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EU warns of information ‘manipulation’ over Ukraine

EU warns of information 'manipulation' over Ukraine

The E.U. is seeing stepped-up “manipulation” of information to support what looks like fabricated pretexts for military escalation in Ukraine, its foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned on Saturday. “The E.U. is extremely concerned that staged events… could be used as a pretext for possible military escalation,” Borrell said in …

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HCMC gears up for possible Covid surge

The HCMC health department has called for better capabilities to detect and treat Covid-19 cases in preparation for a possible surge. Covid-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City have risen slightly following the end of the Lunar New Year holiday and after students returned to school. The city recorded nearly …

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International schools reopen, brace for Covid

International schools in HCMC and Hanoi have reopened with Covid-19 safety protocols in place, and parents are mostly unworried about sending their children. On Feb 14 international schools in HCMC welcomed back preschool, primary and grade six students after months of online learning as Vietnam sought to contain Covid. The …

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Three-second thief snatches golden necklace in Saigon

Camera footage shows a man wearing a delivery service’s costume driving a motorbike, snatching a golden necklace from another man in HCMC. The 62-year-old victim was walking back to his home along an alley in Thu Duc’s Binh Trung Dong Ward on Thursday afternoon when he saw a man wearing …

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Vietnam records 41,968 new Covid cases

Vietnam confirmed 41,968 local Covid-19 cases in 61 localities on Saturday with Hanoi and northern provinces leading the infection tally. Hanoi recorded 4,869 cases, followed by Bac Ninh with 3,040 cases and Quang Ninh with 1,990 cases. The Ministry of Health confirmed 65 Covid-19 deaths on the same day, including …

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