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Singaporean PM says recent political scandals will not delay leadership renewal

Singaporean PM says recent political scandals will not...

Singapore, August 21: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday stressed that the leadership renewal is on track and...

Solomon Islands' PM hails Chinese medical ship services

Solomon Islands' PM hails Chinese medical ship services

Honiara [Solomon Islands], August 21: Prime minister of Solomon Islands Manasseh Sogavare visited the Chinese naval hospital ship "Peace Ark"...

Taxis in Japan to stop displaying driver's name, photo

Taxis in Japan to stop displaying driver's name,...

Tokyo [Japan], August 21: Japan's transport ministry has abolished the requirement for taxi drivers to display their name and photograph...

Kiev hits Russia's Kursk in drone attack, targets Moscow in another

Kiev hits Russia's Kursk in drone attack, targets...

Moscow [Russia], August 21: The Russian capital Moscow and the city of Kursk were targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks, officials...

Japan's leader visits Fukushima before cooling water to be released

Japan's leader visits Fukushima before cooling water to...

Tokyo [Japan], August 21: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the remains of the Fukushima power...

Niger's coup leader plans transitional govt for 3 years

Niger's coup leader plans transitional govt for 3...

Niamey [Niger], August 21: Niger's de facto president, AbdourahamaneTchiani, wants to create a transitional government that would remain in power...

Ukraine struggled to receive F-16 fighter jets

Ukraine struggled to receive F-16 fighter jets

Kyiv [Ukraine], August 21: Equipping the Ukrainian Air Force with a new fighter model like the F-16 is not a...

Tensions continue in the Taiwan Strait

Tensions continue in the Taiwan Strait

Taipei [Taiwan], August 21: Taiwan's Defense Ministry said that as of yesterday morning (August 20), 45 Chinese military aircraft and...

Trump was advised to give up hope in the White House

Trump was advised to give up hope in...

Washington [US], August 21: A prominent Republican figure in the US Senate has said that former President Donald Trump should...

Hurricane Hilary hits the US West Coast, Southern California is hit by a 5.1 magnitude earthquake

Hurricane Hilary hits the US West Coast, Southern...

California [US], August 21: In the early morning of August 21 (Vietnam time), a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California...

President Biden's 'one job, two things' move

President Biden's 'one job, two things' move

Washington [US], August 21: The administration of US President Joe Biden has just decided to reopen the migration office in...

Australia spends heavily to buy more than 200 Tomahawk missiles from the US

Australia spends heavily to buy more than 200...

Melbourne [Australia], August 21: Australia will spend 1.3 billion AUD (VND 19,800 billion) to buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise...

Ecuador chooses president amid spike in violence

Ecuador chooses president amid spike in violence

Quito [Ecuador], August 21: People in Ecuador have voted in presidential and congressional elections overshadowed by violence.

Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19 boosters

Biden administration to urge Americans get new COVID-19...

Washington [US], August 21: The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus...

Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to evacuate

Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British...

British Columbia [Canada], August 21: About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia province, where nearly...

California braces for imminent storm Hilary arrival

California braces for imminent storm Hilary arrival

California [US], August 21: The US state of California is bracing itself for tropical storm Hilary, which is already bringing...

US Senate Republican says Trump should drop out of presidential race

US Senate Republican says Trump should drop out...

Washington [US], August 21: A prominent U.S. Senate Republican on Sunday said former President Donald Trump should drop out of...

Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalize 155 settlement outposts in West Bank

Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalize 155 settlement...

Ramallah [Palestine], August 20:Palestine on Saturday condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's plan to legalize 155 Israeli settlement...

Death toll from Hawaii wildfires up to 114 as search for victims continues

Death toll from Hawaii wildfires up to 114...

Los Angeles [US], August 20:The death toll from the Maui wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii reached 114 on...

Over 60,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka

Over 60,000 dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka

Colombo [Sri Lanka], August 20: Dengue cases reported in Sri Lanka for 2023 passed the 60,000 mark on Saturday, the...

Road accidents claim 92 lives in Laos in July

Road accidents claim 92 lives in Laos in...

Vientiane [Laos], August 20: A total of 92 people were killed in road accidents across Laos in July, an increase...

Regional group ECOWAS and Niger in stalemate over military threat

Regional group ECOWAS and Niger in stalemate over...

Niamey [Niger], August 20: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared its readiness for military intervention after...

US, Japan, S Korea expand security ties at historic Camp David summit

US, Japan, S Korea expand security ties at...

Washington [US], August 20: The United States, Japan and South Korea deepened their security cooperation at what was dubbed a...

Russia slaps entry bans on 54 British officials, journalists, lawyers

Russia slaps entry bans on 54 British officials,...

Moscow [Russia], August 20: Moscow slapped bans on 54 British citizens, including government officials, journalists and public relations specialists, citing...

Jailed Egyptian pro-democracy activist gets presidential pardon

Jailed Egyptian pro-democracy activist gets presidential pardon

Cairo [Egypt], August 20:Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi has pardoned several prisoners including prominent pro-democracy campaigner Ahmed Douma, an Egyptian lawmaker...

Venezuelans struggle to find power, water amid shortage

Venezuelans struggle to find power, water amid shortage

Caracas [Venezuela], August 20: Yusmary spends as much as half her weekly wage on water. Isora must go to the...

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2023

Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in...

Port-au-Prince[Haiti], August 20:More than 2,400 people have been killed in Haiti since the start of 2023 amid rampant gang violence,...