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Police work at the crime scene following a stabbing incident in Melbourne on November 9, 2018. — AFP/VNA PhotoViet Nam News MELBOURNE — Australian police on Friday said a deadly knife attack in Melbourne was an act of terror, revealing that the deceased suspect was originally from Somalia and was known to intelligence agencies. "We are now treating this as a terrorism event," said Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Graham Ashton, adding that the suspect is "someone that is known to us" and had travelled to central Melbourne in a 4x4 packed with gas bottles. Ashton said the attacker -- who was shot by police and later died in custody -- was known by the authorities because of family connections and had been in Australia for decades. The counter-terrorism command has taken a lead role in the investigation. One person was killed in the attack and two others were injured. Police officers who apprehended the suspect are being treated for cuts and scrapes and are not thought … [Read more...] about 1004/ Police say treating Melbourne stabbing as a terror attack

Emergency services at the scene. Multiple people have been shot after a gunman opened fire in a bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Initial reports indicated that a man had opened fire with a semi-automatic gun at about 11.20pm. Officers on the scene said at least 30 shots had been fired and that victims would be at multiple locations as they fled, local media reported. Viet Nam News LOS ANGELES — A gunman who opened fire in a southern California bar and dance hall late Wednesday killing several people is dead, the sheriff’s office said. Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Sgt Eric Buchow told the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles that there were "multiple fatalities" in the shooting and the gunman was dead inside the crowded venue in the upscale residential suburb of Thousand Oaks. — AFP To be updated     … [Read more...] about Gunman among ’multiple’ dead in US bar shooting: sheriff’s office

Migrants cross the Suchiate River from Tecun Uman in Guatemala to Ciudad Hidalgo in Mexico. - AFP/VNA PhotoViet Nam News WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is deploying 5,200 active-duty troops to beef up security along the US-Mexico border, officials announced on Monday, in a bid to prevent a caravan of Central American migrants from illegally crossing the frontier. The move represents a massive military buildup along the border, where some 2,000 National Guardsmen are already working to provide assistance to overwhelmed authorities. Trump in recent weeks has repeatedly said more troops are needed to tighten border security, and he has made political capital of the caravan ahead of crucial midterm congressional elections that could see the Democrats regain some degree of power. According to US Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan, US authorities are tracking a group of about 3,500 people traveling north through the Chiapas-Oaxaca area in southern Mexico. … [Read more...] about Thousands of US troops head for southern border

WASHINGTON — Apple is investigating a factory in southwest mainland China after a labour rights group said the tech giant’s supplier forced student workers to work "like robots" to assemble its popular Apple Watch. Many were compelled to work in order to get their vocational degrees and had to do night shifts, according to an investigation by Hong Kong-based NGO Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM). SACOM interviewed 28 students at the plant in Chongqing municipality over the summer, and all of them said they had not voluntarily applied to work there, according to the report published last week. They worked under the guise of "internships", SACOM said, a practice rights groups say is widespread in China as manufacturers pair up with vocational schools to supply workers and fill labour shortages when they ramp up production for new models or the Christmas rush. "Our graduation certificate will be withheld by the school if we refuse to come," said … [Read more...] about Apple Watch supplier under fire over China student labour