Australia’s Commonwealth Bank CEO blames predecessors for governance failings
SYDNEY – Australia’s Commonwealth Bank chief executive has told a banking misconduct inquiry that his predecessor had told him to curb his “sense of justice” when he suggested halting sales…
Hỏi và giải đáp 466: Con nhà tông…
TL trả lời lá thư khá tế nhị của nữ độc giả A, một người mẹ đang lo chọn vợ cho cậu con trai đầu lòng. Viết là “tế nhị”…
Australia’s minister says translation glitches delay trade deal with Indonesia
Australia’s trade minister said translation issues were behind the delay of a billion-dollar free trade agreement with Indonesia, downplaying a friction between the countries over Australia’s possible Jerusalem embassy. “There…
Man dies in Tasmania after apparent stingray attack
A 42-year-old man has died of a heart attack after apparently being stung by a stingray while swimming off the Tasmania coast, police said. Attempts to resuscitate the man, who…
Australia, Malaysia at loggerheads over possible Jerusalem embassy
SYDNEY – Australia‘s treasurer has said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad had a history of anti-Jewish statements, in an escalating war of words over the possibility Australia might move its…
Hỏi và giải đáp 465: “Tự mua hoa cho mình”!
TL trả lời lá thư khá buồn của em X, một cô gái với khá nhiều ưu điểm nhưng đang tự nhận đã “lỡ thì”. Tóm tắt nội dung thư…
Vietnam arrests two more officials of state-run MobiFone in graft crackdown
HANOI – Police in Vietnam have arrested two more officials of a state-run mobile carrier, the latest sweep in the Communist-ruled nation’s graft crackdown that has already engulfed hundreds of…
Vietnam becomes seventh country to ratify Trans-Pacific trade pact
HANOI – Vietnam‘s lawmaking body, the National Assembly, has unanimously ratified a landmark 11-country deal that will slash tariffs across much of the Asia-Pacific. One of the region’s fastest growing…
First of ‘Bali Nine’ drug mules to return to Australia: media report
MELBOURNE – The first of a group of nine Australians convicted for trying to smuggle heroin out of Indonesia in 2005 will be released from a Bali jail later this…
Australian driver who rammed pedestrians found guilty of six murders
MELBOURNE – An Australian man who drove a car into dozens of pedestrians on a busy shopping street in central Melbourne last year, killing six people, has been found guilty of…
