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Thai businesses are cashing in with cannabis-infused products like toothpaste, tea, soaps and snacks after the government legalised the plant and its extract this year, generating a wave of interest in the drug. “It gives me a deep and comfortable sleep,” said Pakpoom Charoenbunna, 32, who buys a cannabis-infused drink …

South Koreans’ consumer inflation expectations hit their highest in at least 20 years while their confidence in economic prospects hit a near two-year low, a monthly central bank survey showed on Wednesday. In the Bank of Korea’s (BOK) July survey, South Koreans expected inflation to average a median 4.7 percent …

Meta’s future may lie in the metaverse, but when the company reports results on Wednesday, investors will be focused on two more immediate bets: pumping up short-video offering Reels to compete with TikTok and rebuilding its ads system after Apple throttled access to user data. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg believes …

A 10-year-old boy took four of his siblings out of a burning house in HCMC’s Binh Chanh District, then lost his life trying to save his youngest brother. Nguyen Dao Phu Quy and his five younger siblings were inside their house in Vinh Loc A Commune when it caught fire …

European Union ministers were expected Tuesday to approve a plan to jointly reduce their use of gas this winter, to counter Russia’s manipulation of supplies as an economic weapon. Czech industry minister Jozef Sikela, whose country holds the rotating EU presidency, said Russian President Vladimir Putin was behind state-run Gazprom’s …

Eight years since they were removed for being noisy and redundant, loudspeakers are set to return to all Hanoi wards and communes by 2025. The move seeks to better manage public information broadcasting, the city People’s Committee said. The decision follows the efficient use of loudspeakers in the past two …

A four-day break will form part of National Day (Sep. 2) celebrations this year, the labor ministry announced. This year’s final holiday break would last from Sep. 1 (Thursday) to Sep. 4 (Sunday). Those who work overtime or work night shifts during the holiday would get a wage bonus of …

A fire destroyed part of an 8,000-square-meter warehouse owned by a Japanese-Vietnamese logistics firm in the southern Binh Duong Province Tuesday morning. Smoke billows hundreds of meters from a fire at the Nippon Express warehouse in Lien Anh Industrial Park in Binh Duong Province on July 26. Photo by VnExpress/Thai …

Firefighters were battling California’s largest wildfire of the summer on Monday, a blaze near famed Yosemite National Park that has forced thousands of people to evacuate, officials said. The Oak Fire in central California comes as parts of the United States remain in the grip of a sweltering heat wave. …

South Korea is pouring resources into its strategy of deterring any North Korean nuclear attack by preparing for preemptive strikes if necessary, a strategy some experts say may exacerbate their arms race and risks miscalculation during a conflict. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has publicly …