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A British man attempted to scale the world’s fifth tallest building without ropes on Monday until South Korean authorities forced him to abandon his climb more than half way up the 123-storey Lotte World Tower in Seoul. The 24-year-old man, wearing shorts, made his way up the landmark skyscraper for …

Thailand’s prime ministerial frontrunner Pita Limjareonrat will be investigated over whether he was qualified to run in last month’s election, a top official said on Monday, in another setback as he battles to win backing for his premiership. Pita, the 42-year-old leader of the progressive Move Forward party whose election …

Two U.S. Peace Corps volunteers enjoy the ups and downs of teaching English to high school students in Hanoi. Twenty-four-year-olds Kayla Kirby and Taran Anderson, along with seven other volunteers from the Peace Corps, have been working alongside Vietnamese teachers to bring English lessons to students at nine public Hanoi …

Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, a billionaire businessman who created Italy’s largest media company before transforming the political landscape, has died on Monday, according to sources. Berlusconi, who was 86, had been suffering from leukaemia “for some time” and had recently developed a lung infection. Berlusconi’s Forza Italia party is …

Wastewater from sewer gates has been poured directly into the Cam Le River of Da Nang, turning the water blackish with foul smell. Along a kilometer-long section from Hoa Xuan Bridge to Nguyen Tri Phuong Bridge in Cam Le District, four sewer gates discharge wastewater into Cam Le River. Three …

Dong Thap Province in the Mekong Delta has announced a VND76 billion (US$3.25 million) project to raise red-crowned cranes in combination with tourism and agricultural development. Of the fund, VND49 billion will be used to raise cranes imported from Thailand, before releasing them into Tram Chim National Park. The remaining …

Deputy PM Tran Luu Quang on Monday visited victims of gun attacks that killed two commune leaders and four police officers in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak. A delegation led by Quang visited the families of Nguyen Van Kien, the late Party secretary of Ea Ktur Commune, and …

UBS on Monday said it had completed its emergency takeover of embattled local rival Credit Suisse, creating a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion and greater muscle in wealth management. “This is the start of a new chapter – for UBS, Switzerland as a financial centre …

Doctors at Military Hospital 175 in HCMC have successfully treated a Canadian man who was paralyzed eight years ago and tried in vain to get himself cured at home. In February C.D. Washington, 45, visited the hospital to have his legs, paralyzed since 2014 due to car accidents, examined. He …

The number of fossil fuel companies setting net-zero emissions targets has risen sharply over the past year, but most fail to address key concerns, making them “largely meaningless”, a report showed on Monday. Some 75 of the world’s largest 112 fossil fuel companies have now committed to reaching net-zero – …