Trump pitches US arms exports in meeting with Vietnam
HANOI – US President Donald Trump has used a meeting with Vietnamese officials to pitch arms exports from the United States, ahead of a meeting with North Korean leader Kim…
Australia’s Cardinal Pell remanded into custody for child sex offences
MELBOURNE – Australia’s Cardinal George Pell, a former top adviser to Pope Francis, has been remanded into custody after a sentence plea hearing on his conviction for sexually abusing two…
Trump meets Vietnamese president before second North Korea summit
HANOI – US President Donald Trump has met Vietnam‘s president, Nguyen Phu Trong, in Hanoi, hours before Trump was due to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their…
Boeing unveils unmanned combat jet developed in Australia
AVALON – Boeing Co has unveiled an unmanned, fighter-like jet developed in Australia and designed to fly alongside crewed aircraft in combat for a fraction of the cost. The US…
Trump, Kim bet big on personal relationship at second summit
HANOI – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet today for their second summit, betting that their personal relationship can break a stalemate over…
Convicted of sexual abuse, Australian Cardinal Pell faces sentence hearing
MELBOURNE – Cardinal George Pell, the most senior Catholic clergyman worldwide to be convicted for child sex offences, will return to court this morning for a sentence plea hearing. Pell…
US President Trump arrives in Vietnam for summit with N.Korea’s Kim
HANOI – US President Donald Trump has arrived in the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi for his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, eight months after their historic…
Four arrested over 1.3 tonne drug seizure in Melbourne
MELBOURNE – A joint multi-national investigation into an organised crime syndicate has resulted in the arrest of four men and the seizure of 1.3 tonnes of the drug precursor ephedrine…
N.Korea’s Kim arrives in Vietnam for summit; Trump on his way
HANOI/ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Vietnam for a summit with US President Donald Trump where they will try to reach an agreement…
Vatican Treasurer Pell found guilty of abusing two choir boys in 1990s
MELBOURNE – An Australian court has found Cardinal George Pell, the Vatican treasurer and a former top adviser to Pope Francis, guilty on five charges of child sexual offences committed more…
