Esther Tanquintic-Misa

Mexico's Grupo Bimbo SAB has acquired Canada Bread Company Limited for C$1.83 billion ($1.65 billion), the North American company announced on Wednesday.

Tokyo has a new governor, Yoichi Masuzoe. And with his election, observers believed it won't be long before some, if not all, of Japan's idling nuclear power plants get to restart again.

The world of science is abuzz after a team of researchers uncovered a massive fossil site in a mountain park in British Columbia which they claimed is the "motherload" of all fossil sites.

Fishing communities near the Earth's equator, particularly those in Southeast Asia, are at risk of losing their source of food and livelihood. An Australian-led study has found that the burgeoning climate change will make ocean waters to go warmer, pushing marine species to seek comfortable conditions elsewhere.

Air New Zealand has finally released to the viewing public its latest inflight video "Safety in Paradise" featuring a bevy of scantily clad swimsuit models frolicking the beach shores of Cook Islands. The island's tourism authorities were highly appreciative of the material.

It was a bittersweet ending for first-time dad Dylan Benson. On Saturday, he held for the first time his son baby Iver after doctors performed a C section on his mother and extracted him. On Sunday, Dylan made a final goodbye to Robyn who had been brain-dead since December but had to be put on life support just so her son, whom she will never get to see, would have a better chance of survival.

Today exactly a year ago, the predecessor of Pope Francis dropped a bomb so gigantic it could have wiped out the whole contingent of the Roman Catholic faith off the face of the globe. But Benedict XVI stood pat on his decision to voluntarily step down from office as supreme pontiff. Much has happened since then. Much as the secular faith got confused over the idea of two living popes, the spiritual leaders managed to douse off the apprehensions.

China's mad dash for the safe haven yellow metal gold has surpassed 1,000 tonnes in 2013.

North Korea's been reported to be potentially holding the world's largest deposit of rare earth minerals at 216 million tonnes, which if properly managed and funneled could make the world's most isolated regime and its people rich and powerful.

Two vending machines selling crack pipes, the first of its kind, have been launched in Vancouver. The Drug Users' Resource Centre for the Portland Hotel Society, the non-profit group that help pave its launch, said it will help curb the spread of HIV and other communicable diseases among its users.

A case of an eye for an eye? Staff member of the Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark now worry for their lives after the killing of a baby giraffe went highly publicised and out of proportions.

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), the UN's weather agency, has confirmed that the year 2013 had indeed been the world's sixth hottest year since record keeping began in 1850.

Authorities from the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee has warned all international airlines to take necessary precautions, following reports that terrorist groups have concocted explosives disguised as toothpaste bombs on flights bound for Russia.

A report issued on Thursday by Canada's budget watchdog has shown that the government and taxpayers have spent paying $871 million to sickly public servants in 2011-2012. The Public Service Alliance (PSAC) of Canada, meantime, said it will thwart attempts to cut full-time workers' allowable paid sick leaves of 15 days a year.

Immigrants to Canada seeking to make the country their second home have to spend more time and should master one official language before becoming legitimate Canadian citizens, based on a set of new stricter rules proposed by Immigration Minister Chris Alexander on Thursday.

A week after Delta Airlines has launched its 1980s-themed inflight safety video, Air New Zealand announced a new similar material that will surely send temperatures inside its cabins soaring with the wind.

Waves as high as 60 feet that lashed along Britain's shorelines have washed out portions of a 150-year old railway line into the sea. Residents have been advised to brace for more rains and potential flooding into the weekend.

A new deadly new bird flu strain H10N8 has been discovered in China. At least one has died from the brand-new bird flu strain.

Overwhelmingly voted by 105 votes against 18, same-sex marriage is now legalized in Scotland despite strong opposition from the country's various religious institutions.

Singapore's competition watchdog has sought the public to comment on its Web site on the planned alliance between Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) and Air New Zealand Ltd (Air NZ).

The Canadian federal government on Wednesday has mandated all wireless companies to conduct the necessary consultations with the Canadian people before erecting new cellphone towers in their communities.

An Australian man who went berserk aboard a China Southern Airlines flight 329 to Vancouver on Sunday has been charged with disturbance, mischief and assault and will be deported back to Australia.

Effective May 5, 2014, Virgin Atlantic will no longer be servicing the Sydney-Hong Kong daily service routes as part of cost-cutting plans to keep the company afloat.

Australian parents have been warned to take necessary precautions after another toddler has died due to blind cord strangling, the second in just a week's time.

Colin Rankin, Canada's first test tube baby, is now a first-time father. But compared to his father and Uncle Gregory, Colin's twin, whose birth made swooping headlines 32 years ago, baby Clark was conceived and born the old, traditional way.

Good news for Canadian jobseekers. At least 7,500 jobs will be made available as Walmart announced on Tuesday it plans to spend C$500 million over the next year to add 35 more supercenter stores.

Because of a susceptibility gene, emerging and getting rampant H7N9 flu virus may only infect residents of China.

U.S. researchers will be fishing California fish kelp off the waters of Malibu to test and determine the levels of radiation they have received from the radioactive material spewed into the ocean waters by the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Can you imagine the tiny, eeeky, dirty rodent rat growing into the size of a sheep or worse a cow? A scientist from the UK said it is highly possible. We humans may ought to brace for the onslaught of rat armageddon.