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The restaurant that launched McDonald’s in Russia in 1990, heralding Moscow’s opening after decades of Soviet rule, reopened Sunday with a new name and logo in a potent reminder of the upheaval sparked by the conflict in Ukraine. The US fast-food giant announced on May 16 that it would exit …

She has half a million followers on Instagram, leads a glamorous lifestyle and describes herself as the “little girl” of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra — one of the most influential and controversial figures in modern Thai history. The 35-year-old Paetongtarn Shinawatra, youngest of billionaire tycoon Thaksin’s three children, is now …

Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country’s economic recovery. Despite lifting a Covid-19 freeze on recruiting foreign workers in February, Malaysia has not seen a significant …

North Korea fired a series of artillery shots over the weekend, Seoul’s military said, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to use “power for power” to defend the country’s sovereignty. The South Korean military detected “several flight trajectories” that are understood to be shots from North Korean artillery, Seoul’s …

Vietnam’s minimum wage will go up 6 percent starting July 1, two years after remaining unchanged. The increase was announced in a government’s decree Sunday, marking the first time since 2009 that the minimum wage increase takes effect in the middle of the year instead of the beginning of the …

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators on Sunday proposed steps to curb gun violence following devastating mass shootings in Texas and New York, but the limited measures fall far short of the president’s calls for change. The shootings in May — one at a Texas elementary school that killed 19 …

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the central bank and the Public Security Ministry to protect workers from loan sharks. The request was made after Chinh met with workers at the Convention Center in northern Bac Giang Province. The meeting was broadcast online in 62 provinces, cities and headquarters …

Ta Quang Chien, who worked as bodyguard for President Ho Chi Minh for 12 years, has passed away at the age of 98. His family announced that he died at his home in Hanoi on Saturday. Chien was born Nguyen Huu Van in 1925 in the central province of Thanh …

The World Trade Organization gathers ministers in Geneva Sunday to tackle pressing issues including global food security threatened by Russia’s attacts in Ukraine, overfishing and equitable access to Covid vaccines. With its first ministerial meeting in years, WTO faces pressure to finally eke out long-sought trade deals and show unity …

China will “fight to the very end” to stop Taiwanese independence, the country’s defense minister vowed Sunday, stoking already soaring tensions with the United States over the island. It was the latest salvo in a growing war of words between the superpowers over the self-ruled, democratic island, which Beijing views …