UK lawmakers reject first set of amendments to Brexit law
LONDON – British lawmakers on Monday rejected the first set of proposed amendments to legislation that would give Prime Minister Theresa May the right to notify the European Union of…
Syria carried out mass hangings at military prison – Amnesty International
BEIRUT – The Syrian government has executed thousands of prisoners in mass hangings and carried out systematic torture at a military jail near Damascus, rights watchdog Amnesty International said on…
Canada reintroduces bison to Banff National Park
CALGARY – Parks Canada has reintroduced a herd of plains bison to the country’s oldest national park in Banff, Alberta, officials said on Monday, more than 130 years after the…
Hỏi và giải đáp 206: Vui sống độc thân
TL góp ý kiến với bà A, một người mẹ đang đau khổ vì đổ vỡ hôn nhân của con cái và lo ngại trước hậu quả. Sơ lược tâm…
Australia’s Catholic church tallies up six decades of child abuse allegations
SYDNEY – Seven percent of Catholic priests working in Australia between 1950 and 2010 were accused of child sex crimes, but few were pursued, data from Australian church authorities showed…
Deleted postings about missing Chinese billionaire hint at tensions
HONG KONG – Scores of China social media postings about a well-connected billionaire who went missing from a Hong Kong hotel have been deleted, pointing to what appears to be…
Malcolm Turnbull under threat from party split as shift to the right grows
A prominent member of Australia‘s government is set to defect to form his own conservative party, the country’s media reported, further evidence of a shift towards the right that is weakening…
Wanted: high-tech grads to work with Aussie farmers
Parts of Australia‘s farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated…
Australia seizes record 1.4 tonne of cocaine on yacht
SYDNEY – Australian law enforcement agencies have seized a record 1.4 tonnes of cocaine worth $312 million from an Australia-bound yacht during a covert midnight operation last week, the authorities…
Dozens killed as heavy snow blankets parts of Afghanistan, Pakistan
KABUL – Parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan have struggled to dig out from heavy snow, with dozens of people reported killed and some major highways closed. Heavy snow also blanketed…
