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The dollar was firm on Monday as economic resilience in the United States raised market expectations for further rate hikes by the Federal Reserve, while news that a debt ceiling deal had been finalised sparked some risk-on sentiment. The greenback notched a fresh six-month high of 140.91 yen in early …

Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings (TEM.UL) said on Monday it had cut compensation for the team that recommended its investment in the now-bankrupt FTX cryptocurrency exchange, as well as for its senior management team. The move comes around six months after Temasek initiated an internal review of its investment in …

U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday finalized a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025, and said the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote. “This is a deal that’s good news for … the American …

Three children drowned on Sunday after bathing in a river in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap. At around 1:30 p.m. Ngo Nguyen Ngoc Huong, 13, and her two sisters aged seven and nine went to the Ba Du River in Cao Lanh District. When they did not return …

South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has stopped selling some emergency exit seats following an incident in which a passenger opened an aircraft door mid-air, the carrier said on Sunday. A court in Daegu later on Sunday issued an arrest warrant for the man, surnamed Lee, for allegedly breaking aviation security laws, …

The summer heat is forecast to return to northern and central Vietnam starting Monday, driving temperatures up to 38 degrees Celsius. Northern Vietnam regions have been enjoying a mild reprieve from scorching heat over the past week thanks to the impacts of cold air, which brought downpours. But starting Monday, …

A 14-legged giant isopod is the highlight of a new dish at a ramen restaurant in Taipei and it has people queuing up – both for pictures and for a bite from this bowl of noodles. Since the ‘The Ramen Boy’ launched the limited-edition noodle bowl on May 22, declaring …

Vietnam is among the top countries worldwide in which the Internet is exploited for illegal purposes, a top information official said Saturday. At a conference on multichannel networks in Ho Chi Minh City, Nguyen Thanh Lam, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications, said that “for every 100 coins made from …

China’s first domestically produced passenger jet took off on its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, a milestone event in the nation’s decades-long effort to compete with Western rivals in the air. Beijing hopes the C919 commercial jetliner will challenge foreign models like the Boeing 737 MAX and the Airbus A320, …

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to inaugurate a grand new parliament building Sunday, a major part of his Hindu nationalist government’s remodeling of New Delhi, but opposition parties have said they will boycott the event. “Our new Parliament is truly a beacon of our democracy. It reflects the …