Vietnam asks Japan for vessels to strengthen coastguard
Japan’s Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida (L) shakes hands with Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) at the Government Office in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo: Reuters) HANOI – Vietnam has…
Australia and Singapore seal landmark agreement, move to deepen ties
Outgoing Trade Minister Andrew Robb has clinched the deal. (Photo courtesy: Alex Ellinghausen/smh.com.au) Singapore will fund more than $2 billion upgrading military assets in Australia in a deal that will…
Canada’s RBC confirms to release files linked to ‘Panama Papers’ firm
A Royal Bank of Canada logo is seen on Bay Street in the heart of the financial district in Toronto, Canada. (Photo: Reuters) TORONTO – Canada’s biggest bank is…
New Apple app launches in Britain that pays people to get fit
Co-founders of sweatcoin (L-R) Anton Derlyatka, Ranbir Arora and Oleg Fomenko pose for a photograph at their office in London, Britain. (Photo: Reuters) FRANKFURT – A free smartphone app…
Sydney student arrested over $4m bank glitch spending spree
Christine Jiaxin Lee. (Photo: Social Media/ Source: Facebook) A Sydney woman has been arrested for trying to flee the country after she wrongly received $4.6 million in her bank…
Turkish army hits back after rocket fire from Syria, kills four Islamic State fighters
People walk on the rubble of damaged buildings after an airstrike in the rebel held area of Aleppo’s Baedeen district, Syria, May 3, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) DIYARBAKIR, Turkey –…
RBA deputy Philip Lowe to replace Glenn Stevens
Philip Lowe, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, right, speaks as Glenn Stevens, governor, listens during a hearing before the House of Representatives economics committee in Sydney, Australia.…
Vietnam warns ships of rising piracy threat
A military exercise on combating pirates at sea in Vietnam (Photo courtesy: vnexpress.net) The Vietnam Maritime Administration has issued a warning to ship owners and maritime transport companies after…
Raging fire threatens to reduce Canadian city to ashes, engulf airport
An aerial view from the helicopter of Alberta Premier Rachel Notley shows smoke rising from raging wildfires which caused the mandatory evacuation of Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. (Photo: Reuters) …
Chinese tourists clash with Vietnamese border officers after they were ‘asked to give TIPS’
Photos of the clash emerge on Chinese blogging site Weibo (Photo courtesy: shanghaiist.com) Video footages of an argument between Chinese tourists and custom officials at a Vietnam airport on…
