Sounak Mukhopadhyay

Thousands of lights all over the world may light up this Christmas but Toronto will have to celebrate the festival in darkness. Toronto residents have been warned that the power shortage in the city may last even until Christmas.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called Jesus Christ as a 'Palestinian' messenger in his Christmas message.

Scott Allen, brand manager of 102.5 FM radio station, got a letter for the station about two weeks ago. The station has been running the "Star" 102.5 Christmas Wish program for over 20 years in Des Moines, Iowa. It has never received a letter like this before. The letter came from Brenda Schmitz who died due to ovarian cancer two years back in 2011. The letter was written more than two years ago, a month before she had passed away.

Christmas is just around the corner, you can feel the warmth even though you cannot yet see the light. Millions of Christians celebrate the Christmas every year with equal zeal and energy. However, there are certain people who prefer celebrating Festivus instead of Christmas.

Six miniature horses were found slaughtered on Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. It was a strange property attack on the Finnis-Clayton Road farm in Clayton Bay. The horses were stabled on Friday night.

Graeme Swann may have left his teammates with a parting gift of a snide remark against "some of them," he refuses to admit that his remark was a criticism against them.

Many fear that the privatisation of medical marijuana is going to cost pretty high.

Sex workers in Canada may have felt happy after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the trade that prostitution is finally going to be legalised in the country; however, the possibilities may still be bleak.

A highly respected Canadian police officer shot himself dead at the central police station in Hamilton.

The White family from Sydney is in a hurry to gather memory, especially the visual ones.

The rate of Canadian bank robbery is declining, according to a new research.

The very first device that can translate animal thoughts into human language has apparently arrived.

India's adulation for Nelson Mandela is known to the world. Mandela is the only non-Indian to receive the highest civilian award in India, the 'Bharatratna', in 1990 even before he got the Nobel. India also declared five-day mourning after he passed away on December 5. Nonetheless, the latest revelation on social media may well embarrass the nation which has always shown great respect to the South African legend.

A unique online campaign has been started on the popular crowd-funding platform ‘Indiegogo.' The campaign targets collecting $50,000 to prevent the parting of a blind man and a dog that saved his life.

A hilarious video on YouTube shows a naked woman gradually turning into naked Santa Claus.

Ten teenage boys aged between 13 and 15 pleaded not guilty of charges related to child pornography. They appeared in Laval youth court in Quebec. One of the boys was caught by a teacher possessing explicit photos which were allegedly captured with SnapChat, a smartphone application.

Canadian film producer Raymond Law is accused of serious sex abuse by five women who claim to have been drugged and thereafter sexually assaulted.

A tourist from Taiwan, who was visiting Australia, walked off a pier in Melbourne because she was apparently engrossed in checking her Facebook profile.

Alastair Cook feels that his career has reached its nadir after England lost to Australia three test matches back to back

2013 has been a cruel year that took away some of the finest actors we had

According to a new study, many American women reported having ‘virgin births’.

Oregon woman Carol King-Eckersley discovered that her son was dead 25 years back and she came to know about it earlier this year.

It happened when the mother was being rushed to a hospital in Brandon on the Manitoba highway.

Five priests have been removed and one more has been asked to go on leave as a result of the investigation related to their involvement in a case of child sex abuse.

Canadians got interested in watching videos showcasing the diversity of their taste. They did not only stick to music videos. They fell in love with viral videos. Also, they also loved many commercials which they shared among friends. Here are some of the most loved videos of YouTube Canada in 2013.

International fashion magazine GQ has published its list of most stylish men in 2013. The list includes actors, athletes and entrepreneurs.

Ben Stokes became the first English batsman to score a century in the present Ashes series

The naughty Santa is back. This time he is not one but many with several men looking like Santa Claus who are getting involved in an ugly brawl.

U.S. President Barack Obama had a blend of the Christmas and the X-Men at the holiday show in Washington on Sunday. The show had glittering stars like Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow and the Backstreet Boys.