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U.S. President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 symptoms continue to improve and now include a “less bothersome” sore throat, runny nose, loose cough and body aches, said his doctor, Dr. Kevin O’Connor this Saturday. Biden’s lungs remain clear and his oxygen saturation “remains excellent in room air,” the doctor said. Biden, 79, …

The rapidly spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday. The WHO label – a “public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC)” – is designed to trigger a coordinated international response and could unlock …

Police in the north central province of Nghe An have arrested six members of a dog theft gang on allegations of stealing around 100 dogs every night. Vuong Van Hong, 36, identified as the gang leader, and his five accomplices are being investigated for theft of property, police said Saturday. …

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed to build a parking lot near the domestic terminal of Hanoi’s Noi Bai International Airport to relieve congestion. In a proposal sent to the Ministry of Transport, the CAAV said it wanted a 1.3 hectare plot of land near the T1 …

An 8-year-old boy in southern Vietnam’s Binh Phuoc Province was mauled to death by a pit bull. On Friday afternoon, the boy visited his grandparents’ house in Dong Tien Commune. His grandmother, Le Thi Lien, was lying on her hammock, so the boy went to the backyard by himself. Hearing …

Japan and South Korea are among markets hosting most Vietnamese workers, with the highest income of around $1,400 and $1,800 per month. Currently, more than 600,000 Vietnamese are working on contract in 50 countries and territories, with more than 90 percent in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Japan leads with …

Vietnam will start imposing restrictions on the manufacture and import of vehicles using fossil fuel from 2040, according to a government program on energy transition. The program approved Friday sets out targets for reducing carbon and methane emissions by the transport sector, aiming for a zero-emission industry in 2050. By …

The World Health Organization’s European office on Friday said the heatwave baking Europe has caused over 1,700 deaths on the Iberian peninsula alone, calling for joint action to tackle climate change. “Heat kills. Over the past decades, hundreds of thousands of people have died as a result of extreme heat …

Cases of the viral disease monkeypox in the United States have been identified for the first time in children – a toddler in California and an infant who is not a U.S. resident, health authorities said on Friday. The two cases are unrelated and are likely the result of household …

New Zealanders are dying from Covid-19 at record rates as the country battles a new wave of the Omicron strain that is particularly affecting the older population. Deaths from the virus reached 151 in the seven days to July 16, compared with 115 in the worst week of the previous …