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New York state’s highest court has agreed to allow former movie producer Harvey Weinstein to appeal his rape and sexual assault conviction, offering Weinstein a distant chance of being granted a new trial. Chief Judge Janet DiFiore “granted leave to appeal” on Aug. 19, the court wrote in a letter …

A Russian missile attack killed 22 civilians and set a passenger train on fire in eastern Ukraine as the country marked its Independence Day under heavy shelling, officials in Kyiv said. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had warned of the risk of “repugnant Russian provocations” ahead of the 31st anniversary on Wednesday …

A woman has died and her son hospitalized in the northern province of Son La Province after they were stung several times by hornets. Vu Duc Quang, a doctor at the Moc Chau General Hospital, confirmed Wednesday that the mother and son, whose identities have not been revealed, were stung …

The plan to build an opera house in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in HCMC will be postponed for a lack of funds, a new report says. According to a report on the city’s public investments for the 2016-2025 period released Wednesday, the new opera house does not belong …

British photographer Tim Page, one of the pre-eminent photographers of the Vietnam War, died at 78 on Wednesday at his home in New South Wales, Australia. His death, from liver cancer, was confirmed by his longtime partner, Marianne Harris, according to the New York Times. A freelancer and a free …

Two Russians in Binh Thuan Province in central Vietnam were detained Tuesday for growing cannabis in a rented house. Police of Phan Thiet Town’s Ham Tien Ward carried out a surprise raid at a house rented by Kushnarev and his girlfriend, both Russian, at the Ham Tien-Mui Ne tourist area. …

Two human skeletons on two hammocks have been found by locals in a forest of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai. The skeletons, whose sexes have not been verified, were lying on two hammocks deep inside a jungle in KBang District, locals found out on Monday. Decomposing clothes were …

After five years in service HCMC’s 12-seat electric buses plying in the downtown area have called it a day due to lack of patronage. The D1 route with three electric buses and a fare of VND12,000 (51 U.S. cents) operated between the 23/9 Park and Saigon Zoo and Botanical Garden …

A man and a woman working as interpreters have received prison terms for helping Chinese nationals illegally enter Vietnam. Ha Hoang Son, 29, and his girlfriend Dang Thi Thuy Linh, 27, will be jailed for 15 and nine years respectively for “organizing for people to exit, enter and stay in …

Thailand’s Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha from official duties on Wednesday, after deciding to hear a petition seeking review of his legally mandated eight-year term limit. The petition was filed by the main opposition party, which argued that Prayuth’s time spent as head of a military junta after …