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Lightning kills two Hanoi women

Two women in Hanoi were killed after being struck by lightning Wednesday morning. At around 7 a.m., the women were on a paddy field in a village in Hoai Duc District when a storm hit. A bolt of lightning struck the paddy field, electrocuting the women on the spot. A …

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Hanoi considers new opera house near West Lake

Hanoi plans to build a 13,000-square-meter performing arts center, capable of hosting around 3,500 seats, near the West Lake. The center, designed to float on Dam Tri Lake, is part of the planning for Quang An Peninsula. The Tay Ho District People’s Committee is currently gathering opinions regarding the idea. …

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Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal

Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal

Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk on Tuesday for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world’s richest person to complete the merger at the agreed $54.20 per Twitter share. “Musk apparently believes that he – unlike every other …

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TikTok delays changes to privacy policy over Europe data concerns

TikTok delays changes to privacy policy over Europe data concerns

TikTok suspended changes to its privacy policy for targeted advertising on Tuesday, a day before they took effect, while the lead European Union regulator studies whether they comply with the bloc’s data protection rules. Italy’s data protection authority had sounded an initial alarm, saying that Chinese-owned TikTok had told users …

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Man catches king cobra with bare hands, dies

A man in the southern province of Dong Nai died Tuesday, two days after being bitten by a king cobra that he’d caught with his bare hands. The 57-year-old man, whose name was not revealed, was helping his neighbor catch the snake, which he thought was non-venomous, his family said. …

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Vietnam Coast Guard commanders on trial for taking bribes

Two Coast Guard commanders are standing trial in Hanoi after being charged with accepting VND8.7 billion ($372,000) in bribes from a gasoline smuggling ring. The trial of Major General Le Van Minh, 57, Commander of the Coast Guard Zone 4 and Major General Le Xuan Thanh, 61, Commander of Coast …

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