More than 11,000 migrants rescued off Libya this week
ROME – More than 5,000 migrants were saved on Tuesday and Wednesday off the Libyan coast and 28 bodies recovered, bringing the total number of people rescued this week to…
Thouless, Haldane and Kosterlitz win 2016 Nobel physics prize
STOCKHOLM – British-born scientists David Thouless, Duncan Haldane and Michael Kosterlitz have won the 2016 Nobel Prize for Physics for studies of unusual states of matter such as in superconductors,…
Mùa hè uống bia ướp lạnh (2)
(Tiếp theo) – Riêng LNĐ thì cho rằng sở dĩ có nhiều người (đa số ở Đức, Anh, Pháp, Úc…) cho rằng “tap beer” trong pub ngon hơn bia…
Vietnam War veteran stripped of his replica medals after false claims
A Melbourne man who claimed he served in Vietnam and reached the rank of major general has been stripped of his replica medals. After a three-and-a-half year battle, Neville Donohue…
Sharapova can play again in April after ban reduced
Maria Sharapova is counting the days until she can return to action having been cleared to play again next April after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) reduced the…
Hỏi và giải đáp 195: Con dại cái mang
TL trả lời thư của bà A, một người mẹ đang phải đau khổ vì con gái. Sơ lược hoàn cảnh của bà như sau: Y, con gái của bà,…
Australian govt offers support but little sympathy for racetrack strippers
SYDNEY – Nine Australians detained by police for stripping down to their underwear at Sunday’s Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix must face the consequences of their “foolish prank,” Australia‘s foreign…
Vietnamese news site PetroTimes suspended; top editor fired
The Vietnamese government has suspended a state-run news website and fired its editor over journalistic violations. The Ministry of Information and Communications made the decisions on Monday, ordering a three-month…
Hurricane Matthew pounds Haiti and Cuba on path toward U.S.
The fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade battered Haiti’s southwest coast with 230 kilometres-per-hour winds and surging seas that flooded coastal towns on Tuesday, tearing at trees and rooftops…
Turkey suspends 13,000 police officers, shuts down TV station
ANKARA/ISTANBUL – Turkish authorities have suspended nearly 13,000 police officers, detained dozens of air force officers and shut down a TV station, widening a state-ordered clampdown against perceived enemies in…
