Racism and stereotyping have been the major contributing factors that led to the untimely death in 2008 of Brian Sinclair, an aboriginal man, at the emergency room at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre. In fact, the failure of the medical staff to attend to the homeless, double-amputee was tantamount to homicide, the lawyer for the Sinclair family said during closing submissions at an inquest in Winnipeg.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 13, 2014
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has pledged as the "most dependable" friend of the U.S. in a meeting with Pres. Barack Obama.
Reissa Su
Jun 13, 2014
As the world awaits for the potential impacts of a looming El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, countries around the Indonesian archipelago have been advised to brace for more devastating Indian Ocean weather events that could bring more and severe drought, bushfires and floods to affected countries, Australia included.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 13, 2014
Canadian teachers in British Columbia are set go on a full-scale strike starting June 17 if the government and the BC Teachers' Federation do not settle to have a contract agreement by the weekend.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jun 13, 2014
Individual shareholders of Japan's nuclear power plants want the government to review the country's current energy mix to rely less on nuclear energy, a report by the Asahi Shimbun said.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 13, 2014
While most of the dangerous gases that had built up in the atmosphere over the years may have come from countries in the Earth's northern hemisphere, it is the countries however in the south that will bear the impact of the planet's global warming and climate change, a report released by ratings agency Standard & Poor's said.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 13, 2014
After Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott expressed his intentions of seeking an alliance with "like-minded" nations to counter U.S. President Barack Obama's climate change agenda, the conservative climate and energy minister of the UK has rejected the idea.
Reissa Su
Jun 13, 2014
About 15,000 union members and construction workers showed their dislike for the Abbott government's first federal budget by a protest on Thursday in Melbourne.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jun 13, 2014
A letter by an 11-year-old Australian boy chastising Prime Minister Tony Abbott for his pathetic stand on gay marriage has gone viral. It was initially posted on Facebook, including the reply of Mr Abbott, and is reposted in various Web sites in different parts of the world, reports News.com.au.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jun 13, 2014
New Zealand has rejected calls from marine biologists to improve the protection of the rare Maui or "hobbit" dolphins.
Reissa Su
Jun 12, 2014
As climate change continues to affect global economies, the environment and weather patterns, the gulf between world leaders, U.S. President Barack Obama and Australia Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is looming on the horizon.
Reissa Su
Jun 12, 2014
An estimated 500,000 Iraqi have been forced to flee from Mosul, Ninewa governorate, the second largest city in Iraq after Armed Opposition Groups (AOG) completely took over the city according to International Organization for Migration (IOM).
Ma Evelyn Castino Quilas
Jun 12, 2014
IBM bids for the new Pentagon IT system worth $11 billion in realisation
Athena Yenko
Jun 12, 2014
The European Union has released a new set of draft laws sought to tighten safety standards and improve supervision of nuclear facilities in the region.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 12, 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott popped into Hugh Jackman’s early morning workout in an NYC gym
Athena Yenko
Jun 12, 2014
JK Rowling donated £1 million to Scotland’s anti-independence campaign.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jun 12, 2014
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard has ordered a probe and wants immediate answers on how three fugitives were able to escape from a jail near Quebec City over the weekend using a helicopter.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 12, 2014
Canadian MPs were urged to pay $1.17 million of taxpayers' money after they had been accused of overspending.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jun 12, 2014
An email from the office of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key was accidentally sent to a Newstalk ZB reporter which revealed details not to be shared yet in public. The contents of Mr Key's personal notes include a killin and a secret meeting of United Nations ambassadors to Queenstown.
Reissa Su
Jun 12, 2014
Australia on Wednesday lowered its 2014-15 wheat production forecast by one per cent due to the looming El Niño weather phenomenon.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 12, 2014
Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recent keynote speech in New York has hinted a looming crackdown on Apple, Microsoft, Google and other international companies, as revealed in the notes prepared for his speech to the Australian-American Business Luncheon.
Athena Yenko
Jun 11, 2014
A new study released by researchers from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland has said the release of carbon dioxide emissions by the world's oceans is being heightened up by the continued rise of global warming temperatures.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 11, 2014
#Canadia is trending on Twitter and this has opened “Pandora’s box” on Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s most memorable political gaffe.
Athena Yenko
Jun 11, 2014
Athletes, an army captain, entertainers and artists, travel writers, a farmer and an animal rights activist made it to the list of Queen’s Birthday Honours List
Athena Yenko
Jun 11, 2014
The United States' wannabe first female president, Hillary Clinton, defended Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, in her new book titled Hard Choices.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jun 11, 2014
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is seeking an alliance among "like-minded" nations to thwart efforts to introduce carbon pricing and American President Barack Obama's move to push climate change through global forums like G20.
Reissa Su
Jun 10, 2014
U.S.-based nuclear waste management company Kurion Inc announced on Monday it had been chosen by Tokyo Electric Power to treat the contaminated radioactive water at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 10, 2014
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key revealed more than one Kiwi has been killed during the war in Syria. According to reports, one Kiwi is believed to be dead. Mr Key said there may be more casualties as a small group of New Zealanders continue to fight
Reissa Su
Jun 10, 2014
China has literally moved to tearing down and flattening 700 mountains to provide land for its growing population.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 09, 2014
Global warming this time has affected even the bodies of the dead from World War II. The foreign minister of the Marshall Islands disclosed over the weekend that rising sea water levels have washed the remains of Japanese World War II soldiers from their graves.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jun 09, 2014