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Tens of thousands of Australians fled from their homes and authorities evacuated a hospital on Wednesday as more torrential rains battered the east coast. Thirteen people have been killed, the latest four deaths recorded in the worst-hit town of Lismore in New South Wales state, since the extreme weather arrived …

Investigators said strong waves that hit a speedboat off Vietnam’s central coast last weekend had caused it to capsize, killing 17. Colonel Vo Van Minh, deputy head of the investigation agency at Quang Nam Province’s police department, made the announcement Tuesday concerning the accident last Saturday that saw the speedboat …

Vietnam called for restraint and the resumption of dialogue between Russia and Ukraine, and emphasized the need to safeguard civilians at an emergency special session of the U.N. General Assembly. Speaking at the session Tuesday the head of its Permanent Mission to the U.N., Dang Hoang Giang, also expressed deep …

200 Vietnamese have been evacuated from the war zones in Ukraine, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. They have been supported by the Vietnam Embassy in Ukraine and other groups for the evacuation, said Le Thi Thu Hang, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There are around 7,000 Vietnamese currently …

A Hanoi court sentenced a man to 15 years in prison Tuesday for swindling two people out of VND5 billion ($219,000) by offering to sell them Bitcoin at a discount. Tran Van Luat, 29, of the northern Bac Giang Province was found guilty of “fraudulent appropriation of assets.” In 2019 …

The U.S. government is set to announce a ban on Russian flights from American airspace following similar moves by the European Union and Canada, government and industry officials told Reuters. The precise timing is unclear but is expected within the next 24 hours, the sources said. Late on Tuesday, United …

Hong Kong residents braced for a city-wide lockdown, emptying supermarkets and pharmacies, even as leader Carrie Lam called for calm on Tuesday and appealed for the public not to worry over a compulsory mass Covid-19 testing plan. The Chinese-ruled territory reported 32,597 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday and a record …

The Vietnam Academy of Forest Sciences has lost more than 2,000 hectares of forest land in the Central Highlands region over a period of 18 years. Inspectors from the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in Dak Nong Province have blamed the loss on “irresponsible and loose management.” In 2003, …

France’s finance minister said Tuesday that Europe was waging “economic war” against Russia, prompting a senior Kremlin figure to warn about the dangers of a “real” conflict between the countries. “We will bring about the collapse of the Russian economy,” Bruno Le Maire told the Franceinfo broadcaster on Tuesday morning …

At least 17 people are feared dead after a landslide trapped dozens of workers inside a Myanmar jade mine, sources and local media said Tuesday. The incident came on Monday evening near Hpakant township in northern Kachin state — the same region where a massive landslide in 2020 entombed 300 …