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The Health Ministry confirmed 12,160 new local Covid-19 cases Saturday in 58 cities and provinces, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 2,298,323. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were Hanoi with 2,778 cases, Da Nang with 783 cases, and Quang Nam with 735 cases. Of the …

The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the U.S. on Friday with the nation’s cumulative death toll from Covid-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost has begun to level off, according to data collected by Reuters. The latest tally marks an increase of more …

Nearly 160 people were killed in 17,345 road accidents during the first four days of Tet (Lunar New Year), starting January 29. The number of traffic accidents downed 15 percent over the same period last year. Vietnam celebrated the Lunar New Year with a nine-day break. The holiday is the …

Ford Motor plans to suspend or cut production at eight of its factories in the United States, Mexico and Canada throughout next week because of chip supply constraints, a spokeswoman told Reuters on Friday. The changes come a day after the Detroit automaker warned a chip shortage would lead to …

President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China worth an estimated $117.5 billion on Friday, promising to ramp up Russia’s Far East exports at a time of heightened tension with European customers over Ukraine. Russia, already Beijing’s No. 3gassupplier, has been strengthening ties with China, the …

Indonesian authorities have declared two villages on Java island red zones and banned livestock movement from the area after the deaths of several farm animals from anthrax, an official said on Friday. Seven cattle and a goat have so far tested positive for anthrax among 15 farm animals that have …

A winter storm that dumped sleet and heavy snow on a wide swath of the central United States this week left hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power on Friday as treacherous weather threatened parts of the Plains and New England. More than 330,000 customers were without power …

Russia and China called in a joint statement on Friday for NATO to halt its expansion while Moscow said it fully supported Beijing’s stance on Taiwan and opposed Taiwanese independence in any form. The joint statement, including harsh criticism of the United States, was issued during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s …

Vietnam on Friday recorded 11,586 new local Covid-19 cases in 59 out of 63 cities and provinces. The three localities with the highest number of cases are Hanoi with 2,756 cases, Da Nang with 1,544 cases and northern Nam Dinh Province with 620 cases. Also Friday, the Health Ministry announced …

Spain will end the mandatory use of face masks outdoors on February 8, a minister said Friday, ending a measure reimposed in late December to tackle a surge in Omicron cases. The measure will be approved at Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, Health Minister Carolina Darias told Cadena Ser radio. Spain first …