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South Korea on Thursday offered talks with North Korea to discuss a reunion of families separated by the 1950-53 Korean War, in its first direct overture under President Yoon Suk-yeol despite strained cross-border ties. The surprise proposal came days before the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok, when the two Koreas have …

The suspect sought by Canadian authorities in a weekend stabbing spree that killed 10 people in and around an indigenous reserve in Saskatchewan died on Wednesday, apparently of self-inflicted injuries, shortly after his arrest, Canada’s Global News agency reported. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said earlier that Myles Sanderson, …

The United States accused Moscow of committing a war crime on Wednesday by forcibly deporting Ukrainians to Russia and said it has information that Russian officials are overseeing so-called filtration operations. “These operations aim to identify individuals Russia deems insufficiently compliant or compatible to its control,” U.S. Ambassador to the …

A man of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia has spent the last three years rescuing Vietnamese tricked into exploitation to his country. Three years ago Chea Sok of the Khmer-Vietnamese Association in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk Province was contacted by two women from Vietnam’s Central Highlands who pleaded with him to rescue …

Localities in northern Vietnam will experience heavy rainfall and strong winds from Wednesday night to Sep. 14, meteorologists say. According to the National Hydro-meteorological Forecasting Center, the impacts of an inter-tropical convergence zone in combination with eastern winds will end a string of dry days in the north. The coastal …

A total of 33 people have died in the fire that broke out Tuesday evening at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province, authorities confirmed Wednesday night. Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of the Binh Duong Police Department, said that the victims comprised 17 men and 16 women. Among …

Thirty three people have been found dead at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province where a fire broke out Tuesday evening. Colonel Tran Van Chinh, Deputy Director of Binh Duong Police Department, said at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening that the victims comprise 17 men and 16 women. Among them, …

Nine more bodies have been found in a bathroom at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province, taking the death toll of Tuesday’s blaze to 32 so far. The victims include 17 males and 15 females. Their bodies have been transported to Thuan An General Hospital. At around 4 p.m., …

Nine more bodies have been found in a bathroom at a karaoke parlor in Binh Duong Province, taking the death toll of Tuesday’s blaze to 23 so far. Firemen found the nine bodies in bathroom on the third floor of the An Phu karaoke parlor on Trang Quang Dieu Street …

A karaoke parlor caught fire Tuesday night in Binh Duong, the southern province bordering HCMC, killing 23 people. Others were injured while escaping the fire while several people were rescued, the province’s chairman Vo Van Minh confirmed Wednesday. Smoke is seen at a karaoke parlor that caught fire in Binh …