Miss World Australia finalist dies after car crash
A Miss World Australia finalist has died in hospital after being involved in a car crash in far north Queensland. 17-year-old Elyse Miller-Kennedy suffered extensive injuries following a head-on collision…
Series of blasts hit popular resorts in southern Thailand
HUA HIN, Thailand – A series of blasts have hit three of the most popular tourist resorts in southern Thailand on Thursday and Friday, killing two people and wounding dozens,…
China power plant blast kills at least 21 on eve of Tianjin anniversary
BEIJING – A blast at a power plant in central China killed at least 21 people and injured five on the eve of the first anniversary marking massive Tianjin explosions,…
South China Sea: US says it’s aware of reports Vietnam fortified islands
WASHINGTON – The US State Department says the country is aware of reports that Vietnam has deployed missile systems on several of its outposts on the Spratly islands in the…
Vietnam sentences 11 to death for trafficking large amount of drug to China – Xinhua
HANOI – A court in Vietnam’s northern China-bordering Lang Son province on Tuesday sentenced 11 people to death for smuggling some 280.24 km of heroin from the country to China…
Vietnamese woman found guilty in Australia air ticket scam
SYDNEY – An Australian court has sentenced a Vietnamese woman who swindled more than $450,000 from Vietnamese overseas students in an air ticket scam, to 18 months of home detention.…
Vietnamese comedian Minh Beo pleads guilty to sex crimes
Vietnamese entertainer Hong Minh Quang, popularly known as Minh Beo, has pleaded guilty at court in the US state of California to having sex with a minor. The 38-year-old Garden…
Rio 2016: Australia’s Chalmers comes from behind to take men’s 100m freestyle
RIO DE JANEIRO – Australia’s Kyle Chalmers has won the gold medal in the men’s 100 metres freestyle, storming through in the final lap to touch first in 47.58 seconds.…
Libyan forces capture Sirte convention centre from Islamic State
TRIPOLI – Libyan forces battling to oust Islamic State from Sirte on Wednesday have captured a large convention hall complex in the city centre, seizing a symbolic base where militants…
Australia’s controversial census in chaos after possible cyber attack
Australia’s first online national census was in chaos on Wednesday after the survey website crashed overnight due to a possible cyber attack, raising concerns over the country’s cyber security and…
