Australian lawmakers recommend banking complaints tribunal
A group of Australian lawmakers have recommended a banking customer complaints tribunal should be set up by July next year, to make binding decisions while minimising the involvement of lawyers,…
Tokyo hit by first November snow in 54 years
The Japanese capital of Tokyo has been hit by its first November snow in 54 years, slowing rush hour trains as residents slogged to work wearing heavy coats and boots in…
UK wartime codebreaking centre becomes cyber education college
It was once the home of Britain’s codebreakers during World War Two. Now more than 70 years later, Bletchley Park is preparing to host the UK’s first national college of…
S.Korean investigators raid Lotte and SK offices-Yonhap
SEOUL – South Korean investigators have raided the offices of Lotte Group, SK Group and government agencies as part of a widening probe into alleged influence-peddling that has engulfed President Park…
Vienna Zoo twin panda cubs named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at ceremony
Twin panda cubs born at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo last summer were officially named Fu Feng and Fu Ban at a ceremony on Wednesday – although they were still too small…
UN human rights body calls on Vietnam to free dissidents
The United Nations human rights watchdog has called on Vietnam to release three human rights activists who were recently detained and allegedly tortured while in custody. In a statement issued…
UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia upholds life in jail for Khmer Rouge leaders
PHNOM PENH – A UN-backed tribunal in Cambodia upheld a life sentence for two top cadres of the 1970s Khmer Rouge on Wednesday for murder and crimes against humanity. It…
China says 3,000 flee Myanmar after fighting along border
China is giving shelter to more than 3,000 people who have fled Myanmar after fighting between the government and rebels, and stray shells have fallen inside China causing minor damage…
Hỏi và giải đáp 199: Em là gái trời bắt xấu
Bà BT, một nữ độc giả ở Victoria có người cô con gái mà bà gọi là bất hạnh vì trời bắt xấu: A, con gái bà, năm nay 16…
Vietnam media outlets fined over ‘false’ fish sauce reports
The Vietnamese government has fined 50 news organisations in the country for spreading misleading information about the safety of Vietnamese produced fish sauce. Among the news outlets slapped with fines was…
