POLITICS & POLICY

Bell FX Currency Outlook The Australian Dollar has fallen below USD 0.9000 after good US economic data and a Federal Reserve announcement pulled the currency in opposite directions.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s youngest son joined the Australian Labor Party’s Digital campaign team.

Like pregnant asylum seekers in Australia who will still be sent to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea for processing despite the risk of exposure to malaria, gay asylum seekers would similarly not be spared from being resettled in the place now notoriously referred to as Rape Island.

Four days, that was how long Daniel Chong had to endure in jail before he was released, albeit no charges were set against him. Today, he receives $1m for each of the day he suffered, totaling $4M in damages.

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The Independent Commission Against Corruption have recommended criminal charges against two former high-profile ministers of the Australian Labor Party. In an explosive inquiry in Sydney going on for months now, the commission has found that Eddie Obeid, a former powerful minister in the New South Wales state and Ian Macdonald, former state resources minister, were guilty of corruption on a coal-mining deal.

Make or Break. People in Italy are on their toes awaiting the final verdict of its High Court on the long-running tax fraud case involving former prime minister and billionaire tycoon Silvio Berlusconi.

Who would have thought that reforming prisoners detained at the Guantanamo detention camp in Cuba, instead of a copy of the Quran, has been asking for copies of the scandalously wicked Fifty Shades of Grey series to while their time.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar tumbled more a one cent yesterday after remarks by RBA Governor Stevens on the inflation outlook for Australia and the scope for further reductions in the cash rate.

Even though Bill and Hillary Clinton had a very public sex scandal when the U.S. president then had a headline-hugging affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, the former first couple rejects any comparison with Ms Clinton's former aide Huma Abedin and her husband, disgraced New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner.

Manufacturers of Russian vodkas stand to suffer potential losses after the global LGBT movement has unilaterally decided to ban the type of alcoholic drinks from gay bars in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's crackdown against the sector in his home country.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) officially released the dazzling image of the 2013 Comet ISON that Hubble Space Telescope was able to capture last April 30, 2013. The image shows Comet ISON speeding its way close to planet Earth with a visible tail and spectacular background.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is trading lower this morning as the market plays it safe ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting later this week.

New Zealand Defence Force officials are now denying responsibility for accusations of spying and calling journalist subversive.

As expected, eight division title holder Manny Pacquiao's announcement over the weekend of a plan to run for the presidency of the Philippines drew flak.

Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. sent a letter to Russia, affirming that Edward Snowden would not be given a death sentence if he tries to enter the U.S. Mr. Holder Jr. also said that a passport would be issued right away so that he could fly back to the U.S. Russian President Vladimir V. Putin had said that the U.S. had gotten itself into an awkward shape, where Mr. Snowden had become immobile.

Just like any other family man, Invercargill taxi driver Tariq Humayun was just there to work for a day's honest living. But he never expected that the guy he would pick up from the central city would quell him so bad he's now almost close to the brink of thinking that Kiwis probably all are racists.

Italy’s first black minister Cecile Kyenge has been subjected to another racial attack on Friday when an unknown assailant threw bananas at her during a rally in Cervia. The incident is the latest of the several harassments the Minister of Integration has endured since she was appointed in April.

Ji Yingnan, a 26-year-old woman apparently jilted by her lover who is a Chinese government official just got even. Not only has she bravely identified her former lover, Fan Yue, a deputy director at China's State Administration of Archives, she has also revealed their relationship and the kind of lifestyle they had when they were still together.

Aussie voters are becoming impatient as Prime Minister Kevin Rudd does dilly-dallying over election dates

NSW Coalition leads the recent Newspoll over NSW Australian Labor Party while Galaxy Poll says Rudd still more popular than Abbott

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd may have drawn some criticism on his asylum seeker deal with Papua New Guinea but he has gained the support of the local music industry when he announced that Labor government will allot funds worth $560,000 to establish a National Office for Live Music in three years.

Besides the two penis selfie photos allegedly taken by New York mayoral candidate and former Congressman Anthony Weiner, more self-taken images of the controversial politician appeared online

'In the Way' guy is not "ridiculously photogenic" or "unimpressed." But he is the latest star in the funny viral memes circulating the social media sites via Reddit today. Thanks to him, photobombing reaches a whole new level. Have you seen him yet on Facebook, Twitter?

The Federal Opposition has doubted the economic update to be released by the government's Treasury and Finance Departments after the election has been called. Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey said the Australian Labor government is planning to release pre-emptive budget of its own to influence that statement.

A South Carolina man, along with his wife, has been arrested for the death of a sex offender who hasn’t done anything wrong to him or his family. He only knew about him, his offenses as well as personal information from the state registry.

A guard from Manus Island detention camp for asylum seekers revealed more harrowing details of rape

Two Chinese government officials tasked to enforce the country's one-child policy had been stabbed to death by a disgusted father after he was told he can no longer register his fourth and youngest child until he pays the fines for breaking the law.

Julian Assange, through a video link announced Wikileaks Party’s candidates for the coming federal election