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South Korean exports in the first 20 days of May fell 16.1% from a year earlier and imports dropped by 15.3%, customs agency data showed on Monday. The country’s trade balance came in at a $4.3 billion deficit for the May 1-20 period, the data showed. That compares with a …

Meta Platform Inc’s Instagram was back up for most users, the company said on Sunday, after a technical issue that disrupted services to thousands of people had been resolved. “Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Instagram. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible …

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for resolving conflicts through dialogue to find long-term solutions at the G7 Summit on Sunday. Speaking at the session “Towards a peaceful, stable and prosperous world” within the framework of the G7 Summit in Japan’s Hiroshima, Chinh stated Vietnam’s messages on peace, stability …

Nine people were killed Saturday in a stampede at an El Salvador stadium where soccer fans had gathered to watch a local tournament, police said. “The number of deaths after the stampede at the Cuscatlan Stadium amounts to nine,” the National Civil Police posted on Twitter. The security agency also …

India will withdraw its highest denomination currency note from circulation, the central bank said on Friday. The 2,000-rupee note, introduced into circulation in 2016, will remain legal tender but citizens have been asked to deposit or exchange these notes by Sept. 30, 2023. The decision is reminiscent of a shock …

Russia claimed on Saturday to have fully captured the smashed eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, which would mark an end to the longest battle of the 15-month war. The assault on the largely leveled city was led by troops from the Wagner Group of mercenaries, whose leader Yevgeny Prigozhin said …

California’s electric grid operator has approved a plan expected to cost $7.3 billion for 45 new power transmission projects over the next decade and made it easier for new power plants in high-priority areas to connect to the grid. The projects will support the development of more than 40 gigawatts …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and U.S. President Joe Biden discussed bilateral ties on the sidelines of the expanded G7 summit in Japan Saturday. The two leaders agreed on several measures to bolster relations between Vietnam and the U.S., and discussed several international matters of mutual interest. They also agreed …

Nine Vietnamese were killed after a seven-seat car fell off a cliff near the Vietnam-China border, authorities of China’s Jingxi City said. Chinese authorities on Friday said 11 people died in a car accident, when the vehicle fell off a cliff and into a lake at a mountainous area of …

Cannes is set for another major Hollywood premiere on Saturday, as Leonardo DiCaprio and Martin Scorsese bring their Native American crime epic, “Killers of the Flower Moon”, to the French Riviera. Lips are tightly sealed around the three-and-a-half hour movie, but it is based on the best-selling book by US …