World

Philippine search and rescue teams pulled bodies from water and thick mud on Friday, bringing to 42 the death toll from flooding and landslides triggered by a storm, with dozens more feared buried. Eleven bodies were retrieved in the southern province of Maguindanao, which was hit hard by approaching tropical …

Hanoi has recorded 12 dengue fever deaths this year with over 1,000 new infections per week recently. The Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC) said the number of dengue fever cases has been rising rapidly in the capital this month. Infections were recorded in all districts, and over 1,000 new …

Mekong Delta capital Can Tho will build a two-kilometer embankment along the Tra Noc River to protect riverine families. Costing VND270 billion ($10.87 million), including more than VND100 billion from the central budget and the rest from the city’s budget, the project will be carried out by the municipal Irrigation …

Global police agency Interpol said it was preparing for the risk that online immersive environments – the “metaverse” – could create new kinds of cybercrime on a larger scale. Interpol’s member countries have raised concerns about how to prepare for possible metaverse crime, Madan Oberoi, Interpol’s executive director for technology …

Fresh vegetables and fish are falling off the menu. Packaged pizzas and processed meat are the dishes of the day. Many British households are turning away from healthier foods as rampant inflation pushes them towards cheaper processed meals, according to consumer data and experts who are worried about the nation …

Three people were killed in a fire at a convenience store in the Mekong Delta’s Dong Thap Province Friday morning. At around 12:30 a.m., flames began to engulf the Bay Tien convenience store in An Khanh Commune, owned by 33-year-old Bui Thi Yen Suong. There were six people inside the …

Police have arrested 29 people involved in a shooting that killed two people and severely injured four others in Phu Quoc Island on Thursday. The incident started from a land dispute between local men and two men from Ca Mau Province that border Kien Giang Province, home to Phu Quoc, …

The Coast Guard and border guards have caught three fishing vessels trying to smuggle in 177,000 liters of diesel in southern Vietnam. A patrol boat belonging to the Coast Guard Regional Command No.4, which monitors Vietnam’s southwestern waters, spotted a suspicious-looking vessel off Phu Quoc Island late Wednesday night. It …

Over $200 billion in U.S. stock value went up in smoke in extended trade Thursday, after a weak forecast from Amazon added to downbeat quarterly reports from Big Tech companies. Amazon’s stock tumbled 17% after the bell, wiping out $190 billion in market capitalization after the retail and technology heavyweight …

U.S. tech giants Amazon.com, Microsoft and Intel said this week that customers were taking an axe to cloud and datacenter spending. Cloud services for years has been one of the largest and most dependable sources of growth for some of the biggest tech companies, including during the pandemic as people …