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Vietnam hospitals lack antidotes, antivenom

A shortage of antidotes and antivenom in Vietnam has been attributed to their scarcity, low demand and “low profit” margin. For nearly a week, a boy has been in a coma at Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi’s largest public facility, following a snake bite due to lack of an antidote. “Patients …

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Man slashes off wife’s arms for cheating on him

A man in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai Province slashed off both of his wife’s arms because he suspected she had cheated on him. Thai Xuan Binh, 34, was detained by police of Long Thanh District on Thursday for “deliberate infliction of bodily harm upon another person.” Two days prior, while …

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End of Covid pandemic is ‘in sight’: WHO chief

End of Covid pandemic is 'in sight': WHO chief

The world has never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, his most optimistic outlook yet on the years-long health crisis which has killed over six million people. “We are not there yet. But the end is …

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Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson resigns after far-right election win

Swedish PM Magdalena Andersson resigns after far-right election win

Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday announced that she would resign after an unprecedented right-wing and far-right bloc narrowly won Sunday’s election. Out of the Swedish parliament’s 349 seats, the right-wing opposition was set to win 176, thanks in part to a surge by far-right Sweden Democrats (SD), with …

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Typhoon Muifa pounds eastern China with strong gales, rain

Typhoon Muifa pounds eastern China with strong gales, rain

Powerful gales and torrential rains battered Zhoushan in eastern China on Wednesday as Typhoon Muifa made landfall at the port city in what local media called the strongest tropical cyclone to hit the populous Yangtze River Delta in a decade. Muifa landed around 8:30 p.m.(1230 GMT) as a strong typhoon, …

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