Australia launches inquiry into mental health’s impact on productivity
MELBOURNE – Australia has commissioned an inquiry into the impact mental illness has on economic productivity, the government said. The 18-month inquiry by the country’s Productivity Commission will provide recommendations…
Hỏi và giải đáp 449: De facto nên có con hay không?
TL trả lời thư cháu X, một cô gái có quan niệm sống tây phương 100%, sống de facto với bạn trai (A) từ mấy năm qua. Cả hai đều…
Vietnam jails five people accused of attempting to overthrow state
HANOI – A Vietnamese court has found five people guilty of attempting to overthrow the state, and sentenced them to between eight and 15 years in prison, police said after…
Vietnam seizes eight tonnes of ivory, pangolin scales
HANOI – Vietnamese authorities have seized more than eight metric tonnes of pangolin scales and ivory in one of the Southeast Asian country’s largest wildlife trafficking cases for years, the…
Scouts Australia apologise to victims of sexual abuse
SYDNEY – Scouts Australia has apologised to victims of sexual abuse in its organisation after an official inquiry found widespread abuse in religious and state-run institutions. The apology came in…
Hỏi và giải đáp 448: Tôn trọng tín ngưỡng!
TL góp ý kiến với độc giả X về đề tài tế nhị nhất: bất đồng tín ngưỡng trong hôn nhân. Cũng chính vì tính cách tế nhị ấy, TL…
Vietnam nominates party chief as new president
HANOI – Vietnam‘s ruling Communist Party has agreed to nominate its General Secretary, Nguyen Phu Trong, as president of the Southeast Asian country, Vietnam‘s government said. Former president Tran Dai…
Australia scraps tampon tax as new PM seeks to woo female voters
SYDNEY – Australia will remove a controversial sales tax on women’s sanitary products, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said, a move widely seen as an effort by the centre-right government to win…
Tech giants allied against proposed Australia law seeking encrypted data
SYDNEY – Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law that would require them to provide access to private encrypted data linked…
Driest ever September deepens Australia’s drought
SYDNEY – Australia had its driest September on record last month, and though spring rains are forecast this week across parts of the continent’s east that has seen the worst…