A Turkish court on Tuesday fined the son of Somalia’s president less than $1,000 for accidentally knocking over and killing a delivery driver in Istanbul, local media reported. The court found Mohammed, the son of Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, guilty of causing death by negligence when the car he …
Read More »France to reform parental leave after births hit post-war low
French President Emmanuel Macron promised on Tuesday to overhaul parental leave so it pays better after France saw the lowest number of births since World War Two last year, in a blow to its traditionally strong demographic profile. France registered 678,000 births last year, representing a decrease of 7% from …
Read More »Trump back in court for second defamation trial after Iowa victory
Fresh off a campaign victory in Iowa, Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on Tuesday to defend himself for a second time against charges that he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll after she accused him of raping her decades ago. Trump watched from the defendant’s table as Carroll’s …
Read More »Apple ends Samsung’s 12-year run as world’s top smartphone seller
Apple’s iPhone for the first time became the world’s biggest selling smartphone after rival Samsung’s 12-year run as leader, data showed. According to data from the International Data Corporation released on Monday, the iPhone stole Samsung’s crown in 2023 with 234.6 million units sold, compared to the South Korean firm’s …
Read More »Hanoi district wants to double maximum height of 50-year-old apartment complex
Hanoi’s Dong Da District has proposed to increase the number of floors on an apartment complex built in the early 1970s, from a maximum of 24 to 48 floors. The Trung Tu apartment complex area, spanning 12 ha, was constructed from 1972 to 1975, with 29 apartment buildings with 4-5 …
Read More »Vietnam Register deputy chief arrested for power abuse
Deputy head of the Vietnam Register Nguyen Vu Hai has been arrested for abuse of power regarding the failed maintenance of inland waterway vehicles. Hai, along with Tran Ky Hinh, former head of the Vietnam Register, were put under investigation by the Ho Chi Minh City police on Tuesday for …
Read More »Korean Air plane ‘strikes’ Cathay aircraft in Japan, no injuries
A Korean Air airliner “struck” an empty Cathay Pacific plane while taxiing at a snow-hit Japanese airport on Tuesday, with both airlines saying there were no injuries. The incident at New Chitose Airport serving the northern Japanese city of Sapporo, came two weeks after a near-catastrophic collision at Tokyo’s Haneda …
Read More »Moguls arrested for alleged losses to state assets
Nguyen Cong Khe and Nguyen Quang Thong, previous editors-in-chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper, one of the biggest in Vietnam, have been detained for allegedly causing losses to state assets in a real estate deal. The police delivers the decision to arrest Nguyen Cong Khe (2nd, L). Photo courtesy the police …
Read More »High expectations a problem for Vietnamese returning with foreign degrees: experts
Vietnamese returning home after studying abroad often find it challenging to adapt to the working environment possibly due to high expectations and low salaries, analysts say. Nguyen Thi Hai Thanh of Apac Dao, a group of companies operating in the Web3 and Blockchain sector across Asia, said the advantages returning …
Read More »100 on trial for deadly terrorist attack
A Dak Lak Province court Tuesday began the trial of 100 members of an alleged terrorist group for killing nine people during an attack on two people’s committee offices. A mobile court has been set up at their detention facility by the People’s Court of the central highlands province. Of …
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