Labour leader Chris Hipkins was sworn in as New Zealand’s prime minister in a formal ceremony on Wednesday, following the resignation of outgoing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week. The Labour party elected former Covid-19 Response and Police minister Hipkins, 44, to lead the party and the country on Sunday. …
Read More »Downtown area gets facelift as construction barriers for HCMC’s first metro removed
After eight years, the downtown area of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) has a new look thanks to the removal of the construction site for an underground metro station in front of Ben Thanh Market. Nguyen, 55, the owner of a souvenir shop on Le Loi Street, fixed up his …
Read More »128 die in traffic accidents in Tet
On three days of the Lunar New Year holiday from Saturday to Monday there were almost 11,500 road accidents that claimed 128 lives. The Department of Medical Examination and Treatment said during the three days, the number of patients hospitalized after accidents increased slightly from last year but the number …
Read More »Seven shot dead at two farms in Half Moon Bay, California
Seven people were killed in a mass shooting at two locations in the coastal northern California city of Half Moon Bay on Monday, and the suspect was later taken into custody after driving to a police parking lot, officials said. Half Moon Bay is about 30 miles (50 km) south …
Read More »Foreign minister details six priorities of diplomatic sector in 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has highlighted the six priorities the diplomatic sector will focus on in 2023, during a recent interview granted to the press. He pointed out that complex and unpredictable developments in the world economy in 2023 will pose more latent difficulties and challenges than …
Read More »California shooting suspect was a regular at Monterey Park dance studio
The 72-year-old suspected gunman in Saturday night’s mass shooting at a Los Angeles-area dance studio had been a regular there, giving informal lessons and even meeting his ex-wife at the venue, according to friends and media reports. Authorities say Huu Can Tran opened fire during a celebration of the Lunar …
Read More »Two dead in another US shooting, this time in Iowa
Two people died and a third was seriously wounded Monday in a shooting at a youth outreach center in Des Moines, Iowa, police said. Police responded to a report of a shooting at Starts Right Here, which runs a program for at-risk youths, and found three people wounded, two of …
Read More »Death toll from California massacre rises to 11 as police look for motive
An 11th victim died on Monday from injuries suffered in a weekend shooting rampage at a Los Angeles-area dance hall, as investigators searched for a motive behind one of California’s bloodiest outbursts of mass gun violence. Police identified Huu Can Tran, 72 as the lone suspect in a massacre that …
Read More »Biden nominates North Korea human rights envoy, first since 2017
The White House on Tuesday nominated a special envoy for human rights in North Korea, moving to fill a post that has been empty since 2017 amid debate over how rights issues fit with efforts to counter Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program. President Joe Biden nominated Julie Turner, a long-time diplomat …
Read More »Zelenskiy flags shake-up after corruption allegations
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that changes would be announced imminently in the government, the regions and in the security forces following allegations of corruption nearly a year into Russia’s invasion. Zelenskiy, elected by a landslide in 2019 on pledges to change the way government operated, did not …
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