Esther Tanquintic-Misa

From mere speculation, Australia's Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed the high probability of an emerging El Niño at 70 per cent and that it will begin to be felt as early as July.

The Government of Saudi Arabia has further intensified its monitoring efforts against cases of the dreaded Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV).

After a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck northern Thailand's Chiang Rai Province on Monday evening, one person died and at least 23 others were reportedly injured.

Canada Post's losses continued to escalate for the third consecutive year, incurring a $193 million operating loss in 2013.

Bishop Gene Robinson, the first openly gay bishop in the Episcopal Church, has announced he is divorcing his husband of over 25 years.

Unresolved military conflicts in Pakistan which unfortunately disrupted polio vaccination campaigns have pushed the virus to spread, forcing the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare polio a global health emergency.

A powerful 6.0 magnitude earthquake shook Japan's capital city, Tokyo on Monday, injuring 17 people and causing delays in the city's railway systems. Despite the magnitude, no tsunami alert was raised.

Of all the continents in the world, it is Australia that had experienced more than its fair share of tsunamis, with most largely unreported, a new study has revealed.

For the very first time, the U.S. Department of Education has publicly revealed a list of colleges that are under investigation for possible violations regarding sexual assault and harassment complaints on their campuses.

Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 had been missing for 17 minutes from the civilian radar before air traffic controllers took notice.

Two people have died and more than 180 people have been injured after a powerful suspected gas explosion blasted through the Escambia County Jail in northwest Florida on Wednesday night. The fatalities were inmates.

Just hours after President Xi Jinping wrapped up a four-day visit in the far-west minority region of Xinjiang, a set of explosives planted at Urumqi South Railway Station blasted off on Wednesday killing three people and injuring 79 others.

The cure or vaccine for the MERS-CoV virus (Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus) currently sweeping across the Middle East may already be near.

LGBT rights, particularly in India, has taken center stage in a Bollywood-inspired video released no less than by the United Nations.

The United States has started calculating costs now that the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has entered a new phase. Suffice to say, the global economic leader hinted nothing in this world could ever possibly be cost-free.

The albacore tuna caught off the shores of Oregon and Washington have been found to have radiation levels from Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. But scientists said they are still safe to eat.

Australia and parts of Indonesia had a partial eclipse of the sun on Tuesday, April 29, 2014. Naturally not everyone was able to see it. Still good news for those who weren't able to see it, they can now be viewed in videos online.

The Queensland Government led by Environment Minister Andrew Powell has called for a boycott of all Ben and Jerry's ice cream products after the latter expressed support to the World Wildlife Fun for Nature (WWF's) campaign to save the Great Barrier Reef.

Food markets around the world are being strongly advised to conduct the necessary preparations as the "boy child' weather phenomenon El Niño has been predicted to highly likely occur this year.

Warning to parents that technology is not fool-proof. A couple from Ohio was roused from their sleep one night due to the obscenities they heard coming from their child's baby monitor.

A motorist traversing onto a four-lane road in Utah was shocked to her core when she chanced upon the busy thoroughfare a one-year-old crawling baby.

A breakaway iceberg from Antartica which is six times larger than Manhattan, has the NASA's Earth Observatory worried. Scientists believed the rogue iceberg could drift to populated shipping lanes which could disrupt the industry.

The world will have its first solar eclipse of the year on Tuesday, April 29. And Australia will have the best view of the event.

Perhaps motorists could now equate the famous reminder "Don't drink and drive" to "Don't take selfies and drive." A woman from North Carolina died in a head-on collision on a US highway, ironically just seconds after posting a selfie and 'happy' status on Facebook.

A study by scientists from the James Cook University (JCU) in Townsville in north Queensland has said that seaweeds could potentially help re-energise the environment around Australia's Great Barrier Reef.

The addition of 11 new cases of the deadly Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), including a first in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, is starting to alarm officials at the World Health Organization (WHO).

Gas prices in New South Wales are set to increase by 17.6 per cent effective July 1, making typical NSW households' gas bills jump between $150 and $225 annually.

Australia is planning to deploy a highly sophisticated powerful sonar equipment that is similar to the one that helped locate the sunken Titanic 29 years ago as the country vowed to continue the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370. This, as the Australian Transport Safety Bureau confirmed on Thursday the "object of interest" debris recovered on a beach on the coast of Western Australia does not belong to the missing aircraft.

The Canadian middle class have been found to be now the world's richest in that segment, a report on incomes published on Tuesday in the New York Times said.