World Sep 07 Typhoon Yagi makes landfall in Vietnam, leaving at least 4 dead and scores injured Yagi, described by Vietnamese meteorological officials as “one of the most powerful typhoons in the region over the past decade,” made its way to the Southeast Asian country after it left three people dead and nearly a hundred others injured…
World Aug 12 How Bangladesh's youth forced out the prime minister who ruled for much of their lives A generation of young people, many of whom cannot remember a time before Sheikh Hasina was Bangladesh’s prime minister, led protests that resulted in her ouster.
World Jun 20 Putin signs deals with Vietnam in effort to bolster ties in Asia to offset Moscow's growing isolation Russian President Vladimir Putin and President To Lam agreed to further cooperate in education, science and technology, oil and gas exploration, clean energy and health.
World Apr 11 Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death in massive fraud case The 67-year-old chair of real estate company Van Thinh Phat was accused of fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3 percent of the country's 2022 GDP.
World Nov 19 Sugar sees global price hike after crops in Asia hit by dry weather tied to El Nino Sugar worldwide is trading at the highest prices since 2011, mainly due to lower global supplies after unusually dry weather damaged harvests in India and Thailand, the world's second- and third-largest exporters.
World Sep 13 At least 56 dead, 37 injured after apartment building fire in Hanoi State media said dozens of people remained trapped in the building until after dawn.
World Aug 21 Scuttled grain deal, extreme weather to blame for rice shortages, higher food prices in Africa Countries worldwide are scrambling to secure rice after a partial ban on exports by India cut global supplies by roughly a fifth.
Health Jan 06 What we know about the COVID-19 data China is — and isn't — sharing As COVID-19 rips through China, other countries and the World Health Organization are calling on its government to share more comprehensive data on the outbreak. Some even say many of the numbers it’s reporting are meaningless. Here's a look at…
World Dec 23 After abrupt reopening, China faces COVID-19 spiral Nearly three years after the coronavirus was first identified in China and an unyielding "zero-COVID" approach, it is now spreading through the country after an abrupt reopening on Dec. 7 caught the nation under-vaccinated and short on hospital capacity. Experts…
World Sep 17 Cheetahs reintroduced to India after going extinct in the country 70 years ago Eight big cats from Namibia made the long trek Saturday in a chartered cargo flight to the northern Indian city of Gwalior, part of an ambitious and hotly contested plan to reintroduce cheetahs to the South Asian country.