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With escalating production costs, national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) is asking for more freedom to increase electricity prices. Under a proposal announced by the Ministry of Industry and Trade on Friday, EVN will be allowed to increase electricity prices when input costs increase by just 1%, instead of 3% as …

The Philippines’ disaster agency was on high alert on Saturday as an approaching tropical storm intensified into a typhoon which is expected to bring moderate to heavy rainfall and severe winds over a swathe of the main Luzon island. Typhoon Noru, with sustained winds of up to 120 km per …

North Korea fired an unidentified ballistic missile towards the sea off its east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, ahead of large-scale planned military drills by South Korean and U.S. forces involving an aircraft carrier. South Korea’s military did not provide further details about the missile …