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Warplanes on bombing raids drew heavy anti-aircraft fire over Khartoum on Saturday as fierce fighting between Sudan’s army and paramilitaries entered a third week, despite a renewed truce. Sudan has plunged into chaos and lawlessness since the fighting erupted on April 15 between forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah …

Police were searching for a gunman believed to have shot dead five Hondurans including an eight-year-old child at a house in Texas, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Investigators believe the gunman had been firing his AR-15 style gun in a …

Dutch judges on Friday ordered a man suspected of fathering more than 550 children through sperm donations to stop donating, in the latest fertility scandal to shock the Netherlands. The man, identified in Dutch media only as “Jonathan M.”, 41, was dragged to court by a foundation protecting the rights …

Asian finance leaders gathering in South Korea next week will likely debate ways to beef up safeguards against market turbulence, as global banking sector woes and fears of recession in advanced economies cloud the economic outlook. The impact of U.S. interest rate hikes on the region’s capital flows may also …

California regulators on Friday approved new rules requiring all medium- and heavy-duty vehicles sold in the state in 2036 be zero-emission, a day after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted reduced emission regulations for locomotives. “With these actions requiring all new heavy-duty truck sales to be zero emission and …

Three men are suspected to have died of asphyxiation inside an abandoned gold mine in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong. Authorities in Dak Glong District said Saturday that the bodies of the three men, aged 29-41, had been found by local people the previous afternoon. They have been …

As China tries to slow its demographic decline, women like Chen Luojin could be part of the solution. The divorced 33-year-old lives in Chengdu, capital of the southwestern Sichuan province, which legalized registration of children by unmarried women in February, something China is considering implementing nationwide to address record low …

50 years after the signing of the Paris Accords, witnesses at Camp Davis recall how Vietnam’s diplomatic delegations contributed to making U.S. forces withdraw from South Vietnam. At a conference on Tuesday discussing the implementation of the Paris Peace Accords signed in January 1973, witnesses at Camp Davis spoke about …

Thai police have arrested a woman suspected of killing 13 people using pills laced with cyanide, saying they will widen a probe into a series of deaths that have gripped the nation. Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, 36, was charged with premeditated murder of one victim, while the other deaths were still under …

A motorist is seeking compensation after his car was damaged hitting a rock dropped by a transport company onto a northern expressway. Quang Chung from Ninh Binh Province was driving his Honda City on the Hanoi – Ninh Binh Expressway when he hit the rock in the middle of the …