Australian boy, 12, drives brother’s truck to flee fires with dog
A 12-year-old boy in Australia and his dog have escaped a fire that was lapping his family’s farm house by grabbing the keys to his brother’s pick-up truck and driving to safety.
Vietnam hopes for Chinese restraint in South China Sea in 2020
Vietnam said it hoped China would show restraint in the South China Sea next year after a Chinese oil survey vessel and its escorts spent months within Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in what Hanoi called a blatant violation of its sovereignty.
$5 billion flee Hong Kong funds amid unrest: Bank of England
The unrest in Hong Kong has led to as much as $5 billion of capital outflow from investment funds in the Asian financial hub since April, the Bank of England said.
Hong Kong needs to do more to stop violence, resolve problems: government
Hong Kong’s chief secretary, Matthew Cheung, said on Tuesday he was disappointed with recent protest violence after a period of relative calm, as the Asian financial hub geared up for more anti-government demonstrations in coming days.
Ecstasy on the barbie: Australia seizes more than half a tonne of drugs smuggled in barbecues
Australian police have arrested two men for allegedly smuggling 645 kilograms (1,422 pounds) of ecstasy hidden inside hundreds of aluminum barbecues, the culmination of a six-month investigation spanning three countries.
Bad weather hampers search for missing after deadly New Zealand volcano eruption
A police helicopter looking for two bodies still missing after a New Zealand volcano eruption last week was forced to return due to bad weather, police said on Tuesday.
Australian court sentences would-be airline bombers to 76 years in prison
Two brothers have been sentenced to a total of 76 years in prison by an Australian court for planning to blow up an Etihad Airways flight from Sydney to Abu Dhabi with a bomb hidden in a meat grinder.
Johnson uses UK law to demand EU trade deal by end of 2020
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will use the prospect of a Brexit cliff-edge at the end of 2020 to push for the European Union to give him a comprehensive free trade deal in less than 11 months.
‘Little Miss Period’ tackles Japan’s menstruation taboos with a punch
Her timing can be terrible and she can pack a mean punch.
Australian firefighters warn of uncontrollable blazes as conditions worsen
Firefighters in Australia warned on Tuesday they would not be able to contain some of the 100 fires still ablaze in the country before conditions are expected to deteriorate later this week.
