Vietnam bank says interrupted cyber heist using SWIFT messaging
A woman covers her face as she walks out the Vietnamese commercial Tien Phong bank in Hanoi May 13, 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Kham) HANOI/BOSTON – Vietnam’s Tien Phong Bank said…
Ukraine’s Jamala takes home Eurovision crown with song about war
Ukraine’s Jamala reacts on winning the Eurovision Song Contest final at the Ericsson Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, May 14, 2016. (Photo: TT News Agency/Maja Suslin/via Reuters) Ukraine’s Jamala…
Australia charges five men over sailing plot to join Islamic State
Musa Cerantonio outside his mother’s home last year. (Photo: Simon Schluter/ theage.com.au) SYDNEY – Police have charged five men held earlier this week on suspicion of planning to travel…
Tigers on the loose near Dutch village, police close in
A tiger in a wildlife park (Photo: Reuters) Two tigers have escaped from a big cat shelter near a small Dutch village and remain free after a tranquiliser dart…
Melbourne candlelight vigil shines light on massive fish deaths in Vietnam
MELBOURNE – Hundreds of people have gathered at the steps of Victoria’s parliament house to hold a candlelight vigil for those affected by the mass fish deaths along Vietnam’s central…
Islamic State attacks north of Baghdad kill 16, sources say
People gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s mainly Shi’ite district of Sadr City, Iraq. (Photo: Reuters) TIKRIT, Iraq – Shooting and bomb attacks claimed…
China says hopes U.S., Vietnam ties benefit regional peace
U.S. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter (L) and Vietnam’s Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh (R) raise a toast after they signed the Joint Vision Statement during a ceremony at…
World’s oldest person, Susannah Mushatt Jones, dies at age 116
Susannah Mushatt Jones (centre) celebrates her 116th birthday in Brooklyn on July 7, 2015. (Photo: Reuters/Lucas Jackson) NEW YORK – Susannah Mushatt Jones, the world’s oldest living person, has…
Tomic confirms he will not play for Australia in the Rio Olympic tennis event
Bernard Tomic (Photo: Reuters) Bernard Tomic has ruled himself out of the Rio Olympics due to an “extremely busy” playing schedule. In a statement, the world number 22 said…
Brazil’s Temer calls for unity, confidence for Brazil recovery
Brazil’s interim President Michel Temer gestures during a ceremony where he made his first public remarks after the Brazilian Senate voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, at the Planalto Palace…
