The U.S is all set to remove the mandatory jail sentence for non-violent drugs users. The Attorney General Eric Holder announced the major policy reform on Monday.
The Cuban legend celebrates his birthday.
Not that it had been categorically denied because its maps had long been inefficient and useless, but Apple's request to 3D map the capitol of Norway's Oslo has been flatly denied by the federal government.
US Gay Ambassador to Australia Director John Berry has widely promoted marriage equality by tying the knot with his long term partner, Curtis Yee, of 17 years, in Washington, D.C.
Time and again for the nth time, Wikipedia will not bow down to any censorship demands from China, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the largest online free-content encyclopedia, said.
The killings took place in Konduga near Maidiguri.
The New Zealand government is bent on passing an almost forgotten bill through Parliament to expedite the government's inquiry into Fonterra's milk contamination scare. The move to fast-track the Fonterra investigation involving food safety practices follows after three other inquiries on the same botulism scare incident which led other countries like China to issue a temporary ban on some of New Zealand's dairy products that left the nation losing out on millions of dollars in export r...
The 2013 Perseid meteor shower has astounded numerous sky gazers from around the world during its peak activity on August 11 and 12. The weekend may have offered a good meteor shower display for many witnesses who were able to capture images and share their viewing experience but the Perseid meteor shower is predicted to continue lighting up the night skies until it fades out on August 24.
Kevin Rudd News: Prime Minister Kevin Rudd woos KAP’s Leader Bob Katter and turned moody on a Monday for Sydney second airport
The world is now abuzz over reports that North Korea has just launched its very first smartphone, labelled the AS1201 Arirang.
Aspiring Prime Minister and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was accused of buying thousands of followers on popular social media site, Twitter. Since June 18, the Coalition’s bet for Prime Minister of Australia in the coming September 7 elections received a 50 percent increase in the number of Twitter followers. Meanwhile, Tony Abbott attracted the attention of world media as the election campaign in Australia heats up. In a meeting with the conservative party supporters, the Oppositi...
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is being weighed down by strength in the greenback amid renewed expectations that the US Federal Reserve will begin tapering
its economic stimulus program soon.
Israel Announced the Release Sunday August 10
To update you with the latest record attempts which made it this 2013, here is a good list of the most interesting ones that will capture your attention.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has announced that a representative from China would be allowed to witness the government investigation regarding Fonterra's milk scare causing China and other countries to issue an import ban on dairy products from the country. The Prime Minister said the terms of the investigation including its duration and other details have yet to be finalized. Mr. Key wanted to finish the inquiry before he will leave for China. He said he needs to have answers so he c...
Kevin Rudd is under fire for cheating during debate, and Coalition announces Abbott as winner.
Sales and prices, as well as construction of new homes in Canada, have slowly picked up in July, but analysts and housing experts remained wary the trend could be sustained.
The war of words continue between President Barack Obama and actor/activist Matt Damon. Matt, in an interview to Black Entertainment Television took a dig at the president and jokingly said that the President “broke up” with him describing their souring relationship over the past few years.
Stephanie Banister, dubbed as the "Sarah Palin of Australia", has dropped out of the election race on August 10 after committing several interview blunders and calling Islam a country. Australia's Sarah Palin apologised to her party mates, family and friends for any embarrassment the video has brought them.
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's chief operating officer and sister to founder Mark Zuckerberg, has just gotten $91 million richer.
Kevin Rudd news grew more interesting as Newspoll revealed his dissatisfaction rating in its highest just four weeks shy of the election date
The Leaders Debate covered by television networks in Australia last August 11 was not the typical debate as expected but a joint news conference. Australian Labor Party's Kevin Rudd and the Coalition's Tony Abbott did not go head-to-head with heated arguments and the kind of verbal battles witnessed by viewers in a usual debate.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar benefited again from better than expected data out of China and traded just above the .9200 level on Friday night as concerns about lower Chinese growth abated.
If history will repeat itself, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may have the advantage over Opposition Leader Tony Abbott in the upcoming first leaders' debate of the election campaign scheduled on August 11. Based on historical records, Australian voters have rated leaders from the Australian Labor Party higher than Liberal leaders in most election debates with television coverage for the past 30 years.
Two men, Yemeni and Chadian nationals, have been arrested in Saudi Arabia after they were found to have been allegedly communicating with the Yemeni branch of the terror network, al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the country's Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
Bullet train services in Japan were suspended after the country's meteorological agency issued an alert for an upcoming earthquake. However, as the people braced for higher magnitude quake, what came off was a measly one.
Grieving family was angered of PM Kevin Rudd’s reluctant on their grief
According to the bi-annual report of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, one in every four households lives on social security payments. The annual cost of welfare has increased to $119 billion, equivalent to $1,300 for every person including children. Latest welfare data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare revealed that 13 per cent of the population lives in poverty with no means of income in 11.6 per cent of families. Households living in poverty meant having an a...
Police authorities have arrested two men, both aged 18, in a landmark cyber bullying case that led to the suicide death of a teenage girl in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Australian Labor Party and Liberal National Party battled neck-to-neck in their first week of campaign
