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Japan’s foreign and defence ministers will hold talks with their U.S. counterparts in a “two-plus-two” format on Friday to discuss security issues, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The announcement of the discussions by the two key allies came just hours after North Korea conducted an apparent ballistic missile launch. …

The United States reported nearly 1 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily tally of any country in the world and nearly double the previous U.S. peak set a week ago as the spread of the Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing. The number of hospitalized Covid-19 …

Japan’s foreign and defence ministers will hold talks with their U.S. counterparts in a “two-plus-two” format on Friday to discuss security issues, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The announcement of the discussions by the two key allies came just hours after North Korea conducted an apparent ballistic missile launch. …

The United States reported nearly 1 million new coronavirus infections on Monday, the highest daily tally of any country in the world and nearly double the previous U.S. peak set a week ago as the spread of the Omicron variant showed no signs of slowing. The number of hospitalized Covid-19 …

North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile off its east coast on Wednesday, just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in attended a groundbreaking ceremony for a rail line he hopes will eventually connect the divided Korean peninsula. The first launch since October underscored leader Kim Jong Un’s New Year …

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam wants to remove quick Covid-19 test requirements for passengers flying in from Omicron-hit countries while their negative PCR test results are still valid. In a proposal on Tuesday it also said if the quick tests continue to be done, airports should collect the costs …

A woman accused of beating her fiancée’s daughter to death is now under investigation for the charge of murder, police said Wednesday. The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department has made the decision regarding Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang, 26, after they received the case from police officers in Binh Thanh …

More evidence is emerging that the Omicron coronavirus variant is affecting the upper respiratory tract, causing milder symptoms than previous variants and resulting in a “decoupling” in some places between soaring case numbers and low death rates, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday. “We are seeing more and …

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has licensed domestic carriers to operate services on eight of nine previously approved routes for resumption of commercial international flights. After the government approved a two-week first phase in resumption of flights to nine destinations starting January 1, the CAAV has granted flight …

The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) has licensed domestic carriers to operate services on eight of nine previously approved routes for resumption of commercial international flights. After the government approved a two-week first phase in resumption of flights to nine destinations starting January 1, the CAAV has granted flight …