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Rescuers in Turkey and Syria braved freezing darkness, aftershocks and collapsing buildings Tuesday, as they dug for survivors buried by a string of earthquakes that killed at least 4,800 people. Disaster agencies said several thousand buildings were flattened in cities across a vast border region — pouring misery on an …

The air quality of Ho Chi Minh City was rated “good” and “excellent” by global measuring tools on Tuesday morning. The air quality index (AQI) in Vietnam’s biggest city stayed at an average level of 33, according to the Switzerland-based air quality monitoring facility, IQAir AirVisual. For the AirVisual’s AQI, …

Two of the four suspects believed to be behind a spate of robberies and telephone fraud cases across Japan were deported from the Philippines on Tuesday. Japanese news outlets and social media have been captivated by the crimes that allegedly involved ringleaders based in the Southeast Asian country. Low-level criminals …

Rescuers in Turkey and Syria dug with their bare hands through the freezing night Tuesday hunting for survivors among the rubble of thousands of buildings felled in a series of violent earthquakes. The confirmed death toll across the two countries has soared above 4,300 after a swarm of strong tremors …

There has not been any information confirming Vietnamese citizens are among those affected by a 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria, the most powerful over the past nearly 100 years. On February 6, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs directed the Vietnamese embassies in Turkey as well as in Iran and …

Tens of thousands of travelers commuted between mainland China and its special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday, authorities said, the first time in three years that all border checkpoints were reopened fully without Covid restrictions. China announced last week that cross border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong …

Armed with a wooden stick, a bucket and a headlamp, Philippine construction worker Johnny Manlugay hunts every night for the eggs of sea turtles on the pristine beaches of the northern province of La Union. The 55-year-old can easily spot nesting sites, having been trained in his youth by his …

A huge earthquake killed more than 3,700 people across a swathe of Turkey and northwest Syria on Monday, with freezing winter weather adding to the plight of the thousands left injured or homeless and hampering efforts to find survivors. The magnitude 7.8 quake brought down whole apartment blocks in Turkish …

Vietnamese authorities have over the past week seized more than 600 kilograms of ivory smuggled from Africa, the government said on Monday. Trade in ivory is illegal in Vietnam but wildlife trafficking remains widespread. Other items often found smuggled into the country include pangolin scales, rhino horns and tiger carcasses. …

Tran Nhat Tan, head of the Ha Tinh Fatherland Front Committee, said the search for soldier Cao Xuan Tuat as described in a notebook possessed by U.S. veteran Peter Mathews came to him like fate. “I felt as if something was spurring me to find the notebook’s owner,” he said. …