NASA troubleshooting problem with Mars rover drill
NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has halted its trek up a mountain filled with potentially habitable niches for life while engineers troubleshoot a problem with one of its key instruments, scientists…
Hỏi và giải đáp 200: Mười hai bến nước…
Trả lời thư cháu TT, một người vợ trẻ đang thất vọng về ông chồng trẻ của mình. Tóm tắt nội dung thư như sau: TT, gần 30, và chồng…
Wisdom the albatross, age 66, lays an egg at Pacific refuge
SEATTLE – Wisdom the albatross, the world’s oldest known breeding bird in the wild, has laid an egg at 66 years of age after returning to a wildlife refuge in…
Mexican Senate passes medical marijuana bill
MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s Senate has overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow for the use of medical marijuana, in a further step toward outright legalisation in a country long…
‘Democracy sausage’ wins Australia’s word of the year
‘Democracy sausage’ has been named Australia’s word of the year after the term was embraced at this year’s national election to describe the tradition of grilling sausages on barbeques for hungry…
Kanye West meets with Trump to discuss ‘multicultural issues’
Kanye West has met with US Republican President-elect Donald Trump to discuss what he said were “multicultural issues” including bullying, education and violence. West’s meeting at Manhattan’s Trump Tower sent…
Malaysian court to decide on Anwar Ibrahim’s last bid for freedom
Malaysia’s highest court is due to decide whether to uphold opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim’s conviction and a five-year jail term for sodomy, or overturn it and set him free. Anwar,…
Battle of Aleppo ends after years of bloodshed with rebel withdrawal
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo has ended after years of fighting and months of bitter siege and bombardment that culminated in a bloody retreat, as insurgents agreed…
Vietnam jails people smugglers deported from Australia
A court in southern Vietnam’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province has jailed four men for people smuggling, after they tried to reach Australia with a boat load of migrants. Two of the…
Fire hits apartment block on Dubai’s artificial Palm island
DUBAI – Fire broke out at an upmarket apartment block on the artificial Palm island in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates on Monday but there were no immediate reports…
