Australian Rules – Supplement scandal keeps AFL looking depleted
MELBOURNE – Australian Rules football’s hopes of moving on from the sport’s biggest doping scandal will be tested on a weekly basis this season as the club at the centre…
Nearly 87 million children under 7 live in conflict zones, brains not developing-UNICEF
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly 87 million children around the world under seven years of age have been growing up in conflict zones, in conditions that can hinder the…
N.Korea claims rocket engine success; S.Korea on high alert
SEOUL – North Korea has successfully tested a solid-fuel engine that boosted the power of its ballistic rockets, state media reported on Thursday, as South Korea’s president ordered the…
Australia says Mozambique debris most likely from MH370
Australia has said that plane debris recovered earlier this month from Mozambique was highly likely to have come from Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which was carrying 239 people when…
Chinese national pleads guilty in US to computer hacking conspiracy
SAN FRANCISCO – A businessman from China has pleaded guilty to conspiring to hack into the computer networks of major United States defence contractors including Boeing Co, the…
Britons guilty of IS-inspired plot to murder police, soldiers
LONDON – Two British men, one of whom had pledged allegiance to the self-declared Islamic State militant group, have been convicted of a terrorism plot inspired by the…
Belgium identifies Brussels bomb suspect, suicide bombers – media
BRUSSELS – Belgian police have identified a prime suspect in Tuesday’s Brussels blasts and two suspected suicide bombers, linking them directly to the self-declared Islamic State militants behind last November’s…
Vietnam political bloggers jailed for “abusing freedom” – lawyer
Vietnamese political blogger Nguyen Huu Vinh (L) and his assistant Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy stand at the dock during their trial in Hanoi March 23, 2016. (Photo: Reuters) …
Australia calls China’s S.China Sea moves “counterproductive”
SYDNEY – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called China’s military deployments on the South China Sea “counterproductive”, an unusually forceful rebuke against the country’s biggest trading partner. Australia has consistently…
Obama arrives in Argentina to reset relations after years of tension
BUENOS AIRES – United States President Barack Obama has arrived in Argentina on Wednesday to reset diplomatic relations and strengthen trade ties with a country that was part of South…
