Vietnam jails 20 for terrorism over police station bombs
HANOI – A Vietnamese court has sentenced 20 people to between two and 24 years in prison on terrorism charges over their involvement in a police station bombing two years…
Australia virus hotspot state records lowest new cases since June
MELBOURNE – The Australian state at the centre of the country’s novel coronavirus outbreak has reported its lowest daily increase of infections in three months, putting it on course to…
Hạ viện Mỹ thông qua nghị quyết chống ngôn từ kỳ thị người Châu Á vì COVID
Ngày 17/9, Hạ viện Mỹ thông qua nghị quyết lên án việc dùng lời lẽ kỳ thị người Châu Á vì virus corona, trong đó có những cụm từ như…
Australian judge quits Hong Kong court, citing national security law
HONG KONG/SYDNEY – One of the 14 foreign judges on Hong Kong’s highest court has resigned due to concerns over a sweeping new national security law imposed by Beijing on…
Storm Noul makes landfall in Vietnam, kills at least one person
HANOI – Tropical storm Noul has made landfall in Vietnam, killing at least one person and triggering heavy rain in the central parts of the country, though authorities later downgraded…
Australia to ease border limits and allow more citizens home
MELBOURNE – Australia says it will increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week to 6,000 as it manages to get new COVID-19 infections under control. Prime…
Vietnam says tropical storm weakening, but risk of heavy rain
HANOI – Vietnam’s weather agency has said tropical storm Noul was weakening as it approached land, though authorities warned the storm could still dump heavy rains triggering floods and landslides…
Australia to spend $1.9 billion on nascent renewable energy projects
SYDNEY – Australia will invest $1.9 billion over the next 10 years in nascent renewable energy technology, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as Canberra accelerates spending in a bid to…
Vietnam plans to evacuate 500,000 as tropical storm Noul nears
HANOI – Vietnam is readying plans to evacuate up to half a million people as it braces for a tropical storm expected to make landfall in the Southeast Asian country’s…
Australian government lawyer names China in interference investigation
SYDNEY – Australia has formally named China in a court document as the foreign state under investigation by police in the nation’s first foreign interference investigation. A document lodged in…
