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Four men in Cao Bang Province at China border were swept away by flash floods triggered by heavy rains on Tuesday. A group of five men in Mong An Commune of Bao Lam District were getting sand for a construction project in the afternoon as the flash floods arrived all …

The euro sank on Tuesday to its weakest level against the dollar in almost 20 years while oil futures tumbled and bond prices rose as investors sought safety after the latest data fueled fears of a global economic slowdown. Euro zone recession fears were exacerbated by concerns about an energy …

A wild storm system that has pounded several parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, satellite images showed on Wednesday, although rivers remained above danger levels, forcing more evacuations. More than 85,000 people in New South Wales, most in Sydney’s western suburbs, …

The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee chair and top Republican have called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate social media app TikTok and Chinese parent ByteDance due to “repeated misrepresentations” over its handling of U.S. data. The request on Tuesday from Senator Mark Warner, a Democrat, and Republican Marco …

For months, Kazumi Sato, a nutritionist at a middle school in eastern Tokyo, has received notices about hikes in ingredient prices. Mindful of the economic hardships many of the students’ families face, local authorities are loath to pass the burden of pricier school lunches on to them. For Sato, that …

A man in Hanoi has been arrested for disseminating information with the aim to undermine the government. Police said Nguyen Lan Thang, 47, who lives in Dong Da District, is under investigation for “making, storing and/or circulating documents and/or cultural products with contents against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.” On …

Fifteen localities have disbursed VND70 billion ($3 million) to support 13,500 workers renting apartments, a mere 1 percent of the target, a top labor official said. The government in late March issued a decision to grant a financial support package of VND6.6 trillion ($287.4 million) to help migrant workers pay …

More than 9,200 public medical workers have quit over the past 18 months due to low pay and increased workload. At an online government conference Monday, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said over 5,200 quit last year and 4,000 already this year. Unsatisfactory salaries and benefits that could …

A middle school teacher in the north central Ha Tinh Province is being investigated for allegedly raping a sixth grader. Le Dung Cuong, 42, was arrested and detained for four months to be investigated for raping a person under 16, Ha Tinh police said Tuesday. On June 20, the 11-year-old …

A hacker claiming to have stolen personal data from hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens is now selling the information online. A sample of 750,000 entries posted online by the hacker showed citizens’ names, mobile phone numbers, national ID numbers, addresses, birthdays and police reports they had filed. AFP and …