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Vietnam’s biggest company, Vingroup, goes global as its home market slows

Vietnam’s biggest conglomerate, Vingroup, is expanding into global markets as business at home slows

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‘Race against time’: Japan earthquake death toll rises as rescue teams search for missing

Military mobilises thousands of personnel after quake on southern Kyushu island that registered a maximum 7 on the Japanese shindo intensity scaleEarthquake rocks southern Japanese island of Kyushu – in pictures At least 13 people were killed when a 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Japan on Tuesday, injuring hundreds and knocking out power and water to tens of thousands.“There are people who are still waiting to be rescued, and it’s a race against time,” the prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, said on Wednesday. “We will go all out to find and rescue as many people as we can.” Continue reading...

Keiko Fujimori is inaugurated as Peru's president following a narrow election victory

Keiko Fujimori has been sworn in as Peru’s president after a narrow victory in the June runoff election

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Man killed in landslide at Solomon Islands gold mine, police say

Officials have recovered a man's body from a landslide at a gold mine in the Solomon Islands

A 2:47 a.m. alert, a rabbit and 220,000 evacuees as France’s wildfire rages on

A massive wildfire in southwest France has forced over 220,000 people to evacuate