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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested ministries, sectors, agencies, and localities to shorten timelines to complete the 500kV circuit-3 power transmission line project by Sept. 2, the National Day. Chairing a meeting on the implementation of the project on Tuesday, the fifth held in the past seven months, the …

Eagle Bay Beach on Lazarus Island of Singapore has been reopened after a two-month closure for clean-up in the aftermath of a major oil spill. Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) in a statement on Aug. 13 said swimming and all water activities are now allowed. Beach-front businesses such as those offering …

An Indian would-be social media star has been arrested and detained after outrage by his video of cooking and eating the country’s protected national bird, a peacock, police said. Police said that Kodam Pranay Kumar was detained Monday and sent to jail after “other videos in his mobile phone confirmed” …