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Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the country’s addicts. The licensing deal comes after a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands, …

China will likely set one of the country’s lowest growth goals in decades at the annual National People’s Congress next week, experts told AFP, hit by long-running property woes, a sluggish global economy and geopolitical tensions. Thousands of party delegates from across China will converge on Beijing for a rubber …

HCMC wants to use ChatGPT in public administration to improve services and efficiency, the Department of Information and Communications said . The department said Wednesday that authorities want to use the AI language model for things like replying to citizens’ queries and supporting officials by creating AI assistance systems and …

In a brazen act last week a dog thief entered a house in the central Binh Dinh Province, grabbed a dog right before its owner’s eyes and fled. A security camera at the house in Phu Cat District shows that at 6:30 a.m. on Feb. 26 two suspicious looking men …

TikTok is closing in on streaming giant Netflix when it comes to the amount of time US adults spend on the platforms, according to a report released Thursday by Insider Intelligence. TikTok use eclipsed that of YouTube two years ago and has continued to grow faster than the Google-owned video …

The United States is hosting war planning exercises in Germany for Ukrainian military officers to help them think through upcoming battlefield decisions, officials said on Thursday, ahead of the next phase of the year-old conflict with Russia. The multi-day, table top exercises have been carried out at a war-gaming facility …

Leaders of Laos, China, Cambodia and Cuba have extended their congratulations to Vo Van Thuong on his election as Vietnam’s president. In his letter of congratulations, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith stressed that the election of Thuong as Vietnam’s president on Thursday reflects the confidence of the Communist Party, the State …

A Vietnam-based website that provides illicit access to live channels has been shut down by the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) for piracy. USTVGO, a website based in Hanoi, has been shut down after providing illegal access to over 100 live channels, including several sports channels, according to a …

Kilometer-long lines spilled out of Hanoi and HCMC registrations centers Wednesday due to hundreds of arrests for bribery that have led to reduced staffs operating at half capacity. Some drivers at the front of the line had been waiting in their idling vehicles overnight. A line of cars over one …

The United States and its European allies sparred with Russia over the war in Ukraine at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in New Delhi on Thursday, with the rival sides each accusing the other of destabilising the world. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei …