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Tropical depression strengthens into storm off East Sea

A low-pressure area in the East Sea has evolved into a storm, the first this year off Vietnam’s coast. The storm, internationally named Talim, was around 880 km to the east-southeast of China’s Leizhou Peninsula at around 1 p.m. Saturday. Its maximum wind speed was between 62-74 kph, according to …

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China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning preschoolers

China executes kindergarten teacher for poisoning preschoolers

A former kindergarten teacher was executed in central China this week after killing one child and injuring 24 others by poisoning their porridge with sodium nitrite four years ago, state media reported on Friday. Wang Yun, 39, had unsuccessfully appealed the sentence, initially handed down in September 2020 by the …

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Heavy rains, flooding leave 37 dead in South Korea

Heavy rains, flooding leave 37 dead in South Korea

Rescuers battled on Sunday to reach people trapped in a flooded tunnel in South Korea, where at least 37 people have died and nine are missing after heavy rains caused flooding and landslides. South Korea is at the peak of its summer monsoon season, and there has been heavy rainfall …

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‘Artificially high’ growth predicted for China in Q2: survey

'Artificially high' growth predicted for China in Q2: survey

China’s economic growth is expected to have surged in the second quarter, an AFP survey has forecast, but analysts say Monday’s figures will be misleadingly inflated given the low base of comparison with pandemic-wracked 2022. A year ago, with restrictions such as sudden lockdowns, travel curbs and factory shutdowns the …

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HCMC faces low fertility rate, population aging

Ho Chi Minh City is among the 21 cities and provinces with the lowest fertility rate in Vietnam, officials said at a meeting Friday. Pham Chanh Trung, director of HCMC Bureau of Population and Family Planning, said with a fertility rate of 1.39 children per woman of childbearing age, the …

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