The U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday sued Steve Wynn, the former CEO of Wynn Resorts, to compel him to register as an agent of China and accused him of lobbying then-President Donald Trump at Beijing’s behest in 2017. Wynn’s lawyers denied the allegations, saying he had never acted as an …
Read More »Japan’s Q1 GDP shrinks as Ukraine, cost of living cloud outlook
Japan’s economy fell for the first time in two quarters in the first three months of the year as Covid-19 curbs hit the service sector and the Ukraine conflict and surging commodity prices created new headaches for consumers and businesses. The decline presents a challenge to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s …
Read More »N.Korean leader Kim slams officials’ ‘immature’ response amid Covid outbreak
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid -19 outbreak as “immature,” accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported on Wednesday. North Korea reported 232,880 more people with fever symptoms, and six more …
Read More »US appreciates Vietnam PM’s contributions to US-ASEAN summit
The U.S. appreciates Vietnamese PM Pham Minh Chinh’s thorough participation at the U.S.-ASEAN Special Summit in Washington, a senior diplomat said Tuesday. “We were absolutely honored to have Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh representing Vietnam at the summit,” said U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian …
Read More »Couple win gold medals just minutes apart at SEA Games
A married couple from Vietnam each won individual gold in chess at almost the same time on Tuesday as the SEA Games hosts earned 102 gold medals overall. Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son, 32, and his wife Pham Le Thao Nguyen, 34, won the men’s and women’s rapid chess titles in …
Read More »UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ child malnutrition due to price hikes, Ukraine war
The cost of life-saving treatment for the most severely malnourished children is set to jump by up to 16 percent due to Russia’s attack of Ukraine and pandemic disruptions, according to the United Nations’ children’s agency. The raw ingredients of the ready-to-use therapeutic food (RUTF) have leaped in price amid …
Read More »Man attacked US church over ‘hatred of Taiwan’: probe
A man who padlocked a church and opened fire on its Taiwanese-American congregation, killing one person and injuring five others, was motivated by hatred of the island and its people, U.S. investigators said Monday. David Chou jammed the doors shut using chains and superglue as dozens of parishioners enjoyed a …
Read More »HCMC teenager hospitalized with cucumber stuck up rectum
A teenager in Ho Chi Minh City was hospitalized after a cucumber got stuck in his rectum. The unnamed male, 19, put a cucumber up his rectum to “experience foreign sensations”, but accidently let it slip to deep inside. He tried to get it out but failed. He was hospitalized …
Read More »School vice principal disciplined after forcing students to eat trashed food
A vice principal of a high school in the southern province of Ca Mau received a warning after forcing two students to eat food thrown into the trash. Le Trung Dam, vice principal of Phan Ngoc Hien High School, received a warning Monday from the disciplinary committee of the Ca …
Read More »Couple drink car coolant mistaken for beer, coke
A married couple in Hanoi were hospitalized after they mistook two cans of car coolant for beer and coke. A woman holds one of the two cans of car coolant that a couple in Hanoi mistook for beer and coke, May 2022. Photo courtesy of the 108 Military Central Hospital …
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