Australia and China vow to work on repairing bilateral relationship
SYDNEY – Australia and China said they will work together to repair their bilateral relationship, tarnished by allegations that Beijing has committed cyber-attacks and has attempted to interfere in Canberra’s…
Red hot bust: Australian police seize 400 kilos of ‘ice’ hidden in chilli sauce bottles
SYDNEY – Four men have been arrested after Australian police seized 400 kilograms of crystal meth, or ice, worth an estimated $300 million concealed in bottles of sriracha hot chilli…
In Vietnam’s ‘Billionaire Village’, migrant cash can buy a palace
DO THANH, Vietnam, Oct 30 (Reuters) – Vietnam‘s “Billionaire Village” doesn’t sound like a place people would want to leave, but at least three of the 39 victims found in…
Australia says to hold China accountable on human rights
SYDNEY – Canberra will hold China to account on issues such as human rights, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has said, insisting that staying quiet on sensitive issues is not…
Ahead of auction, Olivia Newton-John recalls being stitched into ‘Grease’ costume
BEVERLY HILLS – Olivia Newton-John’s black leather jacket and very tight pants from “Grease”, complete with a broken zipper, go up for auction this week as the top item in…
“Global ring” involved in smuggling 39 found dead in UK truck, court told
CHELMSFORD, England – A court heard on Monday that a global ring had been involved in smuggling the 39 people whose bodies were found in a truck near London, as…
Postcards from a poisoned coast: Vietnam’s people-smuggling heartland
NGHE AN, Vietnam – The countryside in the Vietnamese provinces of Nghe An and Ha Tinh is dotted with billboards for labour export companies advertising jobs or study overseas. Thousands…
British PM Johnson says whole nation shocked by 39 deaths in truck
GRAYS, England – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written in a book of condolences for the 39 people found dead in a truck on Oct. 23 that the whole…
Vietnam police take DNA from relatives of suspected truck victims
CAN LOC, Vietnam – Police in Vietnam have taken hair and blood samples to get DNA from relatives of people feared to be among the 39 who died in the…
From bubble tea to disaster: How one Vietnamese dreamer apparently met her fate
HANOI – In Berlin she posed outside a beer garden, a beaming smile upon her face. In Brussels she sipped sugary bubble tea and posed on the steps of the…
