Vietnam slashes jail term for dissident blogger
HANOI – A Ho Chi Minh City court slashed the sentence of a convicted blogger whose family helped the communist regime during the Vietnam War, his lawyer said Wednesday, a…
Hurricane Matthew kills 26 in Caribbean on destructive path to US
LES CAYES, Haiti/GUANTANAMO, Cuba – Hurricane Matthew twisted toward the Bahamas and Florida’s east coast on Wednesday after killing at least 26 people and damaging a majority of homes in…
Rolling Stones expected to announce first studio album in a decade
The Rolling Stones are expected to announce their first studio album in a decade after teasing new music for days on Twitter. The British rock band this week released on…
More than 11,000 migrants rescued off Libya this week
ROME – More than 5,000 migrants were saved on Tuesday and Wednesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued this week to…
Thouless, Haldane and Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel physics prize
STOCKHOLM – British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz have won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics for studies of unusual states of matter such as in superconductors,…
Mùa hè uống bia ướp lạnh (2)
(Tiếp theo) – Riêng LNĐ thì cho rằng sở dĩ có nhiều người (đa số ở Đức, Anh, Pháp, Úc…) cho rằng “tap beer” trong pub ngon hơn bia…
Vietnam War veteran stripped of his replica medals after false claims
A Melbourne man who claimed he served in Vietnam and reached the rank of major general has been stripped of his replica medals. After a three-and-a-half year battle, Neville Donohue…
Sharapova can play again in April after ban reduced
Maria Sharapova is counting the days until she can return to action having been cleared to play again next April after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced the…
Hỏi và giải đáp 195: Con dại cái mang
TL trả lời thư của bà A, một người mẹ đang phải đau khổ vì con gái. Sơ lược hoàn cảnh của bà như sau: Y, con gái của bà,…
Australian govt offers support but little sympathy for racetrack strippers
SYDNEY – Nine Australians detained by police for stripping down to their underwear at Sunday’s Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix must face the consequences of their “foolish prank,” Australia‘s foreign…
