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Devastating floods in India’s northeast that have killed scores of people also swamped a national park drowning six threatened rhinos and other wildlife, government officials said Tuesday. Floods have begun to ease, Assam state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a statement, noting the “water level of the Brahmaputra …

A total of nine Vietnamese higher education institutions feature in the Best Global Universities Rankings 2024-2025, recently released by News & World Report of the United States. The local education establishments which made this year’s list are Duy Tan University in Da Nang, Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi …

A batch of suspect fireworks exploded accidentally during their disposal in the southern Philippines, injuring 27 people, most of them explosives experts, police said Tuesday. The blast happened on Monday as a team of police, coast guard, marine and fire personnel disposed of firecrackers retrieved from a nearby warehouse, where …

Malaysian authorities have arrested six members of an international crime ring known as the “Ninja Turtle Gang” and seized about 200 smuggled tortoises and turtles, a wildlife official said Tuesday. Abdul Kadir Abu Hashim, director-general of Malaysia’s Wildlife and National Parks Department, said four Cambodians and two Malaysians were arrested …

The U.S.has agreed to forgive $35 million of Indonesian debt over the next nine years, the U.S. Treasury said on Monday, in return for the Southeast Asian country restoring and preserving coral reefs in what experts estimate is the world’s most biodiverse patch of ocean. Coral reefs are under increasing …

The Health Ministry will propose adding regulations prohibiting fetal sex selection, and increasing sanctions on violations, as part of it’s new draft Population Law project. According to a 2020 decree on administrative penalties in the health sector, organizations and individuals will be fined VND15-20 million (US$590-787) if they prescribe or …

Vietnam has not eradicated diphtheria yet, meaning people can still get infected without vaccination, the health ministry said Tuesday. Hoang Minh Duc, head of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health, said diphtheria used to be prevalent in most Vietnamese localities. In 1981, diphtheria vaccination was …

Six people have died of heatstroke in Tokyo as Japan swelters under a rare rainy season heatwave, prompting authorities to issue a flurry of health warnings. People walking under the sun in Tokyo, Japan. Illustration photo by Pixabay Over the weekend, the central Shizuoka region became the first in Japan …

A Hanoi court has sentenced a 15-year-old boy to four years in prison for attacking his 33-year-old begging companion with a knife and leaving him permanently bedridden. The Hanoi People’s Court said Monday Phung Gia Can was found guilty of “murder” but granted a reduced sentence since he was a …

Authorities have quarantined 134 people in the central Nghe An and northern Bac Giang provinces for being in close contact with two diphtheria patients, one of whom has died. The deceased, an 18-year-old woman who lived in Nghe An’s Ky Son District, had been in contact with 119 people, the …