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A 26-year-old man in Vietnam’s southern Ben Tre Province was arrested on Tuesday for raping and murdering a 13-year-old girl. Vo Hoang Khang is under investigation for “murdering,” “raping someone under 16,” and “robbery.” According to police, a cash-strapped Khang had planned to rob his brother’s 13-year-old classmate, whom he …

Shanghai’s lengthy Covid-19 lockdown pushed a quarter of US firms in the city to cut investment plans and nearly all to drop revenue forecasts, a business group said Wednesday. The downbeat findings of the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Shanghai survey were the latest sign of the impact of virus …

After months of anxious wait for some parents, a panel of experts convened by the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Wednesday to weigh recommending Covid vaccines for the nation’s youngest children. Children under five are the only age group not yet eligible for Covid immunization in the United …

A section of a street near the To Lich River in Hanoi has subsided due to the construction of a sewer. At around 2 p.m. Tuesday a 23-meter stretch of Vu Tong Phan Street in Thanh Xuan District sunk by around a meter. Cracks appeared on the sidewalk nearby. Nguyen …

Netflix Inc’s most-watched series is no longer just a fictitious television show after the streaming service greenlit “its biggest reality competition ever” called “Squid Game: The Challenge.” Unlike the series where the stakes are life or death, the worst possible fate in this 456 player competition will be leaving without …

Disney’s latest animation “Lightyear,” which features a same-sex kiss, has been denied release in more than a dozen mainly Muslim countries, a source close to the company told AFP on Tuesday. Countries across Asia and the Middle East have refused to give Pixar’s “Toy Story” spinoff a showing, in the …

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority plans to increase its resources to understand and monitor cryptocurrencies as more of the Wall Street watchdog’s members trade digital assets, Chief Executive Officer Robert Cook said on Tuesday. “We are already having to be engaged in the space and we think that as a …

Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards, according to a report from the University of …

A week-long strike by truck drivers in South Korea has disrupted shipments to China of a key cleaning agent used by makers of semiconductor chips, the Korean International Trade Association (KITA) said on Tuesday. It was the first sign that the strike was affecting the global supply chain of chip …

Four people were killed and 13 others injured when a sleeper bus collided with a motorbike and flipped in northern Ninh Binh Province on Monday night. Nguyen Ngoc Sang, 38, drove the Hanoi-bound bus with 30 passengers. At around 11:50 p.m., at an intersection in the provincial capital, also named …