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The U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol on Monday asked federal prosecutors to charge Donald Trump with obstruction and insurrection for his role in sparking the deadly riot. The Democratic-led select committee’s request to the Justice Department is non-binding, but comes …

Fireworks will light up the sky over 31 Hanoi locations during the upcoming Tet Lunar New Year festival, Vietnam’s largest national holiday. At a meeting with people of Hoan Kiem District Monday, Nguyen Ngoc Tuan, chairman of the Hanoi People’s Council, said a plan had been approved to launch fireworks …

Five victims and one suspect are dead following a shooting at a condominium in Canada’s Vaughan city, just north of Toronto, the York Regional Police department said. Another victim is hospitalized in a serious condition, police said in a statement early on Monday. The police were called to a residential …

Fire engulfed a shop selling electric home appliances in the southern Can Tho City early Monday, killing two children aged eight and 11. The shop caught fire at around 1 a.m. The first erupted quickly followed by several blasts, prompting neighbors to rush over and bang on the door. Pham …

Twitter CEO Elon Musk launched a poll on the social media platform on Sunday asking users whether he should step down as head of the company, adding that he would abide by the poll results. As of 0557 GMT, almost 12 million users had participated in the poll, with 56.3% …

At least 31 Thai Navy sailors were missing on Monday after their vessel sank off the southeastern coast of Thailand, a naval spokesperson said. The HTMS Sukhothai was patrolling the Gulf of Thailand, roughly 20 nautical miles from Bang Saphan pier in southern Prachuap Khiri Khan, when it ran into …

Hanoi’s temperatures dropped to as low as 7 degrees Celsius Monday morning as the winter’s cold permeates northern Vietnam. Northern Vietnam entered its third day of a cold period, the coldest seen this winter, on Monday, when all 25 cities and provinces saw temperatures dropping below 10 degrees. In Hanoi, …

Headhunter Candice knows the Covid-19 infections engulfing Beijing and much of China will soon hit her home of Shenzhen city, but she would rather face it without a vaccine booster, saying she fears potential side effects more than the virus. The 28-year-old took two doses of Sinovac’s CoronaVac last year, …

One of the top honors awarded at the 2022 FIFA World Cup was the Golden Boot which is presented to the top scorer at the tournament. France striker Kylian Mbappe topped the count with eight goals, one more than Argentina’s Lionel Messi, after bagging a hat-trick in the final which …

The yen climbed on Monday on news that the Japanese government is set to revise a joint statement with the Bank of Japan (BOJ) over the latter’s inflation target, potentially paving the way for a tweak in the BOJ’s ultra-loose monetary policy. The yen was last 0.6% stronger at 135.91 …