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Irish police said Wednesday they have opened an investigation into human trafficking after 14 migrants, including two children, were found inside a refrigerated shipping container in the southeastern port of Rosslare. U.K. authorities had tipped off Irish colleagues in advance after one migrant raised the alarm before the vessel reached …

The HCMC Traffic Infrastructure Management Center is proposing a ban on trucks on the three roads leading to Tan Son Nhat Airport during certain hours of the day. They should be banned on Truong Son, Hong Ha and Bach Dang streets from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. with effect from …

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Wednesday approved exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track the price of bitcoin in a game-changer for the cryptocurrency industry which has been trying for more than a decade to launch such a product. Multiple asset managers have applied for bitcoin ETFs since 2013, …

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie ended his flailing bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday, after failing to garner support for a campaign centered on criticism of the policies and character of frontrunner Donald Trump. Christie dropped out just days before the first Republican nominating contest in …

A HCMC court has sentenced a man to life imprisonment for impersonating a police officer to swindle 20 people out of VND38 billion (US$1.55 million) Nguyen Ngoc Thien, 43, was found guilty of “fraudulent appropriation of assets,” the court announced Tuesday. He had posed as a deputy inspector at the …

About 100 doctors at Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi performed two major organ transplant surgeries in 24 hours straight, using two brain-dead donors to save eight patients. The donors, both men, aged 25 and 32, were residents of the northern provinces of Thai Nguyen and Phu Tho. They had suffered …

Intel said on Tuesday it will launch automotive versions of its newest AI-enabled chips, taking on Qualcomm and Nvidia in the market for semiconductors that can power the brains of future cars. Intel also said it will acquire Silicon Mobility, a French startup that designs system-on-a-chip technology and software for …

The CEO of an Indian AI startup has been arrested on suspicion that she murdered her four-year-old son after his body was found in her luggage, police said on Tuesday. Suchana Seth, who heads The Mindful AI Lab in India’s tech hub of Bengaluru, was detained in the Chitradurga district …

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday vowed to relax tax rules on multiple homeowners and ease rules governing the reconstruction of apartment buildings in a bid to curb housing costs and boost supplies. His comments come three months ahead of general elections in April. Despite a recent property …

Passengers on a bus in the northern Thai Binh Province broke the windows to escape after the vehicle nearly fell into a river on Wednesday. The bus was running on National Highway 10 in Vu Thu District at around 6:30 a.m. when it hit a tanker truck and a car, …