Pope Francis on Monday apologized for the “evil” inflicted on the Indigenous peoples of Canada on the first day of a visit focused on addressing decades of abuse at Catholic-run residential schools. The plea for forgiveness from the leader of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics was met with applause by …
Read More »US weighs declaring monkeypox a health emergency: Washington Post
The Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the monkeypox outbreak in the country a public health emergency, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The government is also planning to name a White House coordinator to oversee the country’s response to the outbreak, according to the report. The White House …
Read More »3 women die after binge drinking
Three women aged 37-54 died in the southern Ca Mau Province after a drinking binge over two days during which they and three men consumed five liters of rice wine. Initial investigations by the police show that 3.5 liters of rice wine were consumed by a 54-year-old female landlord with …
Read More »U.S. weighs declaring monkeypox a health emergency: Washington Post
The Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the monkeypox outbreak in the country a public health emergency, the Washington Post reported on Monday. The government is also planning to name a White House coordinator to oversee the country’s response to the outbreak, according to the report. The White House …
Read More »3 women die after drinking binge
Three women aged 37-54 died in the southern Ca Mau Province after a drinking binge over two days during which they and three men consumed five liters of rice wine. Initial investigations by the police show that 3.5 liters of rice wine were consumed by a 54-year-old female landlord with …
Read More »HCMC records best English test scores for sixth year running
HCMC posted an average score of 6.39 out of 10 in foreign language tests at this year’s national high school graduation examination, topping the nation for the sixth consecutive year. More than 870,000 students took foreign language tests in English, Russian, French, Chinese, German, Korean or Japanese at the 2022 …
Read More »Vietnam’s largest waste-to-energy plant begins operation
Vietnam’s largest waste-to-energy plant, capable of handling 4,000 tons of dry waste a day, began operations Monday morning in Hanoi. The first generator of the Soc Son plant, which has a capacity of 15MW, joined the national grid at around 8:05 a.m. It will burn around 1,000 tons of waste, …
Read More »Former top immigration official arrested in pandemic flight bribery scandal
A former top immigation official at the Ministry of Public Security has been arrested for allegedly taking bribes in organizing Covid-19 repatriation flights. Colonel Tran Van Du, 61, former deputy director of the Immigration Department at the Public Security Ministry, was among six people arrested Monday as investigation into the …
Read More »HCMC pilots emergency aid for depression
A trial project has been launched in Ho Chi Minh City to offer people with signs of depression the help they need before they could harm themselves. When detecting signs similar to depression, patients or their family members can call the hotline 19001267 operated by HCMC Psychiatric Hospital, or 115, …
Read More »Family of 6 killed by carbon monoxide from generator
A family was killed after spending the night in a closed house while operating a power generator in southern Binh Duong Province. Around Sunday noon, the bodies of six people, including two children and two teenagers, were found in a house in Ben Cat Town of Binh Duong, neighboring Ho …
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