About 3 billion animals harmed in Australian bushfires, WWF says
SYDNEY – Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, showed a study by the World Wide Fund…
Vietnam agrees $US348 million Japan loan to build 6 patrol vessels – media
HANOI – Vietnam has signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to borrow 36.63 billion yen ($US348.2 million) to build six patrol vessels, state media reported, amid…
Australian police disperse Black Lives Matter rally
SYDNEY – Australian police have detained at least one person and ordered about 50 others to disperse after they gathered in Sydney to go ahead with a Black Lives Matter protest…
Vietnam suspends flights to and from Danang due to virus outbreak
HANOI – Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Danang for 15 days after at least 14 cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in the city, the government said.…
Vietnamese city reimposes distancing after first local infections in months
HANOI – Vietnam has reintroduced social distancing measures in the central city of Danang after the country reported four locally transmitted coronavirus cases over the past two days, the first…
Vietnam back on coronavirus alert after first local infection in 3 months
HANOI – Vietnam is back on high alert for the novel coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected its first locally transmitted case for three months.…
Tasmania opens travel bubble for COVID-free states
MELBOURNE – Australia‘s southern island state of Tasmania will next month begin accepting tourists from other areas of the country that have seen significant periods with no fresh cases of…
Vietnam bans wildlife trade to curb risk of pandemics
HANOI – Vietnam‘s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive to ban the Southeast Asian country’s wildlife trade with immediate effect in order to reduce the risk of…
Victoria has highest daily death toll from coronavirus
MELBOURNE – Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria sayshave six people died from the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the highest daily toll since the pandemic began. Three…
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 must be simple and safe, says IOC’s Coates
SYDNEY – Senior Olympic official John Coates has reiterated that Tokyo must stage a simplified Summer Games next year with the health and safety of athletes the most important consideration…
