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England will begin rolling out its fourth coronavirus vaccine shot this week, the National Health Service (NHS) announced Sunday, with millions of the country’s most vulnerable people being offered jabs. The latest booster shot will be made available to care home residents, people aged over 75 and the immunosuppressed. Around …

China on Sunday imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast as it battles its biggest Covid-19 outbreak in two years. The country has largely kept Covid at bay since it brought to heel its initial outbreak in 2020 using targeted lockdowns, mass testing and travel restrictions. …

Foreigners entering the Bac Van Phong economic zone in the central province of Khanh Hoa should be given a 60-day visa exemption, the Ministry of Planning and Investment suggested. A draft proposal prepared by the ministry to offer special administrative mechanisms to Khanh Hoa says the visa exemption policy aiming …

The Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday another 166,205 new local Covid-19 cases, including more than 25,000 detected in previous days. The localities with the highest number of cases on Sunday are Hanoi with 19,065 cases and central Nghe An Province with 9,333 cases. The additional cases added Sunday to …

After years of human intervention, monkeys in Da Nang’s Son Tra Peninsula have grown used to being fed and now refuse to return to the woods. On Thursday afternoon, dozens of people were waiting near Le Van Luong Street of Da Nang’s Son Tra District to feed the monkeys bread, …

South Korean president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol, breaking with decades of tradition, said on Sunday he will move the presidential office from the Blue House to the defense ministry compound, a step estimated to cost $40 million. Yoon, who narrowly won a bitter March 9 election, had pledged to relocate the office …

PM Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the Health Ministry to make preparations for immunizing children from three years old against Covid-19. The Ministry of Health is tasked with “studying” what needs to be done to vaccinate young children, according to a statement issued by the Government Office on Saturday. The …

Thousands of people in several French cities marched Saturday to protest racism and police brutality. In Paris, protesters paraded through the city center behind a banner condemning “state crimes”. Other demonstrators carried “Black Lives Matter” banners. Several people spoke at the rally to tell the stories of members of their …

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Saturday for comprehensive peace talks with Moscow and also urged Switzerland to do more to crack down on Russian oligarchs who he said were helping wage war on his country with their money. British intelligence warned that Russia, frustrated by its failure to achieve …

Tractor-trailers carrying steel coils are a common sight on HCMC’s streets, with many motorbikes riding right next to them. A tractor-trailer on Nguyen Van Linh Street in District 7 on Mar. 13. Many people have warned about the threat this poses to other vehicles. In fact, steel coils falling off …