Vietnamese refugee wins 2016 Pulitzer prize for fiction
Vietnamese refugee and professor at the University of Southern California, Viet Thanh Nguyen, has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize in fiction for his 2015 novel “The Sympathiser.” Nguyen’s debut book…
93% of Great Barrier Reef hit by coral bleaching
Oliver Lanyon, Senior Ranger in the Great Barrier Reef region for the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, takes photographs and notes during an inspection of the reef’s condition. (Photo: Reuters)…
Communist Laos appoints new president, prime minister
Laos’ Vice President Bounnhang Vorachit casts his ballot during the Communist Party Congress in Vientiane January 21, 2016. (Photo: Reuters/Stringer) BANGKOK – Laos’s National Assembly has appointed Communist…
Trump wins New York primary, inching closer towards Republican nomination
Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at his New York presidential primary rally in Manhattan, New York. (Photo: Reuters) NEW YORK – Republican front-runner Donald Trump has won…
Bidders step up lobbying for Australian submarine tender
Crew members from the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense force ship Umigiri stand on deck in front of the ship Asayuki before joint exercises between Japan and the Australian defence force at…
Tycoons jostle for stakes as Vietnam’s buy, Thai market booms
Consumer goods from Thailand are displayed for sale at a shop in Hanoi, Vietnam. (Photo: Reuters/Kham) HANOI – Through supermarkets, malls, dairy and beer, Thai tycoons are pursuing deals…
Hỏi và giải đáp 167: Con gái không muốn lấy chồng (2)
(Thư độc giả) Quý vị và các bạn thân mến, Sau khi đăng bài “Con gái không muốn lấy chồng” mới đây, TL đã nhận được thư góp…
Australia ‘likely’ to head for double dissolution election on July 2
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. (Photo: Reuters) SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has confirmed that Australians will likely go to the polls on July 2, after parliament voted…
Canada promises ‘real plan’ to address aboriginal suicide crisis
Canada’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett talks with children in the Attawapiskat First Nation in northern Ontario, Canada. (Photo: Reuters) ATTAWAPISKAT, Ontario – A Canadian Cabinet minister who visited…
Troubled Hackett still ‘perfect’ mentor, says Jones
Olympic swimmer Grant Hackett (Photo: Reuters) MELBOURNE – Troubled Olympic gold medallist Grant Hackett can still be a good mentor to Australia’s swimmers at the Rio de Janeiro Games,…
