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The temperature in Beijing soared above 40 degrees Celsius on Thursday for the first time since 2014 as the Chinese capital warned of blistering hot weather through the weekend with the return of heatwaves that scorched northern China a week earlier. A weather station on the southern outskirts of Beijing …

A woman in Lam Dong Province in the Central Highlands was fined VND2.5 million ($105) for insulting a female street cleaner, and belittling her job and her family. The 33-year-old woman, who lives in Loc Phat Ward, was fined by Bao Loc City police on Wednesday for insulting others. She …

A gas explosion at a barbecue restaurant on Wednesday night in China’s northwestern Ningxia region killed 31, according to state-run Xinhua news agency, prompting President Xi Jinping to order stronger safety checks. The blast in Yinchuan, capital of Ningxia region, was caused by a leaking liquefied petroleum gas tank at …

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in Hanoi Thursday for a state visit at the invitation of President Vo Van Thuong. It is the first visit to Vietnam for Yoon, who took office in May, and his first to a Southeast Asian nation. During his two-day visit he will meet …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is set to visit China where he will attend the World Economic Forum from June 25 to 28. Upon the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF founder and chairman Klaus Schwab, Chinh will pay an official visit to China and attend the WEF’s …

Two companies, Upside Foods and Good Meat, said they have received final U.S. Department of Agriculture approval to sell lab-grown meat, paving the way for the nation’s first-ever sales of the product. With the approvals, the United States will become the second country after Singapore to allow the sale of …

Intel Corp said its manufacturing business will work like a separate unit and will begin to generate a margin, but gave no clear timeline on when it will start scaling up, sending the chipmaker’s shares down about 5%. The company also did not name a new external customer for the …

Rescuers searching for a missing submersible near the wreck of the Titanic concentrated their efforts on a remote area of the North Atlantic where undersea noises have been detected. With estimates suggesting the air supply on board could run out in a matter of hours, an international coalition of rescue …

The U.S. imposed sanctions on Myanmar’s defense ministry and two banks used by the ruling military junta to buy arms and other goods from foreign sources. The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement the military has relied on foreign sources, including Russian entities under sanctions, to purchase and import …

Dozens of illegal cafes have sprouted up along the Hai Van Pass in Da Nang, posing a threat to traffic safety. One such cafe can be seen at a sharp bend in the pass next to a path reserved for rescue purposes. The path itself has become a parking lot …