KYOTO -- A Kyoto University research team has developed a pain-reliever that is comparable to morphine but does not have serious side effects.

PARIS - Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ready-made access to power and water.

Blackened skies unleashed torrential rains on Hong Kong and the high-tech cities surrounding south China's Pearl River Delta on Tuesday, shutting hospitals, schools and law courts, and turning the Asian financial centre's many staircases into waterfalls.

BRASILIA -- Brazil is resisting calls to move the global COP30 climate summit, scheduled for November, out of Belem, even as it faces mounting pressure over soaring accommodation prices in the Amazonian city.

Nordic countries are relieved after battling an exceptional heatwave which shattered the hopes of foreigners seeking to cool off in the far north -- a disappointment meteorologists warn is likely to be repeated.

Fishermen in Lien Huong Commune, Lam Dong Province, Vietnam recovered a seven-metric-ton dead whale and held a traditional burial for it, local authorities said on Sunday.

Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to billions of consumers worldwide in the next five years.

NAGOYA -- Police in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, have obtained arrest warrants for 29 Japanese fraud suspects currently detained in Cambodia, investigative sources said Monday.

The Division for Transport Infrastructure Maintenance and Operations under the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction has proposed expanding the existing time-limited restriction on sleeper buses in the inner city into a full 24/7 prohibition following a six-month evaluation of the current policy.

Tottenham Hotspur captain Son Heung-min played what is expected to be his final match for the club in front of 64,773 fans at the Seoul World Cup Stadium on Sunday, and teammate James  Maddison was carried off with a knee injury.

South Korean actor Jung Il Woo expressed his fondness for Vietnamese sour fish soup, exclaiming “So delicious!” after taking a sip from a bowl, according to a video posted on the HanQuocBros YouTube channel on Saturday evening.

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Charles Leclerc stunned himself and runaway leaders McLaren with an exceptional late lap to end Ferrari's barren qualifying run by claiming pole position for Sunday's Hungarian Grand Prix.

OPEC+ has reached a preliminary deal to increase oil production by 548,000 barrels per day from September, three sources said on Sunday as concerns mount over potential supply disruptions linked to Russia.

An international team of four astronauts aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule docked Saturday with the orbiting International Space Station (ISS).

August may bring one to two tropical storms or depressions to the East Vietnam Sea—possibly affecting the Vietnamese mainland—while torrential rains may strike northern Vietnam, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Amid a sharp drop in customers and sales at traditional markets in Ho Chi Minh City, many vendors and market managers have proposed solutions, calling for stronger state intervention to attract shoppers back.

A man reportedly fell from the fourth floor of Aeon Mall Long Bien in Hanoi at noon on Sunday.

QUITO - Brazil successfully defended their Women's Copa America crown by defeating Colombia 5-4 in a shootout on Saturday to claim their ninth continental title after a roller-coaster final in Quito ended 4-4.

Authorities have ordered a temporary halt to all electric tourist shuttles in Quy Nhon Ward, Gia Lai Province, Vietnam after a vehicle struck three pedestrians, killing one and injuring two others.

The potato is one of the world's food staples, first cultivated thousands of years ago in the Andes region of South America before spreading globally from the 16th century. But despite its importance to humankind, the evolutionary origins of the potato have remained puzzling - until now.

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Major museums and cultural institutions across Vietnam will offer free admission to the public from September 1 to 3 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution (August 19) and National Day (September 2).

A 53-year-old man from Ha Noi's O Dien Commune has become the city's first fatality from a Streptococcus suis infection this year, according to the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

A crew of workers accidentally discovered a mummy more than 1,000 years old while installing gas pipes in Peru's capital Lima, their employer and archaeologists said Thursday.

Eight members of two Vietnamese families were hospitalized in Hanoi late last month after suffering from ciguatera poisoning, following seafood meals during a vacation and at home, according to Bach Mai Hospital.

The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan’s Nagasaki University on Friday, marking the beginning of a bilateral partnership in scientific research, training, and epidemic prevention.

Vietnam’s finance ministry has indicated it will not propose a 20-percent personal income tax on real estate profits in its revised income tax law, and instead plans to retain the current two-percent levy on transaction value, officials said.

Hidden off the central coast of Vietnam, a cluster of natural rock pools has become an unexpected online sensation, luring curious travelers to the remote island of Cu Lao Mai Nha.

LONDON -- Lindsay Lohan says she drew upon her own experiences of motherhood for 'Freakier Friday', the highly-anticipated sequel to her hit 2003 movie 'Freaky Friday'.

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At the announcement ceremony on June 30 marking the administrative merger of old Long An and Tay Ninh Provinces into a new Tay Ninh Province, Nguyen Van Quyet, secretary of the Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee, outlined the strengths and vision of the newly-expanded province.

Cambodian Ambassador to Vietnam Chea Kimtha on Wednesday expressed her country’s gratitude for Vietnam’s active support in helping to secure a recent ceasefire agreement between Cambodia and Thailand.

NAGASAKI -- Nagasaki Mayor Shiro Suzuki said Friday that he will call on world leaders to chart a concrete path toward abolishing nuclear weapons, in a speech to be delivered at an annual peace ceremony next week.

TOKYO -- A Japanese research team has found that cells often labeled 'villains' for their roles in atopic dermatitis and asthma can alleviate lung inflammation.