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A man in Hanoi had one of his legs slashed clean off by a mysterious man in broad daylight Friday. The unnamed victim was walking along a street in Thuong Tin District’s Hong Van Commune at around 5 p.m. when another man, covered from head to toe, came up from …

Mexico’s navy on Friday captured drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, convicted of murdering a U.S. anti-narcotics agent in 1985, in a law enforcement coup that came at a heavy cost when a helicopter used in the mission crashed, killing 14 military personnel. Marines flushed out Caro Quintero with a bloodhound …

A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near the Spratly Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, its second such “freedom of navigation” operation in a week in the South China Sea. On Wednesday, China’s military said it had “driven away” the same ship, the USS Benfold, when it sailed near the …

Public hospitals are blaming complicated procedures for their failure to procure medicines and medical supplies, but patients and their relatives are the ones suffering greater pain and even early death. Pham Hue Tom’s father died of cancer a few weeks ago. Despite the terminal nature of his condition, she believes …

Two Coast Guard commanders have been sentenced to 15 and 12 years in prison for taking bribes from a gasoline smuggling ring. On Friday Major General Le Van Minh, 57, chief of Zone 4, got 15 years while Major General Le Xuan Thanh, 61, head of Zone 3, got 12 …

The government has instructed the Ministry of Health to make plans to vaccinate infants aged six months and above against Covid-19 starting next year. The order came Friday as the government continued to push for greater vaccination coverage amid low demand for booster shots in various localities. Cities and provinces …

Japan will forgo setting a ceiling on defense spending in next fiscal year’s annual budget, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Saturday, highlighting Tokyo’s interest in boosting defense at a time of tension with its powerful neighbor China. The government usually sets a ceiling on spending requests submitted by ministries in …

President Joe Biden said on Friday he would act on his own to cut climate emissions and urged his fellow Democrats to pass the few elements of their sweeping domestic policy package they can agree on after talks in the Senate collapsed once again. Biden said he would take unspecified …

Elon Musk filed a motion on Friday opposing Twitter Inc’s request to fast-track a trial over his plan to terminate his $44 billion deal for the social media firm. Musk’s lawyers, in papers filed with the Delaware Chancery Court, said Twitter’s “unjustifiable request” to rush the merger case to trial …

The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed legislation to safeguard the right to travel across state lines to seek an abortion after several states banned the procedure in the wake of last month’s Supreme Court ruling. The Democratic-controlled House voted 223 to 205, largely along party lines, to prevent …