Sport funding model ‘broken’, say Australian Olympic champions
SYDNEY – Swimmer Ian Thorpe has headlined a who’s who of Australian Olympic champions calling for more government spending on elite sport, writing in an open letter that the current…
Vietnam elects communist party leader as president
HANOI – Vietnam‘s National Assembly has elected ruling Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the architect of an ongoing crackdown on corruption, as the country’s new president. The election…
Australia slaps sanctions on Myanmar army top brass
SYDNEY/YANGON – Australia has slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, following similar…
Australia offers rare national apology to victims of child sex abuse
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered a rare national apology, only the second since 2008, to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families, bringing some…
Morrison seeks meeting with independent lawmakers in bid to shore-up government
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will meet with independent lawmakers in a bid to shore up support for his government as it is poised to lose its one…
Hỏi và giải đáp 455: Vật chất trong tình yêu
TL trả lời thư một nam độc giả trẻ, hiện đang phân vân thắc mắc trước việc mà bạn bè cho là “bị bắt địa”. Xin sơ lược nội dung…
Slovakia threatens to freeze relations with Vietnam over kidnapping case
BRATISLAVA – Slovakia has threatened to freeze relations with Vietnam over the case of a Vietnamese businessman who Germany says was kidnapped by Vietnamese agents and smuggled back home through…
Vietnam dissident ‘Mother Mushroom’ describes prison hunger strikes
A Vietnamese dissident known as “Mother Mushroom” went on hunger strike three times during her imprisonment before Hanoi released her, she said on Friday after arriving in the United States.…
Britain’s royal couple join mental health group hug on Sydney’s Bondi Beach
SYDNEY – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan have joined in a group hug at a “Fluro Friday” event on Australia‘s Bondi Beach organised by surfers to raise awareness…
NAB cuts 300 staff over wrongdoing
SYDNEY – About 300 staff of National Australia Bank have been fired or left the company as a result of internal investigations into wrongdoing, Chief Executive Andrew Thorburn says, following…
