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Authorities advised travelers departing from Thailand’s Phuket Island to arrive at the airport well ahead of their flights due to floods on the island, which is causing widespread traffic disruptions. The Phuket Airport has recommended that passengers allow an additional 3-4 hours for their journey to avoid missing flights, as …

An employee of a rural Kansas school district repeatedly shoved a teenager with Down syndrome into a utility closet, hit the boy and once photographed him locked in a cage used to store athletic equipment, a lawsuit claims. The suit filed Friday in federal court said the paraprofessional assigned to …

The incomplete remains of a 17-year-old girl were discovered after a fall from an apartment building in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 on Monday morning. At approximately 9 a.m., residents of the Midtown apartment complex in the Phu My Hung area reported hearing a loud noise. Upon investigation, they …

As part of an exchange program, 300 people graduating in select majors from certain universities will be offered a chance to work in Singapore for two years. The Department of Overseas Labor Management recently announced the Vietnam-Singapore Innovation Talent Exchange Program for candidates aged up to 30 who have a …

China’s Communist Party General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and his spouse chaired a grand welcome ceremony for Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary and President To Lam and his spouse in Beijing on Monday morning. China’s Party General Secretary, President Xi Jinping (L) and Vietnam’s Party General Secretary, President To …

Singapore is planning to release measures to deal with smartphone use in schools in the coming months, amid mounting research showing the relationship between screen time on smartphones and mental health issues in youth, according to the country’s Ministry of Education. In recent years, schools have stepped up measures to …

As many as 458 individuals experienced symptoms of diarrhea and vomiting after consuming food prepared with potentially norovirus-contaminated spring water at a restaurant in southwest Japan. The incident occurred at the Ryokan Kurotakesou inn in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, where more than 500 guests visited between Aug. 10 and 12, Japanese …

Companies that import palm oil from Malaysia will be able to adopt orangutans but they will not be able to leave the country, the commodities minister said on Sunday, in a revised version of a conservation scheme announced earlier this year. Plantations and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani also pledged …

Some Indian junior doctors remained off the job on Sunday as they demanded swift justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered, despite the end of a strike called by a big doctors’ association, while some other people held street protests. Doctors across the country have held protests, candlelight …

Professor Vo Tong Xuan, a leading scientist who has made significant contributions to agriculture both domestically and internationally, passed away Monday morning. He was 84. Tran Huu Xinh, the vice chancellor of Nam Can Tho University, said Xuan, a People’s Educator and Honorary Chancellor of the university, died of illness …