Vietnam receives remains of all British truck victims
HANOI – The remains of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in a truck near London last month have been brought to Vietnam, bringing to a close a tragic saga that…
Australia moves closer to compulsory child abuse reporting by priests
MELBOURNE – Australia’s top attorneys have agreed to standardise laws across the country forcing priests to report child abuse revealed to them during confessions in a move that could widen…
Australia jails three for decades over Christmas bomb plot in 2016
SYDNEY – A court in Australia has sentenced three men to decades in prison for plotting bomb attacks on Christmas Day in 2016 at key sites in the southeastern city…
Vietnam jails three more activists in crackdown on Facebook posts
HANOI – Vietnam has jailed three more people for anti-government posts on social media platform Facebook deemed to defame the ruling Communist Party and the government, state media and police…
First 16 bodies from among 39 Vietnamese found dead in UK truck repatriated: media
HANOI – The first 16 bodies of 39 Vietnamese people found dead in the back of a refrigerated truck after being smuggled into Britain last month have been repatriated to Vietnam, Vietnamese media reports.…
Vietnam jails another Facebook user as dissent crackdown intensifies
HANOI – A court in Vietnam has sentenced a Facebook user to six years in prison for a series of posts he made on the social media platform that the…
UK man in truck deaths case pleads guilty to immigration, property offences
LONDON – A British truck driver charged with the manslaughter of 39 Vietnamese nationals found dead in a truck near London last month has pleaded guilty to plotting to assist…
Australia probes allegations China tried to plant spy in parliament
MELBOURNE – Australia is investigating allegations that China tried to install an agent in a parliamentary seat in Canberra, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation said in a rare statement, adding…
Code Red: Australia’s bushfire crisis spreads to another state
SYDNEY – Firefighters battled nearly 200 bushfires across Australia on Thursday as authorities issued a Code Red alert for parts of Victoria state and Sydney was blanketed in hazardous smoke…
PM Scott Morrison says Westpac must consider CEO’s position after money-laundering scandal
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says the board of Westpac Banking Corp must review the position of CEO Brian Hartzer in the light of a major money laundering…
