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3 arrested for trafficking girls to work at karaoke parlors

Two men and a woman in northern Vietnam have been arrested for allegedly trafficking three teenage girls to work at karaoke parlors. Nguyen Thi Nhung, 47, Tran Van Can, 51, and Tran Truong Oanh, 33, face charges of “trafficking people under 16,” police in Binh Xuyen District, Vinh Phuc Province, …

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Typhoon makes Philippine landfall, government work suspended

Typhoon makes Philippine landfall, government work suspended

Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos declared suspension of government work and classes for Monday as a category 3 tropical storm barreled through the main island Luzon after making landfall northeast of the capital Manila. Nearly 8,400 people were preemptively evacuated from the path of Typhoon Noru, which further weakened with sustained …

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Grab sees no big layoffs despite weak market

Grab sees no big layoffs despite weak market

Grab, Southeast Asia’s biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, does not envisage having to undertake mass layoffs as some rivals have done, and is selectively hiring, while reining in its financial service ambitions. Chief Operating Officer Alex Hungate said that earlier in the year, Grab had been worried about a …

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Philippines evacuates coasts, cancels sea trips as supertyphoon nears

Philippines evacuates coasts, cancels sea trips as supertyphoon nears

Philippine authorities started evacuating people from coastal areas on Sunday and hundreds were unable to travel by sea as the main island Luzon, including Manila, braces for a category 3 typhoon that continues to strengthen, officials said. Typhoon Noru became a supertyphoon “after a period of explosive intensification”, with sustained …

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Storm Noru sets course for central Vietnam

Storm Noru, on its way to hit the Philippines, is expected to enter the East Sea in the early hours of Monday before heading towards the central region. As of Sunday morning, the storm lay centered around 300 kilometers to the east of Luzon Island in the Philippines with sustained …

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