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Thailand’s election winning Move Forward party announced on Friday a plan to try to curb the power of the military-appointed Senate, a day after its members thwarted the party leader’s bid to become prime minister. The role of the 249-member Senate in deciding a prime minister along with the elected …

The heat wave in northern Vietnam regions will recede starting Saturday due to widespread rain, with some areas seeing rainfall of up to 100 mm over 24 hours. The north has been seeing one of the longest heat wave since the beginning of this year, due to the effects of …

A former secretary of the deputy health minister involved in the Covid-19 repatriation flight scandal said he “wanted to die” after finding out the sentences he could pay for his crimes. Pham Trung Kien, former secretary to the deputy minister of health, began his high-profile trial on Friday, regarding the …

Chu Van An Street in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District was heavily flooded after a downpour Thursday night, and locals tried to clear trash for the water to drain.     Trash worsens flooding on Saigon street Trash causes flooding on Saigon street

A Singaporean container ship drifted out of its channel and collided with another ship, causing a dock collapse at Cai Mep – Thi Vai Terminal. The accident happened on Thursday afternoon as the terminal in Ba Ria – Vung Tau Province, 80 km southeast of Ho Chi Minh City, was …

Singaporean property tycoon Ong Beng Seng is cooperating with the city-state’s anti-graft agency in a case launched earlier this week involving the transport minister, Ong’s company said on Friday. “No charges have been filed against Mr Ong,” the company Hotel Properties Ltd said in a statement, adding that Ong has …

Ninh Thuan Province is set to hand back land it had acquired from 1,000 families for two nuclear power plants following their cancelation. The announcement it made Thursday to this effect said the Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 plants, proposed to be built in Thuan Nam and Ninh Hai districts, …

Summer has just begun in the Northern Hemisphere but a brutal heat wave is already gripping parts of Europe, China and the United States, where record temperatures expected this weekend are a stark illustration of the dangers of a warming climate. Extreme heat advisories have been issued for more than …

Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors will go on strike at midnight Thursday, effectively bringing the giant movie and television business to a halt as they join writers in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years. The Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) issued a strike order after last-ditch talks with studios …

Michele Bullock was appointed head of Australia’s central bank on Friday, becoming its first female governor as it undertakes a sweeping reorganization and after a public backlash over steeply rising interest rates. Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe …