Africa will become the global engine of growth in the coming decade said Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday at the end of a three-day African development conference in Yokohama, as he unveiled a $32 billion investment package aimed at accelerating growth, sustainable development as well as poverty reduction on the continent.
Convicted hacker Adrian Lamo testified on the Bradley Manning case of Tuesday saying that the accused did not intend to aid US enemies when he leaked classified information to WikiLeaks. Lamo said Manning was only acting out of a sense of moral and civic duty. He also claimed that Manning did express intent to kill himself over government atrocities in Iraq.
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant, its only power-producing reactor, has been damaged by the recent successive earthquakes that struck the country in April and May.
Russian President President Vladimir Putin does not want Russian children placed for adoption to be adopted by foreign gay or same-sex couples.
A lesbian who used to work for a British Conservative member of parliament and his wife has filed charges against her former employers for unfair dismissal, unpaid holiday pay as well as sexual advances and discrimination. She alleged her former employers wanted her to engage in a threesome act.
The French court ordered Apple Inc to pay over 5 million euros or $6.5 million worth of copyright taxes for iPad sales in 2011. The court ruling was removed last 2012 but this time, the French government is considering creating a new law on involving cultural taxes related to devices.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is steady at USD 0.9650 following yesterday's 'no change' announcement at 2.30pm by the RBA and a relatively quiet overnight session offshore.
Twenty five year old US army private Bradley Manning faces possible 154-year imprisonment for leaking classified information to website WikiLeaks. The young soldier is also being accused of aiding the terror group of the late Osama Bin Laden.
As the price of the safe haven yellow metal gold continues to slump, India, the world's biggest buyer of the metal, wants to control gold importation after data showed it imported the metal by a whopping 150 per cent increase over the month of April.
Many were disappointed as the supposedly partial news source, CNN Turk, opt to air a penguin documentary while protests happens
Recep Tayyip Erdogan has spent the last decade sitting unchallenged as Turkey’s Prime Minister. He established himself as the vengeful but righteous father of the country. It seems like for every ruler in history, a measure of their success and power comes down to a rebellion.
Violent crimes in the United States has risen by 1.2 per cent in 2012 compared from a year ago, according to the Preliminary Annual Uniform Crime Report released by the FBI on Monday.
Curiosity Mars remains fodder for rich speculations on what exists on the red planet. Several curious elements have been spotted on Martian photos taken by the rover. All findings remain speculation, and viewed by many as product of people's rich imagination. Here are some of the most controversial photos shared via social media networks.
The double 5.7 magnitude earthquake that struck the northern Philippines within only a day apart could last for weeks or months. This as the local government declared the town of Carmen in North Cotabato, worst affected by the tremor, under state of calamity.
Israeli female soldiers are in deep hot waters with the Israeli government and army after new recruits posted sexy and indecent, almost half-naked, photos of themselves on Facebook that were taken right inside the military barracks.
Recent polls about the upcoming elections reveal Coalition is leading the race. According to surveys, one out of two voters is in favor of the Coalition. The recent results also show the Coalition gaining as much as a 16-point lead.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has rallied strongly overnight, pushing up towards USD0.9800 on the back of weaker manufacturing numbers in the US.
People of Istanbul call out on international media to report on what’s really happening in Istanbul
Google is obliged to hand over customer data to the FBI on the department’s demand and as ordered by the judge. The customer data will help shed light on a national security investigation, the federal judge said. Earlier in the year, the judge called the FBI’s request as unconstitutional.
At least 55 people have died in a fire blaze that gutted down a poultry processing plant fire in northeast China's Jilin Province on Monday morning. But authorities feared the death tally could rise in the comings days since there are still other workers believed to be trapped inside the building.
Effective July 1, Australia's 1.5 million minimum wage workers are set to receive an additional pay raise of $15.80 per week, a 2.6 per cent hike over their existing wages. Essentially, Australia's national minimum wage has been set at $622 a week, or $16.37 per hour.
The sale of a cat skin in an online auction site has sparked an investigation in New Zealand.
In just a little over a day after a quake hit North Cotabato in southern Philippines, the very same region encountered another shake on early Monday morning, registering the same 5.7 magnitude strength as with the first incident.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar has opened this week slightly lower after significant falls on the US stock market on Friday night.
While economists agree that an overnight cash rate cut by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is unlikely this week, Westpac chief economist Bill Evans foresees the current 2.75 per cent key lending rate likely plunging to record low 2 per cent.
Queensland households will experience a 22.6 percent increase in their electricity rates beginning July 1 as announced by the Queensland Competition Authority on May 31. The increase will see an average household power bill shoot up from $1184 to $1451.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates attended an interview session at the University of New South Wales earlier this week. One of the audience members asked Gates about the possibility of negative consequences providing aid to Africa.
As the month of May comes to an end, the May 31 Friday night will provide one last spectacular 2013 Dance of the Planets view. Planets Jupiter, Mercury and Venus will be forming a rare straight alignment with the visibility of a “closer-than-usual” Supermoon.
Whether one admits it or not, the very reason racism still exists in Australia is because parents continue to put it in the minds of their young.
American-Iranian national Mansour J. Arbabsiar has been slapped with a maximum 25-year jail time by a New York federal judge on Thursday for his 2011 plot to murder Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the United States.
