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A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its roughly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme landed in Mumbai early Tuesday, flight tracking data showed. The Airbus A340 initially had been bound for Nicaragua when it was detained last Thursday at …

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has approved the extension of reduced tariffs on rice and other food items until the end-2024 to keep prices stable amid a threat of dry weather in the coming months, his office said on Tuesday. The modified rates first approved in 2021 had already been …

The chairman of An Giang Province has been arrested for a major sand-mining scandal that occurred on his watch and faces the charge of “abuse of power in performance of official duties.” Nguyen Thanh Binh, chairman of An Giang People’s Committee. Photo by An Giang People’s Committee The Ministry of …

Chairman of An Giang Province in the Mekong Delta has been arrested for using his power to help a north-south expressway contractor to commit the biggest sand-mining scandal in the country. Nguyen Thanh Binh, chairman of An Giang People’s Committee. Photo by An Giang People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Binh was …

Ice and frost appeared on Vietnam’s highest peak Fansipan, also known as the Roof of Indochina, from 8 p.m. Monday as temperatures dropped to minus degrees Celsius. A layer of frost covered the surface of wooden floors where the Fansipan symbol was located on top of the 3,147-meter mountain. The …

Major Japanese auto manufacturers will invest 150 billion baht ($4.34 billion) in Thailand over the next five years, a Thai government spokesperson said on Monday, supporting the Southeast Asian country’s transition to making electric vehicles. Toyota Motor and Honda Motor will invest about 50 billion baht each, while Isuzu Motors …

A man in southern Binh Duong Province has been arrested after extorting money worth thousands of dollars from human trafficking victims in Cambodia that he promised to “rescue.” Son Pha La, 30, was arrested on Sunday to be investigated for extortion. Pha knew that there were many families who wanted …

Major Japanese auto manufacturers will invest 150 billion baht ($4.34 billion) in Thailand over the next five years, a Thai government spokesperson said on Monday, supporting the Southeast Asian country’s transition to making electric vehicles. Toyota Motor and Honda Motor will invest about 50 billion baht each, while Isuzu Motors …

Chinese state media accused the Philippines on Monday of repeatedly infringing on China’s territory in the South China Sea, spreading false information and colluding with extraterritorial forces to cause trouble. The Philippines has relied on U.S. support to continually provoke China, with such “extremely dangerous” behaviour seriously harming regional peace …

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda said on Monday the likelihood of achieving the central bank’s inflation target was “gradually rising” and it would consider changing policy if prospects of sustainably achieving the 2% target increase “sufficiently”. While companies are becoming more open to raising wages and prices, the key …