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The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation banning assault-style rifles that have been used in mass shootings, sending it to the Senate where it faces likely defeat. By a mostly partisan vote of 217-213, Democrats won passage of the measure amid public anger over mass murders in which …

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Cambodia for a U.S.-ASEAN minister’s meeting next week during which he will address Covid pandemic, climate change, Myanmar and the war in Ukraine, the State Department said on Friday. After three meetings relating to the regional bloc in Phnom Penh on …

People supposedly infected with monkeypox will have to quarantine at health centers or hospitals until their symptoms disappear, the Ministry of Health said. The guideline on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of monkeypox was issued Friday, a week after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the disease a global medical …

The parents of a 7-year-old girl in southern Vietnam’s Binh Phuoc Province are being investigated for repeatedly beating up their daughter. Tran Thanh Tu, stepfather of the girl, was detained for three months Friday, pending investigations into the girl’s abuse. His wife, Lau Y Lau, is also being investigated on …

Covid-vaccine maker AstraZeneca said Friday that profits fell sharply in the first half on ballooning costs linked to its takeover of U.S. biotech firm Alexion. The pharmaceutical group added that sales of its Covid-19 vaccine Vaxzevria slumped 49 percent in the second quarter. Net profit slumped 64 percent to $746 …

The government has approved a plan for Ho Chi Minh City to get 27.85 hectares of military land to expand the Tan Son Nhat International Airport. According to a resolution signed Thursday by Deputy Defense Minister Le Van Thanh, the ministry will hand over 16.05 hectares of land in Tan …

U.S.-based energy utility AES Corp (AES.N) plans to develop a major offshore wind farm in Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country said on Friday, that could potentially double the country’s wind power capacity. The wind farm, estimated to cost $13 billion and with a combined capacity of 4,000 megawatts (MW), would …

Southeast Asia-focused cryptocurrency exchange Zipmex said it had filed for bankruptcy protection in Singapore, becoming the latest victim of the global downturn in digital currencies. Singapore-based Zipmex resumed withdrawals last week, a day after suspending them on July 20, and said it was working to address its exposure of $53 …

Japan is encouraging regional authorities to take their own counter-measures against the spread of a new coronavirus variant, but no plan for national measures. A seventh wave of Covid-19 pushed the daily tally of new cases in Japan to a record 233,094 on Thursday as the BA.5 variant of virus …

The parking company at HCMC’s Tan Son Nhat Airport has banned ride-hailing cars from the third to sixth floors to improve traffic management. The TCP JSC, which handles parking at the airport, announced Thursday that the ride-hailing cars will have to park at lower floors. The ban on parking at …