With President Barack Obama on Wednesday gaining a vote of support over his bid for military action against Syria, should the world already cower and start digging underground hideouts in preparation for the apocalyptic doomsday WW3?
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 05, 2013
Quebec’s proposed ban on religious headwear faced another opposition when one of the major teachers’ unions has publicly expressed its views on the issue.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Sep 05, 2013
Russian President Vladimir Putin called John Kerry a liar
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Sep 05, 2013
Data released based on a Freedom of Information request disclosed that over 300,000 attempts were made in 2012 from the British Parliament, particularly the House of Commons, to access pornographic Web sites.
Vittorio Hernandez
Sep 05, 2013
Amid widespread speculation among Filipinos that detained pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles is laying the groundwork for hospital detention with her recent bouts of hypertension and anxiety attack, her lawyer, Lorna Kapunan, assured that her client won't join the notorious St Luke's gang.
Vittorio Hernandez
Sep 05, 2013
Kim Dotcom seems to have a few more surprises up his sleeves. After his tweet about plans to launch a political party in New Zealand - a leak which he attributed to “whistleblower”- picked up storm, it is now known that he quit as director of Mega, the cloud hosting service that he launched with much fanfare in Jan 2013, after his previous file sharing venture Megaupload was shut down in a U.S. driven operation, following allegations of mass copyright infringement and money laundering.
Sunny Peter
Sep 05, 2013
Activists on the Freedom Flotilla, set for an unauthorised landfall on the Indonesian territory of West Papua, arrived at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait on Tuesday. As they plan the last leg of their protest journey, organisers said, international support for the movement for West Papua self-determination was growing.
Sunny Peter
Sep 04, 2013
Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) found a $266 a week overall difference between what men and women in full-time work earn. Calculations show that takes 64 extra days of work for the average woman to equal what a man earns in a year. In its latest workplace survey figures, WGEA shows that, the gap between what men and women earn is widening in the country, increasing from 15% in 2004 to 17.5% over the last year.
Sunny Peter
Sep 04, 2013
Controversial Internet entrepreneur, founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, has announced plans to launch a new political party in New Zealand. Tweeting that it was in early stages of formation, he said the new party will contest elections next year in New Zealand.
Sunny Peter
Sep 04, 2013
President Barack Obama has been successful in winning support from key political figures in the U.S. including Eric Cantor and John Boehner.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Sep 04, 2013
Crisis-stricken Japan, which has yet to gain a definite hold on how to arrest the radiation problems of a nuclear plant downed by an earthquake two years ago, has again been shaken by a strong 6.9 magnitude quake on Wednesday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 04, 2013
In news that would come as a major relief for Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. based manufacturer of fighter aircrafts, Australia’s opposition coalition seems inclined toward the government’s defence procurement plan to buy dozens of new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. However, another report says, that the Opposition’s commitment is not absolute.
Sunny Peter
Sep 04, 2013
Syrian-Australian families revealed threats from Assad spies in Australia
Athena Yenko
Sep 04, 2013
Unless the world gets it act together to counter the worsening global climate change, it won't be long before it sees the total wipe out of the oceans' coral reefs.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 04, 2013
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joins the list of Canadian political leaders who are against the proposed ban on religious headwear for public servants.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Sep 04, 2013
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar rose to a two-week high after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate unchanged and issued a neutral statement on the chance of further cuts.
Christine Gaylican
Sep 04, 2013
A Florida family just couldn't believe when Lady Luck smiled her big smile on them on Sept 1 when they discovered a trove of gold that could be worth more than $300,000 in a sunken ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 04, 2013
At least three earthquakes struck Canada's Vancouver Island on Tuesday, with the largest measured at magnitude 6 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The other two aftershocks which came within 20 minutes of each other measured 4.5 and 4.9, according to Natural Resources Canada. No tsunami warnings were issued following the three shakers.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 04, 2013
As U.S. President Barack Obama continued to rally on giving justification to the importance and necessity of a military strike against Syria, the American people have likewise let out their collective voice be heard against the punitive action.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 04, 2013
The Julia Gillard vs. Kevin Rudd battle is still ongoing way pass the June turnover of prime ministership.
Athena Yenko
Sep 04, 2013
With elections around the corner, Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke claimed a major policy success in bringing down, for the first time, the number of asylum seekers. Burke claimed that, after the implementation of the “PNG solution,” there was a visible decline in the number of asylum seekers arriving on Christmas Island within a month.
Sunny Peter
Sep 03, 2013
Losing a child due to horrific circumstances is painful enough. What makes it doubly painful is when parents cannot pursue the alleged killer all because the suspect was also a child himself.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 03, 2013
An attack on Syria regardless of with or without parliamentary support but without the necessary backing of the United Nations is already a prelude to doomsday WW3, Noam Chomsky, an anti-war activist and author said on Monday.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 03, 2013
Beijing on Monday has laid down a new set of schemes meant to reduce its pollution emissions, as the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) commence issuing forecasts for air pollution conditions around the country.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 03, 2013
New Zealand and Australia have been asked by the U.S. to pledge support for its potential military strike against Syria. Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand has yet to make a decision and give his commitment on the matter.
Reissa Su
Sep 03, 2013
The Marshall Islands, a small island state in the Pacific, cries for help as the islands continued to sink due to rising sea levels. Composed of 29 coral islands and atolls in the middle of Australia and Hawaii, the Marshall Islands are currently just 2 metres above sea level. The islands want help from the New Zealand government as the population will be at risk to increasingly intense droughts and storms.
Reissa Su
Sep 03, 2013
Australian Federal Election Update Sep 3: Homeless voters from Perth cast their votes in a trial mobile polling; AEC announced bilingual voter information officers to be deployed for the election and postal voters are being reminded that deadline for their votes are nearing deadline.
Athena Yenko
Sep 03, 2013
In what was believed to be a rare occurrence for the country, a tornado has struck the Koshigaya city of Japan, ripping off the roofs of a number of houses and buildings as well as toppling down a number of structures. No casualties have been reported. At least 67 were injured.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Sep 03, 2013
Kevin Rudd News: Pm tackles single mother cuts but fails at home state says Newspoll and under fire for conflicting with pastor over gay marriage
Athena Yenko
Sep 03, 2013
In a last ditch attempt to save himself from a seemingly impending defeat 6 days away, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on Sunday, promised a host of measures to woo voters back. His assurances, including tax breaks and education programmes and plans to counteract the country’s slowing economy, came as opinion polls showed him slipping towards a landslide defeat.
Sunny Peter
Sep 03, 2013
