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Nguyen Van Thuoc could not explain it, but felt knots in his stomach. He decided to return home early from a meeting, only to find his grandson missing. The grandfather’s instinct led to a thrilling and heartbreaking rescue joined by family members and neighbors to save the little boy from …

Several projects in five key traffic areas in HCMC have been delayed for years due to Covid-19 and issues regarding land and funds. In 2016, Ho Chi Minh City drew up plans for a series of projects in the Tan Son Nhat International Airport area, an important traffic hub that …

At least 41 people were killed and 45 injured in a fire inside a church in the Egyptian city of Giza on Sunday, two security sources told Reuters. An electrical fire broke out just before 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) during Mass as 5,000 people gathered at the Coptic Abu Sifin …

A 3-year-old boy was trapped inside a freezer for over an hour after he went to a neighbor’s house in Ha Nam Province, police said. Police in the northern province of Ha Nam said Sunday that a suspect has been summoned in the case, but provided no further information as …

Australian capital Canberra’s airport was evacuated and a man arrested after gunshots were heard in the main terminal building, police said on Sunday. One person has been taken into custody and a firearm was recovered, the police said in a statement. There have been no reported injuries, it added. Police …

Heavy rains from Tropical depression Mulan caused flash floods on Saturday, with towns at the Thai-Myanmar border submerged after rising water levels breached an earthen dam in Myanmar’s Shan State, local media reported. The flood water, which had mostly receded on Sunday, inundated more than 2,000 households in Mae Sai …

A Vietnamese citizen has died in the mill fire that broke out in Manchester last May, the U.K. police confirmed Friday. Fingerprint analysis of a body part found in the aftermath of the Bismark House mill fire in Oldham revealed that it belonged to Uoc Van Nguyen, one of four …

China’s financial hub Shanghai said on Sunday it will reopen all primary, middle and high schools, kindergartens and nurseries on Sept. 1 after months of Covid-19 closures. The city will require all teachers and students to take nucleic acid tests for the coronavirus every day before leaving campus, according to …

North Korea’s foreign ministry on Sunday criticised the United Nations Secretary-General’s recent comment on his supports for the North’s complete denuclearisation, calling the remarks lack impartiality and fairness. North Korea’s state news agency KCNA released a statement from the foreign ministry after U.N. chief Antonio Guterres on Friday said he …

65 people were found abusing drugs Saturday at a liquor shop in the northern port city of Hai Phong. Police entered the Playhouse shop in Le Chan District at around 1:45 a.m. and found around 200 customers and employees inside. They found drugs in the shop that has been licensed …