Israel launched it ground invasion on Gaza after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had placed orders to the military to go ahead. Israeli tanks arrived at Gaza on Thursday, July 17.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 18, 2014
In commemoration of the life and legacy of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela, Google treats visitors to the search engine home page with a visual journey of his life with accompanying six of his remarkable quotes.
Ma Evelyn Castino Quilas
Jul 18, 2014
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott finally fulfilled his campaign promise on Thursday, July 18, to repeal Julia Gillard's carbon tax law. To do that after two years when the tax was collected, the PM had the backing of the new crossbenchers in the Senate, along with the Palmer United Party. Thirty-nine legislators voted to repeal the carbon tax, while 32 Labor and Green members opposed the repeal.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jul 18, 2014
Meteorologists from Australia's Bureau of Meteorology announced on Wednesday that the tropical Pacific Ocean has cooled off, enough to surmise that the anticipated weather event El Niño is unlikely to be strong after all.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jul 17, 2014
Typhoon Rammasun, now on its way to strike southern China and northern Vietnam, forced over 400,000 people in the Philippines to evacuate and seek higher and safer grounds on Tuesday till Wednesday.
Jul 17, 2014
Canadian navy soldiers are now in the hot seat after navy ship HMCS Whitehorse was pulled out of an international naval exercise in the U.S. due to serious misconduct of at least three service men onboard.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jul 17, 2014
Kiwis living in Australia are gearing up to fight for social service rights by making a bold move to win a seat in the New Zealand Parliament. If they succeed, they will lobby for New Zealanders in Australia to have fairer access to the country's social services and push for permanent residency rights.
Reissa Su
Jul 17, 2014
China's southern coastal regions are now bracing for Typhoon Rammasun as it left 20 dead in the Philippines, alongside a massive electrical knockdown affecting millions of people.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Jul 17, 2014
Hamas has refused to take part in peace talks scheduled to be held in Cairo. Israel, on the other hand, is reportedly planning ground invasion of Gaza.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 17, 2014
New Zealand-based Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom has announced he will "drop a political bombshell" on the eve of the country's general election. According to reports, Dotcom said he will prove Prime Minister John Key has been "lying."
Reissa Su
Jul 16, 2014
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas was detained at a U.S. airport on Tuesday, July 15.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 16, 2014
Canada has strongly criticised Hamas for refusing to accept Israel’s ceasefire, as proposed by Egypt.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 16, 2014
The massacre in Palestine continues but now the civilians in the country may start accusing Hamas of being responsible for further bloodshed.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 16, 2014
Mr Abbott had vowed to continue his push to repeal the Labour-imposed carbon tax. He said he was confident Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer will change his mind on July 15. The prime minister said his government "won't rest until the carbon tax is gone."
Reissa Su
Jul 15, 2014
Canada made history after the Royal 22e Regiment at the Buckingham Palace on Monday, July 14.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 15, 2014
The Jewish suspects, who are accused of killing 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, have confessed to Israeli police that they burned him alive. One of them is 29 and the other two are 17.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 15, 2014
New records have been created in Gaza, of which humanity should not be much proud of. Israel managed to kill 184 Palestinians and injure around 1,300 others.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 15, 2014
Canada Prime Minister Stephen Harper asked world leaders to support Israel. He said on Sunday, July 13 that terrorists in Palestine intentionally used civilians as human shields against Israeli attack.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 14, 2014
A survey by the Herald's DigiPoll has asked New Zealanders if they supported the legalisation of cannabis or wanted it to remain illegal. New Zealand laws currently consider marijuana possession a crime with a penalty of $500. Violators may also be imprisoned for up to three months.
Reissa Su
Jul 14, 2014
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened this morning below 0.9400 after a very quiet day of trading on Friday.
Christine Gaylican
Jul 14, 2014
A supposedly classified government report exposes harrowing sex acts experienced by children in children’s state care in Melbourne
Athena Yenko
Jul 11, 2014
The United States is ready to negotiate peace talks between Palestine and Israel after 81 Palestinians were killed within three days of Israeli airstrikes. One may wonder what held the White House back so far as the death toll continued to rise by leaps and bounds in Palestine.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 11, 2014
Germany has expelled a U.S. official in its capital as a response to a couple of alleged spying cases against Barack Obama’s government.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 11, 2014
Japan's capital of Tokyo is now on high alert in anticipation of Typhoon Neoguri which is expected to reach areas near the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant on Friday.
Jul 11, 2014
Amidst the chaos in the Senate regarding the carbon tax repeal, Prime Minister Tony Abbott stressed that this move is good news for families, business, jobs, and prices.
Ma Evelyn Castino Quilas
Jul 11, 2014
Mining magnate and MP Clive Palmer continued to push his weight around the repeal of the carbon tax issue by playing kingmaker and withdrawing his party's support for the measure on Thursday. The result is the measure that Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been dying to be enacted into a law lost anew in the Senate by two votes - 37 to 35.
Vittorio Hernandez
Jul 11, 2014
The Australian government is hoping to repeal carbon tax by next week despite the chaos in the Senate. After further talks with the Palmer United Party, the government is preparing to bring back the bill to the lower house on July 14.
Reissa Su
Jul 10, 2014
The Pentagon may ask U.S. President Barack Obama to launch a drone attack on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the spearhead of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Jul 10, 2014
Pregnant asylum seekers in Christmas Island pleaded with doctors to let their children be adopted by Australian families. According to reports, the pleas for adoption happened four months ago as asylum seeker women began to worry for the future of their children.
Reissa Su
Jul 10, 2014
“She likes to dress as a fairy,” says a father of an asylum seeker, who could only be with his child through imagination.
Athena Yenko
Jul 10, 2014
