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US expels 12 Russian UN staff for ‘espionage activities’

US expels 12 Russian UN staff for 'espionage activities'

The United States said Monday that it was expelling 12 members of Russia’s U.N. mission from America for being “intelligence operatives,” prompting a furious response from Moscow, which denounced what it called a “hostile move.” A spokeswoman for the U.S. mission to the U.N. said those ordered to leave had …

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Ukraine ceasefire talks begin

Ukraine ceasefire talks begin

Ceasefire talks between Russian and Ukrainian officials began on the Belarusian border on Monday as Russia faced deepening economic isolation. Russian forces seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said. But they ran into stiff resistance elsewhere as …

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Vietnam records 94,376 new Covid cases

The Health Ministry confirmed 94,376 new local Covid-19 cases in 61 cities and provinces Monday. The northern province of Quang Ninh added 28,095 cases recorded from previous days to the national database, pushing the ongoing wave’s tally to 3,336,118. The three localities with the highest number of new cases were …

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Vietnam extends Cuban Covid vaccine expiry date

The national drug administration has extended the expiry date of Cuba’s Abdala Covid-19 vaccine from six to nine months under 2-8 degrees Celsius in storage. The Ministry of Health on Monday stated the Drug Administration of Vietnam has decided to extend the vaccine’s expiry date based on the latest data …

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Last two victims of Hoi An deadly boat accident found

The bodies of two three-year-old kids, the last missing victims from a motorboat capsized off Vietnam’s central coast on Saturday, have been found, raising the death toll to 17. A three-year-old boy’s body was found at around 2 p.m. Monday amid rocks of a hotel’s embankment by the sea. Rescuers …

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Toddler 16th victim of Hoi An deadly boat accident

The body of a three-year-old girl was found inside a motorboat capsized off Vietnam’s central coast on Saturday, raising the death toll to 16. Rescuers found her body in a technical box of the motorboat late Sunday night after having already searched the vessel several times prior, said Nguyen Van …

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