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The U.S. State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air missiles, the Pentagon said on Friday, amid heightened tensions with China. The package was announced in the wake of China’s aggressive military drills around Taiwan following a …

The FBI recovered more than 11,000 government documents and photographs during its Aug. 8 search at former President Donald Trump’s Florida estate, as well as 48 empty folders labeled as “classified,” according to court records that were unsealed on Friday. The unsealing by U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon in West …

Rich countries agreed on Friday to try to cap the global price of Russian oil, while Russia delayed the re-opening of its main gas pipeline to Germany, as both sides raised the stakes in an energy war between Moscow and the West over Ukraine. Russia’s state-controlled energy giant Gazprom blamed …

U.S. employers hired more workers than expected in August, but moderate wage growth and a rise in the unemployment rate to 3.7% suggested the labor market was starting to loosen, raising cautious optimism that the Federal Reserve could slow the economy without triggering a recession. The Labor Department’s closely watched …

The British government is set to release data showing around 1.1 billion pounds of small business loans ($1.27 billion) made under a Covid-19 emergency lending scheme has already been classified as suspected fraud, a source told Reuters. The previously unpublished data from Britain’s Department for Business, Energy and Industry (BEIS) …

For two decades now, Nguyen Van Duong has been leading a sedentary life, paralyzed by a major accident while working as a crew member for a South Korean fishing vessel. Duong left his native Ha Tinh Province in 2001 at the age of 25 to work for the fishing vessel …

WhatsApp banned 2.39 million Indian accounts in July, the highest so far this year, the Meta-owned popular instant messaging app said late on Thursday in its monthly report. The Asian nation’s stricter IT laws have made it necessary for large digital platforms to publish compliance reports every month. Draft rules …

South Korea-based personal products maker Amorepacific Corp will buy Natural Alchemy LLC, which operates the luxury beauty brand Tata Harper, as part of a strategic push to tap into the growing North American market. Vermont-based Tata Harper, which was launched in 2010 by Tata Harper and her former husband Henry …

The leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba, Russia, North Korea, India, other ASEAN countries and the U.S. have greeted Vietnam on the occasion of the 77th National Day (September 2). Lao leaders congratulated Vietnam on its achievements in protecting and developing the country over the last 77 years, saying they …

A taxi driver irate at being told to comply with parking rules has stabbed a security staff at Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport. Duong Minh Hai told a driver in a 123 taxi Thursday morning to move out of the road on the third floor of the airport for allegedly …