Singaporean PM says recent political scandals will not delay leadership renewal
Singapore, August 21: Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday stressed that the leadership renewal is on track and recent scandals involving political figures...
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" here on Sunday, hailing the...
Taxis in Japan to stop displaying driver's name, photo
Tokyo [Japan], August 21: Japan's transport ministry has abolished the requirement for taxi drivers to display their name and photograph in their vehicles, local media...
Kiev hits Russia's Kursk in drone attack, targets Moscow in another
Moscow [Russia], August 21: The Russian capital Moscow and the city of Kursk were targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks, officials said on Sunday, as Kiev's...
Japan's leader visits Fukushima before cooling water to be released
Tokyo [Japan], August 21: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida made a brief visit to the remains of the Fukushima power plant on Sunday ahead of...
Niger's coup leader plans transitional govt for 3 years
Niamey [Niger], August 21: Niger's de facto president, AbdourahamaneTchiani, wants to create a transitional government that would remain in power for "no longer than three...
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 simple matter, not to mention...
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 9 warships had been detected...
Trump was advised to give up hope in the White House
Washington [US], August 21: A prominent Republican figure in the US Senate has said that former President Donald Trump should give up hope of winning...
Hurricane Hilary hits the US West Coast, Southern California is hit by...
California [US], August 21: In the early morning of August 21 (Vietnam time), a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck Southern California (USA), north of Los Angeles,...
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 Havana (Cuba). Five years ago,...
Australia spends heavily to buy more than 200 Tomahawk missiles from the...
Melbourne [Australia], August 21: Australia will spend 1.3 billion AUD (VND 19,800 billion) to buy more than 200 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the US aimed...
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
Washington [US], August 21: The Biden administration plans to urge all Americans to get a booster shot for the coronavirus this autumn to counter a...
Canada wildfires: At least 30,000 households in British Columbia told to evacuate
British Columbia [Canada], August 21: About 30,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Canada's British Columbia province, where nearly 400 wildfires are raging.
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 fierce winds and flooding to...
US Senate Republican says Trump should drop out of presidential race
Washington [US], August 21: A prominent U.S. Senate Republican on Sunday said former President Donald Trump should drop out of the 2024 Republican White House...
Palestine rejects Israeli plan to legalize 155 settlement outposts in West Bank
Ramallah [Palestine], August 20:Palestine on Saturday condemned and rejected Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich's plan to legalize 155 Israeli settlement outposts in the West Bank.
Death toll from Hawaii wildfires up to 114 as search for victims...
Los Angeles [US], August 20:The death toll from the Maui wildfires in the U.S. state of Hawaii reached 114 on Friday while more than 60...
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 data released by the Epidemiology...
Road accidents claim 92 lives in Laos in July
Vientiane [Laos], August 20: A total of 92 people were killed in road accidents across Laos in July, an increase from the previous month's figure...
Regional group ECOWAS and Niger in stalemate over military threat
Niamey [Niger], August 20: The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has declared its readiness for military intervention after the coup in Niger, having...
US, Japan, S Korea expand security ties at historic Camp David summit
Washington [US], August 20: The United States, Japan and South Korea deepened their security cooperation at what was dubbed a "historic summit" by the White...
Russia slaps entry bans on 54 British officials, journalists, lawyers
Moscow [Russia], August 20: Moscow slapped bans on 54 British citizens, including government officials, journalists and public relations specialists, citing London's "anti-Russian course," in a...
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 said on Saturday.
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 black market to get gas...
Over 2,400 killed in Haiti gang violence in 2023
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, including hundreds killed in lynchings...