Britain’s radical tax cut plans. The U.S. dollar index against a basket of major currencies rose about 0.5% to …

Storm Noru made landfall in central Vietnam early Wednesday, leaving a trail of damage in Da Nang, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Quang Tri and Thua Thien Hue Provinces.     Storm Noru barrels through central Vietnam Storm Noru barrels through central Vietnam

Storm Noru weakened hours after making landfall in central Vietnam at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday. Heavy rains are forecast in the next two days. Storm Noru was 88 km from Da Nang at midnight of Tuesday, carrying maximum winds of 149 kph. It weakened to 133 kph more than an hour …

Residents of Florida’s Gulf Coast on Tuesday boarded up homes, packed up their vehicles and headed for higher ground as Hurricane Ian drew near, threatening to bring a deadly storm surge and more than a foot of rain to some areas. Ian churned across the southeastern edge of the Gulf …