Shares in Australian aged-care providers fall as inquiry begins
SYDNEY – The opening of a year-long inquiry into Australia‘s aged-care industry has triggered falls in the share prices of nursing-home operators as investors braced for tighter regulation and a…
Vietnam demolitions pit Catholic Church against authorities
BANGKOK – The demolition of about 100 homes near Ho Chi Minh City, including one owned by the Catholic Church, has pitted the church against authorities in the latest such…
Vietnam prepares for Kim Jong Un visit amid talk of second summit with Trump
HANOI – Hanoi is preparing to receive North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a state visit, two sources told Reuters, while officials and diplomats said Vietnam is keen to…
Israeli student killed in ‘horrendous attack’ in Australia: police
MELBOURNE – An Israeli woman who was killed in Melbourne city had been on the telephone to her sister when she was followed from public transport and attacked close to…
Yazidi survivor demands justice for women raped in Vietnam War
LONDON – Vietnamese villager Tran Thi Ngai was alone in her home when a South Korean soldier forced his way in and raped the then-24-year-old midwife during the Vietnam War.…
Hỏi và giải đáp 490: “Tẩu vi thượng sách”!
TL trả lời thư em X, một “single-mum” trẻ đang bị một người đàn ông “lý tưởng” thu hút. Sơ lược hoàn cảnh của X như sau: X, ở giữa…
Hỏi và giải đáp 489: Lấy chồng như đeo gông vào cổ!
TL trả lời thư em A, một cô gái đang lo sợ trước tương lai làm vợ, làm dâu… Xin sơ lược hoàn cảnh và tâm sự của A như…
Soccer: Australia union seeks help for detained Bahraini refugee player
DUBAI – The head of the Australian soccer players union wants the sport’s regional governing body to help secure the release of a Bahraini refugee footballer arrested in Thailand in…
Huawei sa thải giám đốc bị Ba Lan bắt vì làm gián điệp cho Trung Quốc
Tập đoàn công nghệ Huawei (Trung Quốc) sa thải một giám đốc kinh doanh bị bắt ở Ba Lan với cáo buộc làm gián điệp. Hôm 11.1, Cơ quan An…
From Tibet to the ‘Nine Dragons’, Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is losing sand
MO CAY – In the dead of night, the entire front half of shopkeeper Ta Thi Kim Anh’s house collapsed. Perched on the sandy banks of the Mekong River, it took…
