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HANOI: Police in Vietnam have confiscated an estimated 345,000 used condoms which had been cleaned and resold as new, state media reported.Footage broadcast by state-owned Vietnam Tv (VTV) this week confirmed dozens of enormous luggage…

TOKYO: Olympic boss Thomas Bach stated on Thursday (Sep 24) that the Tokyo Video games might happen subsequent yr even with no coronavirus vaccine, pointing to the success of the Tour de France.Placing an optimistic be aware at a gathering…

BANGKOK: 1000's of Thais protested outdoors parliament Thursday (Sep 24) as lawmakers debated amendments to the dominion's military-scripted structure, a key demand of a burgeoning pro-democracy motion alongside calls to reform the…

COLOMBO: The house owners of an oil tanker crippled by an explosion and week-long blaze off Sri Lanka's coast have agreed to foot an preliminary firefighting invoice of virtually US$2 million, the federal government stated on Thursday…

BEIJING: A businessman who spun his wealth from bottled water and vaccines has usurped tech tycoon Jack Ma as China's richest man, the Bloomberg Billionaires Index confirmed Thursday (Sep 24).Nongfu Spring founder Zhong Shanshan's internet…

NEW DELHI: Enterprise teams on Thursday (Sep 24) welcomed contentious and long-delayed labour reforms handed by India's parliament this week, aimed toward making hiring and firing employees simpler and imposing restrictions on commerce…

KOTA KINABALU: Some Sabah residents who're set to vote within the state elections have been shocked by the claims of opposition chief Anwar Ibrahim that he has a parliamentary majority to kind a brand new Malaysian federal…

JAKARTA: Indonesia is providing free excursions and staycations to 4,440 residents of its resort island of Bali, in a seven-week tourism dry-run to advertise the worldwide vacation hotspot and take a look at its coronavirus well being…

COLOMMBO: Sri Lanka's president has ordered the termination of a US$1.5-billion Japanese-funded mild rail challenge, saying it isn't a "cost-effective resolution" for the congested capital Colombo, officers mentioned on Thursday (Sep…

BRISBANE: A crocodile bit a person on the top and neck as he was snorkelling off an island on Australia's Nice Barrier Reef.The 33-year-old was flown to hospital after Wednesday's (Sep 23) assault by what's believed to be a 2m saltwater…