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President Joe Biden’s campaign released its first television ad for the 2024 election on Thursday, warning of an “extremist” threat to democracy over images of the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The advertisement, entitled “Cause,” will get its first network showing on Saturday, the third anniversary of …

The Islamic State jihadist group said Thursday that it carried out twin bombings which killed at least 84 people at a memorial ceremony in Iran for slain Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani. The claim from IS came as Iran observed a day of national mourning for those killed in Wednesday’s …

Vietnam strongly condemned the bombing in Kerman city in Southeastern Iran on Jan. 3, which claimed dozens of lives, spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang has said. Hang made the comment on Thursday while answering to a reporter’s query on Vietnam’s response to the bombing. Vietnam …

HCMC will use VND1.1 trillion ($45.1 million) to waive tuition for all middle school students, the municipal education department announced. In a document issued Wednesday, the HCMC Department of Education and Training said middle school students, from 6th to 9th grades, will see their tuition waived, and the city will …

A police officer in Tien Giang Province confessed after being identified as the main suspect in a case in which a woman was found dead in a river. Ngo Minh Thong (R) is escorted to the scene where he committed a murder, Jan. 4, 2023. Photo by police Ngo Minh …

Former deputy minister of industry and trade Hoang Quoc Vuong was detained for investigations into violations at state-monopoly Vietnam Electricity (EVN). Vuong, 61, was arrested Tuesday on allegations of abuse of power, spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security To An Xo said Thursday. Vuong was arrested just one day …

Beijing on Thursday voiced “strong dissatisfaction” that fighting in neighboring Myanmar had caused Chinese casualties and said it would take “all necessary measures” to protect its citizens, following reports an artillery shell had exploded across the border. Armed conflict has raged in Myanmar’s northern Shan state since October, when an …

China on Thursday slammed what it called “provocative” moves by the United States and its ally the Philippines in the South China Sea, as both sides held drills in the waters. Warships from China and the U.S. conducted rival exercises in the sea this week amid heightened tensions involving U.S. …

The gender imbalance at birth remained at a high level last year, with 112 boys born for every 100 girls, while the natural ratio is around 105/100. The information was published in the 2023 report on Population, Labor and Employment, which was released this week by the General Statistics Office of …

The teacher who was locked in by her students in northern Tuyen Quang Province received a warning for “insufficient educational conduct,” while the students were suspended for a week. The disciplinary action was announced by Tuyen Quang authorities on Wednesday, where Hang, a music teacher at the Van Phu Middle …