Australian judge quits Hong Kong court, citing national security law
HONG KONG/SYDNEY – One of the 14 foreign judges on Hong Kong’s highest court has resigned due to concerns over a sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on…
Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, kills at least one person
HANOI – Tropical storm Noul has made landfall in Vietnam, killing at least one person and triggering heavy rain in the central parts of the country, though authorities later downgraded…
Australia to ease border limits and allow more citizens home
MELBOURNE – Australia says it will increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 as it manages to get new COVID-19 infections under control. Prime…
Vietnam says tropical storm weakening, but risk of heavy rain
HANOI – Vietnam’s weather agency has said tropical storm Noul was weakening as it approached land, though authorities warned the storm could still dump heavy rains triggering floods and landslides…
Australia to spend $1.9 billion on nascent renewable energy projects
SYDNEY – Australia will invest $1.9 billion over the next 10 years in nascent renewable energy technology, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as Canberra accelerates spending in a bid to…
Vietnam plans to evacuate 500,000 as tropical storm Noul nears
HANOI – Vietnam is readying plans to evacuate up to half a million people as it braces for a tropical storm expected to make landfall in the Southeast Asian country’s…
Australian government lawyer names China in interference investigation
SYDNEY – Australia has formally named China in a court document as the foreign state under investigation by police in the nation’s first foreign interference investigation. A document lodged in…
Vietnam sentences brothers to death over bloody land clash
HANOI – A Vietnamese court has sentenced two brothers to death and handed prison terms or probation to 27 others, for their roles in the high-profile killings of three policemen…
China’s state media condemn raids on Chinese journalists in Australia
SHANGHAI – China’s state media has condemned raids on the homes of Chinese journalists working in Australia, as relations between the two major trading partners become increasingly strained. China News…
Australia’s coronavirus hotspot sees second weekend of small protests
MELBOURNE – Protesters in Melbourne have defied a coronavirus lockdown for the second straight weekend, prompting 14 arrests and 51 infringement notices for breaching public health orders, as new infections…
