Australian woman charged with contaminating strawberries with needles
SYDNEY – A 50-year-old woman will face court after police charged her with contaminating strawberries with needles, an episode that spurred one of Australia‘s biggest food scares. Australia‘s strawberry industry,…
Australian government says future ‘lone wolf’ attacks hard to prevent
SYDNEY – Future “lone wolf” attacks in Australia will be difficult to stop despite heightened security in the aftermath of an Islamic State-inspired attack in Melbourne last week, a senior…
Australian government slips further behind Labor: Newspoll
MELBOURNE – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s Liberal-National Coalition has lost more ground to the front-running Labor Party opposition months before an election, with most gains since he became leader…
“Life goes on”: Thousands mark WW1 Armistice in Australia, unbowed by attack
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY – Thousands of people have attended memorial services across Melbourne to mark the centenary of the Armistice ending World War One, shrugging off heightened security after Friday’s attack in…
Hỏi và giải đáp 463: Cần kiệm hay keo kiệt?
TL góp ý với cháu A, một cô vợ trẻ, về đề tài “sử dụng ngân sách gia đình”. Đây là một trường hợp hết sức tế nhị, mà nếu…
Vietnam arrests former deputy minister as part of graft crackdown
HANOI – Police in Vietnam have arrested a former deputy labour minister on allegations of economic mismanagement, as the communist-led government presses on with a crackdown on corruption. Le Bach Hong,…
Gas-laden truck set afire, three stabbed, one dead in Melbourne terror attack
MELBOURNE – A Somali-born man has set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the centre of Melbourne and stabbed three people, killing one, before he was shot…
Vietnam’s Bamboo Airways expects to get aviation licence next week
HANOI – Vietnam’s new carrier Bamboo Airways expects to finally get an aviation licence next week and start flying within weeks, the chairman of its parent firm said. The airline…
Australia independent lawmaker to back minority govt: PM
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has secured support for his minority government after striking a deal with an independent lawmaker. Morrison’s conservative government was reduced to…
Australian political leader faces harassment allegations months from election
SYDNEY – The opposition leader of Australia‘s most populous state has been embroiled in a #MeToo row after a female reporter released a statement detailing alleged inappropriate behaviour, four months…