Boeing said Monday it dropped a request for an exemption from US safety rules for a new 737 MAX aircraft in a shift following a flight emergency earlier this month. The Boeing logo is seen on the side of a Boeing 737 MAX at the Farnborough International Airshow, in Farnborough, …
Read More »X lifts ban on Taylor Swift searches after spread of fake explicit images
Social-media company X lifted the ban on searches for Taylor Swift Monday evening, after blocking users from searching for her following the spread of fake sexually-explicit images of the pop singer on the social media site last week. The search has been reactivated and the social media platform “will continue …
Read More »Workers receive free motorbike repairs for safe Tet trips home
Several businesses and factories in Ho Chi Minh City are offering their workers free motorbike repair services so they can safely return to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday. Truong Hong Duc, a worker at the Thien Loc shoe factory in District 12, on Sunday brought his motorbike …
Read More »King Charles III leaves London hospital after prostate surgery
British head-of-state King Charles III left a private London hospital on Monday three days after undergoing a procedure for an enlarged prostate. The 75-year-old monarch, dressed in a suit and a black overcoat, waved to crowds as he and Queen Camilla emerged from the clinic and climbed into a waiting …
Read More »Egypt pyramid renovation sparks debate
A video showing renovation work at Egypt’s Menkaure pyramid at Giza has triggered social media criticism, with one expert decrying its “absurdity.” Mostafa Waziri, the head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities, has in contrast dubbed it “the project of the century.” In a video posted on Facebook on Friday, …
Read More »Philippine president welcomed with 21-gun salute, guard of honor
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is on a state visit to Vietnam, received a 21-gun salute at the Thang Long Imperial Citadel in Hanoi on Tuesday. He then inspected a guard of honor at the Presidential Palace. Following the ceremony he and President Vo Van Thuong are set to …
Read More »Murderer in hiding runs drug ring for two years
A man in central Ha Tinh Province hid in the forest for two years and operated a drug trafficking ring after killing a person. Nguyen Hong Son, 41, was detained by the police in Ha Tinh on Monday to be investigated for murder and illegally trading narcotics. On May 15, …
Read More »Shark attacks woman swimming in Sydney Harbor
A woman swimmer was seriously injured in a shark attack in Sydney Harbor and had been taken to the hospital in a stable condition, authorities said on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a private wharf in Elizabeth Bay on Monday evening and found a woman, believed to be aged …
Read More »Malaysia ex-finance minister charged amid widening graft crackdown
Malaysia’s former Minister of Finance Daim Zainuddin on Monday pleaded not guilty to failing to disclose assets under anti-corruption law, in one of the highest-profile cases in a crackdown on graft involving prominent figures. Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has vowed to tackle corruption, though critics have accused him of using …
Read More »Hanoi woman loses feelings in limbs after three years on laughing gas
A hospital in Hanoi is treating a 20-year-old woman that was admitted for losing feelings in her legs while her arms were numb after she spent three years inhaling laughing gas. Dr Doan Du Manh, a member of the Vietnam Vascular Disease Association (VNVDA), said on Monday that when the …
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