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The fatal shooting of former Japanese premier Shinzo Abe from close range at a political rally on Friday has raised questions about protection for high-profile figures in a country where political violence and gun crimes are extremely rare. Dignitaries in Japan often travel with modest security details focused mainly on …

U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take …

British former finance minister Rishi Sunak said on Friday he was running to replace Boris Johnson, three days after helping to launch the cascade of resignations that brought the prime minister down. Johnson announced on Thursday that he would stand down as prime minister after a mass rebellion in his …

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla and the world’s richest person, said on Friday he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter because the social media company had breached multiple provisions of the merger agreement. Twitter’s chairman, Bret Taylor, said on the micro-blogging platform that the …

Beijing’s city government has dropped plans to allow only vaccinated people to enter crowded venues such as libraries, cinemas and gyms from Monday, following a strong online backlash to the measure announced earlier this week. The mandatory requirement would have marked a rare move in China, where the central government …

The ADB will loan HCMC more than $582 million for two drainage projects with total investments of VND16.2 trillion ($684 million) to tackle its urban flooding and pollution problems. One of the projects will renovate the Tham Luong-Ben Cat canal system for VND8.1 trillion, including VND6.7 trillion in preferential loans …

Vietnam sent condolences to Japan after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday. On behalf of the leaders of the Communist Party, State and people of Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent condolences to Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. …

The suspected killer of Japan’s former prime minister Shinzo Abe admitted targeting the politician and said he held a grudge against an organization he believed Abe was connected to. Senior police officers in the western region of Nara, where the shooting occurred, named the suspect as unemployed 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, …

HCMC has agreed to reduce seaport infrastructure fees for imported goods as well as goods transported by inland waterways. The city’s legislators passed a resolution on adjusting the use of infrastructure and public services at seaports in order to encourage inland waterway transportation and help businesses recover. Starting August 1, …

The Politburo issued an official warning Friday to Nguyen Thanh Phong, former chairman of HCMC, for violating Communist Party regulations. A warning was also issued to the Party Committee of the HCMC People’s Committee for the 2016-2021 term. The decision to issue warnings was taken at a Friday afternoon meeting …