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Steel coil mishap freezes traffic on HCMC highway

Two steel coils weighing 20 tons snapped off their chains and fell onto National Highway 1 in HCMC’s Binh Chanh District, paralyzing traffic for two hours on Saturday. At around 10 a.m., a container truck carrying the steel coils abruptly braked near a bridge in Binh Chanh. The sudden action …

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Heavy rains in central Vietnam pose flooding risks

Central Vietnam provinces will experience heavy rains that can trigger floods from Saturday to Tuesday. From Friday night to Tuesday next week, central Vietnam regions would see rain levels between 100-300 mm due to cold air and high-altitude winds, the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting said. From next Tuesday, rains …

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North Korea’s Kim reveals daughter at ballistic missile test

North Korea's Kim reveals daughter at ballistic missile test

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un revealed his daughter to the world for the first time on Saturday in striking photos showing the pair hand-in-hand inspecting the launch of the nuclear-armed country’s largest ballistic missile the day before. North Korea test-fired a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on Friday, state …

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Twitter fate in doubt as employees defy Musk ultimatum

Twitter fate in doubt as employees defy Musk ultimatum

The future of Twitter seemed to hang in the balance Friday after its offices were locked down and key employees announced their departures in defiance of an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk. Fears grew that a fresh exodus would threaten the very existence of one of the world’s most …

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Major roundabout could come full circle in HCMC

HCMC is considering reviving a roundabout at the intersection of Nguyen Hue and Le Loi streets in District 1 after construction of a nearby metro station has been completed. The roundabout can be rebuilt for VND500 million ($20,155), the municipal Department of Planning and Architecture has said in a proposal …

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Malaysians vote in tightly contested election

Malaysians vote in tightly contested election

Malaysia’s jailed ex-leader Najib Razak’s graft-tainted party is seeking to cement its grip on power as the country goes to the polls on Saturday, but analysts say the race is too close to call. Najib’s United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) usually dominates politics in the Southeast Asian country, but suffered …

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