Wild winds cause air travel chaos in Australia, fan major bushfires
SYDNEY – Strong winds across Australia’s southeast coast have caused commuter chaos at Sydney and Melbourne airports, the country’s two busiest, with thousands of air travellers stranded after dozens of…
Vietnam coffee, oil production under threat from tropical storm Usagi
HANOI – Vietnam‘s ongoing coffee harvest and offshore oil exploration are under threat from tropical storm Usagi, which is headed from the South China Sea towards the Southeast Asian country’s…
Vietnam protests new building by Beijing in South China Sea
HANOI – China’s construction of a new platform in a remote part of the disputed South China Sea is a serious violation of Vietnam‘s sovereignty, its foreign ministry said. The platform,…
Australia jails PNG man for five years for people smuggling
SYDNEY – An Australian court has jailed a Papua New Guinean man for five years for people smuggling after he was caught attempting to bring Chinese nationals onto an island…
Hỏi và giải đáp 467: Con nhà tông… (2)
Sau khi TL trả lời lá thư “tế nhị” của nữ độc giả A trên ‘Hỏi và giải đáp số 466’, nữ độc giả NB ở NSW, một “công tác…
Australian ‘Bali Nine’ drug mule released from prison after 13 years
BANGLI, Indonesia – Australian heroin courier Renae Lawrence has been released from an Indonesian prison, the first of the so-called Bali Nine drug smuggling ring to gain freedom after the…
Australia rejects UN migration pact, sticks with hardline asylum-seeker policy
SYDNEY – Australia will not sign up to a United Nations migration agreement because it would compromise its hardline immigration policy and endanger national security, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said.…
Australian police charge three men over ‘mass’ attack plot
SYDNEY – Police say they have arrested three men who were allegedly preparing to attack the public in Melbourne, less than two weeks after a man was killed in Australia’s…
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank CEO blames predecessors for governance failings
SYDNEY – Australia’s Commonwealth Bank chief executive has told a banking misconduct inquiry that his predecessor had told him to curb his “sense of justice” when he suggested halting sales…
Hỏi và giải đáp 466: Con nhà tông…
TL trả lời lá thư khá tế nhị của nữ độc giả A, một người mẹ đang lo chọn vợ cho cậu con trai đầu lòng. Viết là “tế nhị”…