Joseph Alan Alonso

Emerging economies could play a bigger role in the collaborative effort of nations to stem the economic crisis even as most of these countries are still cautious of the protracted crisis in Europe and the possibility that it will spread to neighboring regions like wildfire.

The cancellation of the highly-touted EU summit on Wednesday gave rise to speculations that major European powers are in deep disagreement over possible strategies that would hopefully resolve the debt crisis in the region.

The death of the infamous tyrant Muammar Qaddafi, who ruled his country for 42 years, has paved the way for Libya’s shift towards political and economic stability.

The impression that leaders of European nations are on the verge of closing an agreement regarding the leveraging of a rescue fund and approaching a final plan on bank recapitalization has resulted in upbeat reactions within global markets.

All eyes are on Brad Green, who was named team captain for the Australian team, for the two-match International Series against Ireland.

An often neglected practice in healthy living is the failure by some consumers to scrutinize and understand nutrition labels in process of buying food products from supermarkets and grocery stores.

As the political and economic arbitration intensified in the EU, other nations around the globe remained wary of possible effects of the European crisis.

No decisions have been made regarding the final plan in coping with the sovereign debt crisis and reviving the common currency although leaders of Euro nations are believed to be working separately to address these issues separately.

A critical third game will be played between Australia and South Africa in the One Day International (ODI) Cricket tournament on October 26 after the latter came out strong and overcame a struggling Aussie team by 80 runs yesterday.

EU leaders are holding another set of talks following the Brussels summit hopefully to design a comprehensive package for Greece that will pull it out of the doldrums.

Australia's National Retail Federation foresees a 2.8 percent increase in retail sales in time for the 2011 holiday season notwithstanding the chronic consumer improbability over the stock market, increasing unemployment and economic events in Europe.

The Australian rugby team beat the never-say die Welsh team, 21 -18, during the third place playoff match at Eden Park Auckland on Friday.

The documentary, “An Inconvenient Truth” by former U.S. Vice President and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore has been described as a masterpiece. Nonetheless, a new research undertaken by a a climate researcher from the Lund University in Sweden is now contradicting Mr. Gore's global warming theory.

Euro nations may be coming closer towards a resolution of the sovereign debt crisis as more specific solutions may be reached after another EU summit on Wednesday.

With so much at stake for the entire continent, Eurozone nations are working hard to come up with solutions that could at long last resolved the prolonged economic crisis which may lead into another global recession.

Experts doing research on sexually-transmitted diseases have made some progress with the discovery of a vaginal gel that could possibly lessen the frequency of genital herpes among females.

A day before their weekend summit in Brussels, members of the 17-member euro zone have declared their intentions to hold another round of talks next week to achieve a unified position on the financial disaster threatening the continent.

The Greek Parliament finally gave its concurrence to the widely unpopular austerity measures that may have aggravated the peace and order situation in Athens and the rest of the country.

The Orionid meteor shower was predicted to occur anytime from today until Oct. 22 and the world may witness the most number of meteors for this year.

The positions of major European powers regarding the sovereign debt crisis seem not to be in harmony as the EU Summit in Brussels comes closer.

Australia’s Federal Department of Health has been on the alert since the outbreak of the E. Coli epidemic in Europe and parts of the U.S.

On the second day of the general strike that has paralyzed most parts of Greece especially its capital city, protesters clashed with anti-riot police as the mass actions participated in by the private and public sectors closed down government offices, shops, schools and airports became quite unmanageable.

There seems to be no end in sight for sexual harassment cases in the workplace.

The series of Wall Street protests and mass actions being conducted by Greek citizens in Athens against the highly unpopular austerity measures of Prime Minister George Papandreou have one thing in common.

Two days before the summit of European Union heads of states in Brussels, the outlook of the economy in most European countries remained gloomy.

Governments and private health institutions around the world have been engaged in a battle to fight Malaria, a disease that kills more than 1 million people annually and second to Tuberculosis in as far as effects on world health is concerned.

Climate change and its menaces should be dealt with promptly to reduce possible threats to the well-being of people worldwide.

A day after G20 leaders wrapped up negotiations in Paris and came out with a five-point plan that could resolve their economic problems; Germany’s top officials announced that the Oct. 23 summit in Brussels may not produce positive results that most EU nations are expecting.

Prominent celebrity Amy Winehouse was reportedly killed by an overdose of alcohol and Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), a psychoactive substance that heighten the user’s emotional feelings.