PRAGUE – Vietnam has denounced Slovakia’s expulsion of one of its diplomats in a row over the abduction of a disgraced Vietnamese businessman via Slovakia in 2017, saying it was…
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – Many Australians are experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bushfires today, with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and miners preparing for a…
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON – Australia may arrange a second evacuation flight out of China’s Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus, after a first plane load of its citizens arrived on Christmas…
SYDNEY – Australian Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has survived a leadership challenge in a party room vote of the National Party – the junior partner in the coalition government.…
HANOI – Vietnam’s government says the coronavirus epidemic will hurt its farm produce exports to China, the Southeast Asian country’s largest trading partner. The government said last week that cross-border…
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison will front parliament for the first time in three months as he seeks to repair his standing with voters angry by his response…
HANOI – Vietnam has confirmed an additional three cases of the new coronavirus, the health ministry said, bringing the country’s total to eight cases. The latest confirmed case were in…
SYDNEY/MELBOURNE – Australia’s Foreign Minister Marise Payne says 243 citizens and permanent residents evacuated Wuhan on Monday on an Australian government-chartered aircraft, fleeing the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak which…
HANOI – Vietnam Airlines and Vietjet Air will resume flights to Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau from Sunday, the companies said, after the Hanoi government eased restrictions over virus concerns.…
HANOI – Vietnam has declared a public health emergency over the coronavirus epidemic and said it would halt all flights to and from China. The government said it would also…