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A security official at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport has been suspended for letting a woman carry a knife aboard a HCMC-Hanoi flight Monday. He has been suspended indefinitely, airport authorities said. The man, who has 13 years’ experience, had failed to detect the knife hidden in the luggage, they …

U.S. President Joe Biden’s public approval rating fell to 36 percent this week to tie the lowest rating of his 19 months in the White House as inflation takes its toll on American life, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll completed on Tuesday. The two-day national poll found that 59 …

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday voted to move ahead with a slimmed-down version of legislation to provide billions of dollars in subsidies and tax credits for the semiconductor industry, hoping to ease a shortage that has disrupted production in industries from automobiles to electronics and high-tech weapons. The Senate backed …

Australians admitted to hospitals from Covid-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home and recommended people wear masks indoors and get booster shots urgently amid a major outbreak. Australia is in the grip of a third Omicron wave driven by the highly …

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill protecting gay marriage rights, after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade imperiled similar precedents that protected rights to same-sex relations and contraception. The bill, which passed the Democratic-controlled chamber by a vote of 267-157 with support from …

People found littering on streets, sidewalks and sewage systems will be fined VND1-2 million ($43-86) under a government decision that takes effect next month. The same fine will be imposed for those found dumping wastewater on sidewalks and streets, and disposing of plastic waste from daily activities into ponds, lakes, …

HCMC is expected to make 22 downtown streets off-limits to vehicles in the next three years to make them pedestrian-friendly and promote tourism. The city Department of Transport has proposed to the people’s committee that the Cong Truong Quoc Te Roundabout in District 1 and sections of Pham Ngoc Thach, …

A South Korean man considered a major drug kingpin in Southeast Asia has been extradited from Ho Chi Minh City, police said. Identified only by his last name Kim, the 47-year-old was arrested in the city Sunday and repatriated to South Korea on Tuesday, the South Korean Consulate General in …

China’s government warned on Tuesday it would take “forceful measures” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and spend time in …

Four fishermen in central Vietnam have been rescued after drifting at sea for nine days. The fishermen were crew members of a ship which departed from Phan Thiet Port in Binh Thuan Province towards waters of the Spratly Islands (Truong Sa) on June 21. The ship, with 15 crew members, …