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FIFA Chief Sets VAR Ruling For Next Month

FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Thursday said football’s governing body will decide next month whether to...

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Vietnam’s Dissident Footballers Take Aim At Politics

A group of old pals trot onto the pitch for what looks like an ordinary football match in Vietnam. But it is actually a...

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America’s Warrior-Senator McCain Returns To Senate — For Now

The scar above John McCain's eye and purplish bruise on his face stood as evidence that all was not normal in the US...

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Vietnam Says Four Fishermen Wounded By Indonesian Navy

Four Vietnamese fisherman were shot and wounded by Indonesia's navy over the weekend, authorities said on Monday, the...

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‘Saigon’ Brings Exiles’ Loss and Longing To the Stage

A hugely moving debut drama about exile set in a Vietnamese restaurant has become a surprise hit at the world's biggest...

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McCain After Cancer Diagnosis

John McCain, the Republican maverick and conservative force in the US Senate, promised Thursday he would "be back soon"...

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US Senator McCain Diagnosed With Brain Cancer

Veteran US Senator John McCain, a former prisoner of war and the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, has been...

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Vietnam To Rescue 1,000 Bears In Bid To End Bile Trade

Vietnam agreed Wednesday to rescue more than 1,000 bears from illegal farms across the country, in a move to end the...

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Three Tonnes of Ivory Seized In Vietnam

Vietnamese authorities have seized nearly three tonnes of ivory hidden among boxes of fruit, officials said Sunday, the...

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Philippines’ Duterte Vows To Eat Militants After Beheadings

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to eat alive the Islamist militants behind the abduction and...

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Hanoi Plans To Ban Motorbikes By 2030 To Combat Pollution

Hanoi – a city of five million motorbikes – is planning on banning the popular two-wheeled transport by 2030. The...

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Reflections On Ghana’s Republic Day

Ghana achieved republican status on July 1, 1960, and that marked an event of profound historical and political...

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Vietnam’s Capital To Ban Motorbikes By 2030

Officials in Vietnam's traffic-choked capital Hanoi vowed on Tuesday to banish motorbikes by 2030 to ease environment...

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Vietnam Blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ On Trial

A prominent Vietnamese blogger known as 'Mother Mushroom' went on trial Thursday for anti-state propaganda, a court...

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Done and Dusted? Vietnam’s Chicken Feather Cleaners Face Stiff…

Fluffy, soft and easy to buy off the back of a bike: Vietnam's chicken feather dusters have ruled the roost for...

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Ghana Wins Rights To Host 2021 FIG Working Week

Ghana’s capital, Accra will host the 2021 edition of the Working Week of the International Federation of Surveyors...

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John McCain Visits ‘Big Bad John’ US Destroyer In Vietnam

US senator John McCain visited an American missile destroyer dubbed "Big Bad John" that docked in Vietnam Friday, as...

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Vietnam Cops Bust Gang Using Mobile Labs To Make Ecstasy

Vietnamese cops have smashed a multi-million-dollar drug ring that pumped out ecstasy pills from mobile labs, police...

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Vietnam and US Sign New Deals Worth $8 Billion

The US has agreed deals worth $8 billion with Vietnam - including a massive engine contract with a Vietnamese budget...