Warring sides declare ceasefire over Nagorno-Karabakh
A general view shows a Nagorno Karabakh’s main city of Stepanakert. (Photo: Reuters) BAKU/YEREVAN – Azerbaijan and its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh said they had halted hostilities after…
Iceland PM calls to dissolve parliament after tax scandal
Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson, leader of Iceland’s centre-right Progressive party, listens to the media in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Photo: Reuters) STOCKHOLM – Iceland’s prime minister has asked the president on Tuesday to dissolve…
IMF chief amps up call to boost global growth as risks increase
IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde. (Photo: Reuters) FRANKFURT – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has turned up the volume on her calls for stronger action by the…
Curfew declared in southeast Turkey town as fresh clashes erupt
A riot police stands guard in Sur district before the arrival of Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu in the Kurdish-dominated south-eastern city of Diyarbakir, Turkey. (Photo: Reuters) DIYARBAKIR –…
Coalition party trails opposition Labor ahead of likely election: Newspoll
While Malcolm Turnbull still has a substantial lead over Bill Shorten as better prime minister, the gap has markedly narrowed. (Photo: Reuters) Support for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s conservative government…
Grant Hackett ready to push for Rio after illness setback
Australia’s swimmer Grant Hackett in the pool. (Photo: Reuters) Three-time gold medallist Grant Hackett has admitted that poor health earlier this year almost ended the former world record holder’s…
Hỏi và giải đáp 165: Con gái không muốn lấy chồng
(X/ Melbourne) Quý vị và các bạn thân mến, Hưởng ứng đề nghị do bà HV đưa ra trên báo (Viết cho thế hệ nào?), cách đây hai tuần, bà…
Former New Zealand PM Helen Clark wants to be next UN chief
Helen Clark, former Prime Minister of New Zealand and current Administrator of the United Nations Development Program. (Photo: Reuters) UNITED NATIONS – Former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark…
Prosecutors open probes as world’s wealthy deny ‘Panama Papers’ links
Hands are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the picture of various currencies of money in this illustration. (Photo: Reuters) LONDON/PANAMA CITY – Governments across the world began investigating…
Two Vietnamese women contract Zika virus, first in Vietnam
An aedes aegypti mosquito is seen inside a test tube as part of a research at a control and prevention centre in Guadalupe, neighbouring Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo: Reuters) …
