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A Vietnamese national was beaten to death outside a Cambodian casino early Friday morning. Local police said the victim, 34-year-old Vietnamese chef Duong Minteang, was beaten to death by a mob in Bavet Kandal Village of Bavet City, the Khmer Times reported. Police said the murderers were also Vietnamese, but …

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has removed China’s infamous “nine-dash line” from a heatwave map posted on its Facebook page. The organization on Saturday edited its post on Aug. 23 about the ongoing heatwaves in China. The edited post includes a map without the “nine-dash line” and only showing the …

China still requires international passengers to take pre-departure Covid tests and quarantine upon arrival, the customs office said on Friday, a day after dropping some reporting requirements for travelers clearing customs. China, which has shortened the quarantine period and removed some testing and self-isolation requirements for inbound international travelers, still …

Beijing and Washington took a major step on Friday towards ending a dispute that threatened to boot Chinese companies, including Alibaba, from U.S. stock exchanges, signing a pact to allow U.S. regulators to vet accounting firms in China and Hong Kong. U.S. regulators have for more than a decade demanded …

Malaysian budget carrier AirAsia plans to resume deliveries of 362 Airbus SE A321neos remaining on order starting in 2024, the chief executive of parent Capital A Bhd said, having postponed the arrivals during the pandemic. The airline, one of Airbus’ biggest customers, had only taken four A321neos before Covid-19 decimated …

Moderna sued Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic. The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was filed in U.S. District Court …

Land in Ho Chi Minh City sinks by an average two to five centimeters a year, resulting in more frequent urban flooding, according to new study. Vietnam’s largest city has constantly sunk since 1990, with the accumulated subsidence level until now estimated at 100 centimeters, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) …

There is only 0.5-meter worth of water pipes for each citizen in Vietnam, a fourth of the world average of two meters, the transport ministry said. At a Thursday conference on water drainage solutions for climate change response, organized by the Ministry of Transport and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), …

A habitual criminal in Hai Phong is now under investigation for allegedly tricking his son’s friends and trafficking them to Cambodia to work in a casino. According to police in the northern city, Nguyen Van Anh, 45, had been jailed four times for various crimes. During his last stint, he …

Google will clearly label medical facilities in the United States that provide abortions in its search results and in Google Maps to avoid confusing them with anti-abortion centers. When users search for “abortion clinics near me,” the results box will display facilities verified to provide abortions, said Mark Isakowitz, vice …