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Vietnamese Pho Stands out at ASEAN Cuisine Promotion Festival
The ASEAN Committee in Prague held the ASEAN Cook Show 2024 in Prague (Czech Republic) on May 16.
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Vietnam Supports Education Promotion Topics in UN Agenda
An ambassadorial meeting of the Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning took place in New York on May 15. The meeting were attended by United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammad, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini, Ambassador, Head of diplomatic delegations, and representatives of nearly 30 UN member states.
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Japan Plans to Provide Flood Risk Warning Maps for Southeast Asia
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism plans to support disaster preparation in four Southeast Asian countries, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia, by providing flood risk warning maps.
European leaders debate on COVID-19 vaccine passports
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European leaders are up to debate on the issue of vaccine passports and status apps, after the calls for European Commision to create common measure to allow travel and holiday trips.
February 25, 2021 | 12:25
World breaking news today (Feb 25): US revives investigation into George Floyd death
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World breaking news today (Feb 25): US revives investigation into George Floyd death. Meanwhile, Trump to attack Biden in CPAC speech, North Korea's Kim calls for tougher discipline in his military, U.N. aid chief urges Gulf states to step up to avert Yemen famine and gold price also make headlines today.
February 25, 2021 | 09:19
North Korean defector wandered for hours around border area unnoticed
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North Korean's military faces heavy critism after failing to notice a man who crossed the strictly guarded border into the South, despite being spotted several times by TY cameras and triggered alarms.
February 25, 2021 | 09:01
Malaysian PM receives first COVID-19 jab as mass vaccination begins
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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin received the first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on February 24, kicking off the national COVID-19 immunisation programme.
February 25, 2021 | 08:07
India daily weather forecast latest, February 25: Warm weather over parts of Pune and neighbourhoods
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With the winter season nearing an end this year, warm weather is catching up over parts of Pune and neighbourhoods.
February 24, 2021 | 20:32
UK and Europe daily weather forecast latest, February 25: Plenty of sunshine with a few showers in the North West of the UK
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The UK is forecasted to cope with cloudy and damp conditions in the South East. Elsewhere, there will be plenty of sunshine and just a few showers in the North West. Meanwhile, fair conditions are expected for much of central and southern Europe with plenty of sunshine, rain in the north and west.
February 24, 2021 | 17:00
India daily weather forecast latest, February 24: Wet spell to continue and rains lash parts of Kashmir
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India is forecasted to experience a wet spell including rain and snow beginning from Tuesday till the end of February.
February 24, 2021 | 09:59
Facebook news ban to be reversed in Australia
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Following Australia federal government's news media code that forces Facebook to pay publishers for the news content that surfaces on its platform, the company decided to restrict Australian users to sharing news content and ban news in Australia. After several days of discussion between Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Australia's treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, the company on Monday announced an end to the standoff, bringing news back to its platform.
February 24, 2021 | 08:45
World breaking news today (Feb 24): Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals despite court order
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World breaking news today (Feb 24): Malaysia deports more than 1,000 Myanmar nationals. Meanwhile, Trump made $1.6 billion while president, China urges Biden to lift sanctions, stop meddling and gold prices also make headlines today.
February 24, 2021 | 08:33
Britain calls for urgent access to Xinjiang, challenging China at UN
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On Monday, Britain requests "urgent and unfettered" access to Xinjiang at the United Nations, in order to set light on the reports of abuses in the Chinese region.
February 23, 2021 | 17:16
UK and Europe daily weather forecast latest, February 24: Further rain with showers continue across the far northwest in the UK
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Central and southern Scotland, northern England and Wales will have further rain tomorrow with showers continuing across the far northwest again. Most other places will be dry. Meanwhile, fine and sunny conditions are expected for much of Europe, some rain and sleet in Scandinavia.
February 23, 2021 | 16:50
45 China's investments to be cleared from India, report says
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After India-China disputed border event and military tensions easing between the two countries, India decides to clear 45 investment proposals from China, which are likely to include those from Great Wall Motor and SAIC Motor Corp.
February 23, 2021 | 14:33
Gambling addiction – the silent struggle for Asian Americans
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The problem of gambling addiction among Asian Americans has been difficult to address because resources such as culturally appropriate treatment programs, bilingual or bicultural clinicians can be hard to find.
February 23, 2021 | 14:06
World breaking news today (Feb 23): India to clear 45 investments from China
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World breaking news today (Feb 23): India to clear 45 investments from China. Meanwhile, U.S. Embassy in Baghdad hit in rocket attack, Italian ambassador killed in attack in Congo, and gold prices prediction also make headlines today.
February 23, 2021 | 10:09
Italy's envoy to Congo killed in attack on UN convoy
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Italy’s ambassador to Democratic Republic of Congo was killed on February 22 along with his bodyguard and a World Food Programme driver when their convoy was attacked in the east of the country,
February 23, 2021 | 07:00
Vietnam announces its candidature for membership of UN Human Rights Council 2023-2025
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Vietnam continues to “put emphasis on the protection and promotion of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of our people, even in this most difficult of times", and is thus presenting its candidature for membership of the UN Human Rights Council for the term 2023-2025.
February 23, 2021 | 06:56
India daily weather forecast latest, February 23: Scattered to fairly-widespread snow or rain with thunderstorms over Himachal Pradesh
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Under the influence of a western disturbance, scattered to fairly-widespread snow or rain with thunderstorms are possible over Himachal Pradesh from Tuesday to Friday.
February 22, 2021 | 22:10
UK and Europe daily weather forecast latest, February 23: Wind, heavy rain across the North and West with local flooding in the UK
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The UK is forecasted to cope with wind and heavy rain moving from the Atlantic on Tuesday after a fairly quiet start to the week. Meanwhile, a ridge of high pressure brings dry and fine conditions to much of Europe.
February 22, 2021 | 16:47
India-China disengagement making Chinese social media heated with conspiracy
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On February 19, China has revealed four Chinese soldiers death from the Galwan clash, and the the agreement of disengagement on the north and south banks of Pangong Tso, have sparkled the Chinese social media and make China-India border standoff a major talking point in China.
February 22, 2021 | 15:44
US President approves major disaster state in Texas due to terrible snow storm hitting
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US President Joe Biden has declared that Texas is facing a major disaster, after the aftermath of the deadly winter storm hit the central and southern U.S. earlier this week, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) said.
February 22, 2021 | 13:59
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