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The eye of Storm Noru was nearly 200 km from Vietnam’s central coast at 5 p.m., but it already collapsed several houses. Live bão Noru Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated 16h10 In Thua Thien-Hue Strong winds and rough seas are observed in Thua Thien-Hue. High …

Nguyen Quang Linh, assistant to Vietnam’s Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, and To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, have been dismissed from all Party positions. The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in charge of personnel affairs at the Party, announced the decision at a meeting …

With flowers, prayers and a 19-gun salute, Japan honored slain former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday at the first state funeral for a former premier in 55 years. The ceremony started at 2:00 p.m. (0500 GMT), with Abe’s ashes carried into the Nippon Budokan Hall in central Tokyo by …

Areas from Da Nang to Quang Ngai Province, forecast to be the hardest hit by Storm Noru, received heavy downpours and strong winds from Tuesday afternoon. Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated 16h00 Heavy downpours in Da Nang Torrential rains poured in Da Nang from 1 …

Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the national election commission said on Monday. More than 3.9 million voters voted to ratify the code (66.9%), while 1.95 million opposed ratification (33%), Alina Balseiro Gutierrez, president of …

Da Nang, Quang Nam and Quang Ngai Provinces have ordered residents not to go out on Tuesday night as Storm Noru is approaching with 183 kph winds. Featured Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT+7) Oldest Latest Has news updated 15h00 Staying in People in Ly Son Island of Quang Ngai Province are …

Five more airports in the central region and the Central Highlands will suspend operations as storm Noru draws near, after five others were closed earlier. In the Central Highlands, Buon Ma Thuot Airport in Dak Lak Province will be closed from Tuesday to Wednesday noon while Lien Khuong Airport in …

NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully slammed into a distant asteroid at hypersonic speed on Monday in the world’s first test of a planetary defense system, designed to prevent a potential doomsday meteorite collision with Earth. Humanity’s first attempt to alter the motion of an asteroid or any celestial body played out …

China’s yuan finished domestic trading session at a new 28-month low against the dollar on Monday, near its downside trading limit, despite the central bank taking steps to rein in the currency’s weakness. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said it would raise the foreign exchange risk reserves for financial …

A gunman with a swastika on his teeshirt killed 15 people, including 11 children, and wounded 24 at a school in Russia on Monday before committing suicide, investigators said. The attacker, a man in his early thirties who was named by authorities as Artem Kazantsev, killed two security guards and …