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Rescuers in remote villages of northwest China dug through the rubble of collapsed homes on Tuesday after China’s deadliest earthquake in years killed at least 118 people and injured hundreds more. Officials in impoverished Gansu province said the shallow tremor just before midnight had caused the deaths of at least …

Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health has announced that its Health Insurance for Non-Thai People (Hint) system will debut on Jan. 1, 2024, allowing stateless and non-Thai people to get access to healthcare coverage. Dr Surachoke Tangwiwat, the ministry’s acting deputy permanent secretary, said the Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew has …

10 people riding Harley motorbikes into a car-exclusive lane on Binh Loi Bridge in HCMC’s Binh Thanh District were fined VND5 million ($205) and had their licenses revoked. Each rider was fined VND500,000 each and had licenses suspended for two months by traffic police officers of Hang Xanh on Monday. …

Police in the central Quang Ngai Province arrested a man on Monday for confronting a 14-year-old boy outside his school and assaulting him so badly he needed hospitalization. Phan Thuong My, 44, faces charges of “intentionally causing injuries.” According to the police, My’s son, a ninth grader, lost a calculator …

A four-kilometer coastal road will be built on Phu Quoc Island to provide visitors with access to public beaches. Kien Giang, the province that is home to the island, the biggest in Vietnam and a top tourist attraction, recently approved the construction of the six-lane road on the western coast. …

After English, the most popular foreign languages learned in Vietnam are French and Japanese, according to a report by the education ministry. Reporting on education reform in the 2013-2023 period, the Ministry of Education and Training said foreign language studies have seen positive developments. English education for kindergarteners has begun …

A sleeping cat hugs a fish in a picture seen from the air, picked out in sprouting rainbow seedlings in a rice field in Thailand to illustrate a traditional proverb about abundance. Farmer Tanyapong Jaikham and a team of workers planted the seedlings at various spots in the field in …

The cold weather sweeping China brought rare snowfall on Monday as far south as the province of Guangdong, while temperatures in the chilly north plunged to near historic lows for the month. In a week of unexpectedly frigid weather, temperatures have fallen to lows below zero in northern areas, disrupting …

At least 111 people were killed when an earthquake collapsed buildings in northwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as rescue workers raced to start digging through rubble. About 100 were killed and scores more injured in Gansu province after the strong, shallow tremor struck, state broadcaster CCTV said, citing the …

At least 86 people were killed in an overnight earthquake in China’s northwest Gansu province, state news agency Xinhua reported on Tuesday. The quake caused significant damage, including collapsed houses, and sent people running into the street for safety, the agency said. Rescue work was underway early Tuesday. The 5.9-magnitude …