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Lawmakers to convene urgent session on ‘personnel issues’

The National Assembly will convene its second extraordinary session on January 5 to discuss urgent personnel issues, NA General Secretary Bui Van Cuong said. The session, slated to focus on Vietnam’s 2021-2030 national master plan “with a vision towards 2050,” will discuss and issue decisions on several financial and budget …

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UK to release pedophile convict Gary Glitter early

British pop star pedophile Gary Glitter, who used to serve three years in Vietnam for child sexual abuse, will be released from a U.K. prison next year after serving only half his sentence for sexually abusing a young girl. The 78-year-old was jailed for attempted rape, unlawful sexual intercourse with …

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Six more bodies recovered after sinking of Thai warship

Six more bodies recovered after sinking of Thai warship

Six more bodies have been recovered from the sea after a Thai warship went down in the Gulf of Thailand six days ago, the country’s navy said Saturday. The HTMS Sukhothai sank late Sunday roughly 37 kilometers (22 miles) off Thailand’s southeastern coast, with a massive rescue operation managing to …

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Japan prosecutors to indict suspected Abe assassin, Kyodo reports

Japan prosecutors to indict suspected Abe assassin, Kyodo reports

Japanese prosecutors have decided to indict the man suspected of shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Kyodo news agency and other Japanese media reported on Saturday. The decision follows psychiatric examination of the suspect, Tetsuya Yamagami, an unemployed 42-year-old. Abe was killed with a handmade gun during an election …

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US deep freeze leaves hundreds of thousands without power

US deep freeze leaves hundreds of thousands without power

An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancelations. Plummeting temperatures were expected to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record, and energy systems across the …

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