Esther Tanquintic-Misa

If only he had reined in his mouth, Eddie McGuire would still be known as the sideline hero who helped Adam Goodes resolve the ape remark of a young Collingwood fan. But with his King Kong remark on Wednesday morning, ironically just five days after he praised and glorified Mr Goodes, Mr McGuire had given racism a face in Australia.

As more and more global companies realise the importance and economic benefit of women in the workplace, this too has transcended to their respective households, according to a new study which found that a record number of American women have become the sole or primary breadwinners in their families.

As if the racist rant he received from a Collingwood fan on Friday was not enough, Adam Goodes suffered yet another backlash, this time from the group's very own president, Eddie McGuire. Not only was it a conduct unbecoming of a group president, but it was purely racial and discriminatory as well.

The world's only known working anti-viral flu drug Tamiflu has been rendered ineffective against the bird-flu strain H7N9 virus. Essentially, the virus has mutated. It won't be long before global pandemonium erupts unless a new effective drug is created and immediately made available to humans.

The thick fog that covered Sydney for the second consecutive day on Wednesday has started to lift up, but air carriers continued to advise travelers of potential flight delays in the coming hours.

Despite piles of incriminating evidence, including a checklist and a timeline for the attacks, the mother of 17-year-old Grant Alan Acord who planned to stage a bomb attack on his school said the youth is mentally sick.

3D printer makers have facilitated the creation of the printed gun, printed bullet, even a 3D printed tracheal splint to help save a baby's life. It has been reported that an Austin company wants to manufacture 3D pizzas for astronauts. Then comes in the U.S. Navy which is mulling to turn city-sized aircraft carriers into mobile factories through the aid of 3D Printing. With the do-it-yourself mentality hype that accompanies 3D printing, it won't be a surprise that the simple technology wo...

The problem with this government is that it takes an eternity for it to act on crucial law enforcement laws, Michelle Roberts, Australian State Opposition's police spokeswoman, ranted on Tuesday.

Last week, in what could become one of America's historical milestones, the country's Boy Scouts Organisation (BSA) has decided to overturn a ban to allow young boy gays and homosexuals to join its programs. In as much as it just maintained an open mind to the changing times, critics took no time to conclude the organisation has created its own calendar timeline to doomsday.

China's imports of Thai rice or grains is expected to surge in the following weeks after the recent discovery of cadmium metal contamination in the grains marketed by Hunan, China's largest rice-producing province.

Chinese citizens may already be getting rich enough to afford international overseas trips and visits, but wealth is by no means a safeguard to conduct misbehaviour in other lands. Ding Jinhao, a lucky Chinese teener who had the opportunity to visit and personally see for himself the famed centuries-old Luxor Temple, has gotten the ire of Chinese netizens after he desecrated and vandalized the Egyptian artwork a few years back.

He was supposed to take care of the elderly and infantile, but the reversed happened almost two years ago. Nurse Roger Kingsley Dean, who initially said the blaze that gutted down Quakers Hill nursing home in Sydney was an accident, on Monday pleaded guilty to the murder of 11 elderly people.

A 17-year-old American from Oregon is facing charges of attempted murder for planning to stage a bomb attack in his school, the West Albany High School.

The Upper and Lower House of Chambers of Texas had passed on Sunday a bill that allows students with handgun licenses to carry their guns in school campuses in Texas. However, these must be concealed only in their cars.

Following the un-called racist rant against footballer Adam Goodes on Friday, a report on Monday has said that such demeaning attitude occurs as much as in a work set-up as in a public transport.

While the world is fascinated with the merits of 3D printing which gave way to the concept of the 3D printed gun and the 3D printed bullet, global crime and violence experts are in a frenzy how to spot the potential terrorism menace that could go with it.

Holiday revelers looking forward to the Memorial Day Weekend are being advised to work around their travel itineraries as authorities expect a massive holiday-related traffic jam following the collapse of a portion of the Interstate 5 Skagit River Bridge in Washington, US on Thursday evening.

Police officials in the state of New South Wales have personally downloaded, created and experimented with the 3D-printed gun "The Liberator" and found the plastic gun will hit both target and owner.

Apart from the two madmen who went berserk on Wednesday afternoon, local police have arrested a man and a woman on suspicion of conspiracy to murder 25-year-old British soldier, Lee Rigby.

Latest data from the China Customs Statistics Information Center had revealed that China, which feeds more than 95 per cent of the world's demand for rare earths, had exported 2,196 metric tonnes of the precious metals in April, buoyed by the prevailing low global market prices as well as improved demand from Japan.

The bird flu strain H7N9, which had so far infected 131 and killed 36 in China, could be passed on between humans through the air and close contact.

China has finally lifted the ban it imposed on New Zealand's lamb mutton and beef meat products.

The telltale signs have already been there as early as 2012. It was just a matter of when will Ford Australia finally collect its guts to formally announce the closure of its manufacturing plants in Australia. That time came on Thursday as Ford Australia finally confirmed it is closing down and letting go 1200 jobs in the process.

China on Wednesday announced it has discovered a gold mine in the Ili Valley in the country's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. With reserves estimated to be at 53 tonnes, the said discovery could translate to an economic value of $3.2 billion.

Right smack under the broad afternoon Wednesday daylight, as two crazed men wielded terror and attacked and decapitated a UK soldier in Woolwich, David Cameron's country proved yet its bravery when a 48-year old mother walked right into the crime scene and talked with the emotionally charged madmen. Right then and there, it was a face-off between terror and bravery at its finest hour.

A young woman from Norwich, England identified on Twitter as Emma Way may now be cursing under her breathe why she ever tweeted in the first place her supposed "rightful" knocking down of a cyclist as potential charges could be filed against her.

As search-and-rescue officials finally closed the lid on Tuesday night for potential survivors or bodies, residents of Moore, Oklahoma, now focus on reclaiming their lives before the disruptive tornado hit their hometown on Monday afternoon. The official death tally was recorded at 24, with more than 230 injured. Damage to property was placed at an estimated US$3 billion.

A Tunisian man who contracted the SARS-like novel coronavirus during a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia has died.

After it had allowed its girls to engage in sports in their private schools, oil-rich nation Saudi Arabia is now divided whether to extend such empowerment privilege to allow its women to watch sports in a stadium due to be completed in 2014.