HANOI – The United States announced on Wednesday it will provide Vietnam with another coast guard cutter for its growing fleet of ships, boosting Hanoi’s ability to patrol the South…
SYDNEY – Electricity firms have cut off power to thousands of people, more than 100 schools have been closed and residents in high risk regions have sought shelter as Australia’s…
Australia and the United States will support projects to develop critical minerals and rare earths, an Australian government minister has said, signalling deeper cooperation in a market dominated by Chinese…
SYDNEY – Heavy winds have stirred dozens of fires across Australia’s east coast, blanketing Sydney in hazardous smoke and prompting health warnings for the country’s most populous city. Wildfires have…
DUBAI – Two Saudi male journalists, who say the authorities revealed their romantic relationship in retaliation for contacts one of them had with foreign media, have been detained in Australia…
MELBOURNE – Australia’s flagship airline, Qantas, says it stands ready to offer legal assistance to a member of its flight crew named in a racism accusation by Black Eyed Peas…
MELBOURNE – Two Australian lawmakers who were denied entry to China for a study tour because of their outspoken criticism of Beijing must “repent and redress their mistakes” if they…
HANOI – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has said that it has no plans to build a factory in Vietnam’s northern province of Hoa Binh, after a provincial official said the…
HANOI- A court in Vietnam has jailed a music teacher for 11 years for a series of posts on Facebook that the government said were “anti-state”. Despite sweeping economic reform…
HANOI – Tradition in Vietnam dictates that the dead should be buried within three days, but Nguyen Dinh Gia is still waiting for his son’s body to come home. “We…