Eiffel Tower to get anti-terrorist glass barrier round base
PARIS – The Eiffel Tower, one of the world’s most famous landmarks, will get a glass wall built round its base under a plan to provide extra protection against terrorist…
Referee mishap at Nitro Series leaves headliner Bolt fuming
MELBOURNE – The second installment of the Nitro Athletics Series ended in farce in Melbourne on Thursday, with a referee error that initially awarded the Australia team top ranking for…
Power outage fuels growing Australian energy debate
MELBOURNE – A power outage during a searing heat wave in South Australia state has worsened a row with the federal government over energy security and the state’s heavy reliance…
Hepatitis E outbreak kills 11 in Chad, threatens hundreds more
DAKAR – Hundreds of people in southeastern Chad are at risk of dying from a worsening hepatitis E outbreak which has killed 11 people since September, medical charity Medecins Sans…
Mexico, Central America to discuss migration under Trump – ambassador
MEXICO CITY – The foreign ministers of Mexico, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala will meet in Mexico next week to discuss immigration policy responses to Donald Trump’s United States presidency, the…
Canada foreign minister will oppose US border tariffs
Canada opposes the idea of the United States imposing new border tariffs and would respond to any such move, the country’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland has said, after her first…
New TV series based on the Vietnam war to air in 2018
A Vietnamese war drama is slated for release on the American Discovery Channel. The series, called ‘The Suck’, is based on an unpublished memoir by Vietnam veteran and former Greenpeace…
Hỏi và giải đáp 207: Trai khôn tìm vợ chợ đông
TL trả lời thư cháu X, một chàng trai ‘tam thập’ nhưng chưa ‘nhi lập’. Tóm lược hoàn cảnh của cháu như sau: X, ngoài 30 tuổi, tất cả mọi…
South Australia suffers another weather-induced blackout
MELBOURNE – South Australia was hit by a short power outage late on Wednesday as searing heat led to a spike in electricity use, just months after a major blackout…
Indonesia, Australian military officials meet over Papua row
Australia‘s army chief has apologised for comments deemed insulting to Indonesia that were contained in teaching material found at an Australian military base, Indonesia’s armed forces chief said on Wednesday.…
