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When summer temperatures soar, the idea of working out might be the furthest thing from your mind. But just because it’s hot doesn’t mean you can’t still squeeze a workout in if you want to, though there are a few adjustments you may need to make to your normal routine. …

Bodyguards could have saved Shinzo Abe if they shielded him or removed him from the line of fire in the 2.5 seconds between a missed first shot and a second round of gunfire that fatally wounded him, according to eight security experts who reviewed footage of the former Japanese leader’s …

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha fended off accusations of corruption and economic mismanagement in a televised session of parliament on Tuesday, as a censure debate got underway seeking to dent his credibility with an election due within 11 months. Prayuth, 68, a retired army chief who first came to power …

Vietjet and Bamboo Airways are charging passengers up to VND140,000 ($5.97) for quick check-ins at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, sparking concerns of inequality. Overcrowding at Tan Son Nhat’s domestic terminal has seen operators like Vietjet Air, Vietnam Airlines and Pacific Airlines charge passengers sick of …

Four workers died due to suspected asphyxiation while cleaning a manhole at a South Korean-owned seasoning factory in Phu Tho Province. According to local authorities, Miwon Vietnam Co. Ltd hired two sanitation workers from a company in Hanoi to clean a manhole at its plant in the northern province on …

A four-year-old girl was shot in her right hand Sunday after a man opened fire at a karaoke bar in Thanh Hoa Province. According to the police, Cao Sy Khoa, 29, took a homemade gun to the Diamon karaoke bar at 112 Pham Duc Ky Street in the north central …

Australia’s unique wildlife is in retreat as it reels from bushfires, drought, human activity and global warming, according to a “shocking” government report Tuesday that prompted calls for dramatic change. Key findings of the five-yearly scientific report released shortly before its full publication painted a picture of widespread damage to …

Britain was heading for its highest temperatures on record and firefighters battled blazes across southern Europe as a heatwave sent people hunting for shade and compounded fears about climate change. In Spain, a wildfire raced across a field and engulfed an excavator near the northern town of Tabara, forcing the …

An elderly woman was caught cutting fruit with a 20cm long knife aboard a HCMC-Hanoi flight Monday morning. The apparent security lapse is being investigated. The incident happened aboard Vietnam Airlines flight VN208. The flight attendant who spotted the knife confiscated it immediately. Further details were not revealed. The Civil …

Hanoi and 14 provinces in northern and central Vietnam continued to record temperatures of 36-38 degrees Celsius Monday, and the searing heat is expected to last another 1-2 days. At 1 p.m., weather stations of the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting recorded temperatures of at least 36 degrees in 10 …