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Monkeypox presents moderate risk to public health, WHO says

Monkeypox presents moderate risk to public health, WHO says

The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkeypox constitutes a “moderate risk” to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found. “The public health risk could become high if this virus exploits the opportunity to establish itself as …

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Tough going for Vietnamese workers in Japan as trainees

Vietnamese workers going to Japan as trainees receive minimum wages and cannot change jobs. Despite graduating with honors in pedagogy from the University of Da Nang, 34-year-old Phan Van Huy from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak could not find work in Vietnam. Huy decided to work abroad after …

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Provide post-Covid support: farmers request PM

Farmers asked questions about usury, land speculation, transport infrastructure and support for their livelihoods in a Sunday morning conversation with PM Pham Minh Chinh. For his part, PM Chinh emphasized the importance of developing an autonomous economy and urged ministries and related agencies to work closely together to effectively solve …

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Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board: officials

Nepal plane missing with 22 people on board: officials

A plane operated by a private airline in Nepal went missing on Sunday with 22 people on board, airline and government officials told Reuters. The small plane was flying from the tourist town of Pokhara, some 200 km northwest of the capital, Kathmandu, to Jomsom, about 80 km to the …

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Four arrested in central Vietnam for tiger trade

A couple from central Thanh Hoa Province and two others from central Nghe An Province have been arrested for trading a tiger carcass and making bone glue. Police busted the tiger trading ring on May 28 and are now preparing to take Do Van Lan, 48 and his wife Nguyen …

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Couple buy tiger to make bone glue

Police have arrested a couple from the central province of Thanh Hoa after they paid VND130 million ($5,604) for a tiger to cook bone glue. The tiger was bought from another central Vietnam province, Nghe An. Police busted the tiger trading ring on May 28 and are now preparing to …

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Cost-of-living crisis forces more Brits to foodbanks

Cost-of-living crisis forces more Brits to foodbanks

On an overcast morning in Bradford, northern England, a steady stream of locals arrive at a foodbank to collect produce parcels described as “a lifesaver” during the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Bradford Central Foodbank is helping twice as many people compared to pre-pandemic, as spiralling prices for energy, …

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Chevron California refinery workers ratify contract; ending strike

Chevron California refinery workers ratify contract; ending strike

Striking union workers at Chevron Corp’s Richmond, California, refinery voted on Saturday to ratify the latest contract offered by the company, ending a 10-week strike without achieving their goal of additional pay to counter rising health care costs, said sources familiar with the vote. About 500 workers represented by United …

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Heavy rains in Brazil’s northeast kill at least 35

Heavy rains in Brazil's northeast kill at least 35

At least 35 people died amid heavy rainfall in northeastern Brazil on Friday and Saturday, as downpours lashed two major cities on the Atlantic coast, in what is the South American nation’s fourth major flooding event in five months. In the state of Pernambuco, at least 33 people had died …

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60 caught using drugs in HCMC bar

Police tested 63 people positive for drugs when raiding a dance club in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Phu District on Friday. Customers look away as police raid the Paradise bar in HCMC’s Tan Phu District, May 27, 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Nhat Vy As hundreds of people were dancing at …

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