ECONOMY

The Ebola outbreak will last 12 - 18 months more.

Pilots of Air France will stage a work stoppage from Sept 15-22.

In what seemed to be a direct blow to strict Catholic doctrine of marriage before sex, Pope Francis married 20 couples on Sunday who have lived together and no less already had children. The papal wedding took place in no less than in St. Peter's Basilica.

Various unions in British Columbia have offered assistance to the 41,000-striking public school teachers of the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF) province by offering them $8 million in interest-free loans.

The number of people killed by the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has reached 2,296, the World Health Organisation said on Wednesday, with the tally expected to still increase in the coming days.

Russia continued to adopt a strong stand against a definitive new round of economic sanctions to be imposed by the European Union. It has even warned that should the body push through with the new list, it will bar western airlines from its airspace effective immediately.

A popular Nigerian pastor and prophet has warned Catholics to pray for Pope Francis as he might get kidnapped soon.

The economy of Australia may be in the danger zone, according to a former chief economist of the federal government. China's property crisis has a direct link to Australia's economic performance.

Apple has yet to officially unwrap its newest iPhone 6, but this early, preorders in China for the much coveted gadget has already reached to over 30,000 units.

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The photos of a so-called 20th hijacker in the Sept 11, 2001 terror attacks against the United States will remain classified, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

Good news for those who can't part with their gadgets, Australia's Qantas and Virgin Airlines have modified their policies on electronic devices.

The European Union is mulling to slap Russia a sporting ban on top of the prevailing economic sanctions it had given Ukraine's aggressor.

The chief commercial officer (CCO) of Dubai-based Airline Emirates has flatly denied it has ambitions to invest in the international operations of Australia's Qantas Airways.

The WHO has called on the government of Senegal to consider "a top priority emergency" efforts.

A Japanese court has ruled that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), operator of the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, is liable for the suicide of a woman in 2011 due to physical and mental effects brought by the disaster.

Concerns about overheating that could lead to potential fire and burn hazards have prompted Hewlett-Packard to recall over six million power cords from the United States and Canada.

TD Canada changed a few of their ATMs into innovative gift dispensing Automatic thanking machines that gave surprise gifts for customers.

A three-man mobile laboratory team who were following findings contracted the deadly Ebola virus.

A United Airlines flight was forced to divert from its original flight plan after two passengers fought over personal space and the use reclining seats.

Terror group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has started to infiltrate legitimate hashtags on Twitter to circumvent and promote their terroristic propaganda. The hashtags #napaearthquake and #sfearthquake were their latest victims.

Iceland's Bardarbunga volcano still has not yet erupted. It just continues to grumble and rumble for over a week now, prompting scientists to believe the magma from the volcanic system could be flowing somewhere else.

An independent study found that the Bank of America Chicago Marathon by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Regional Economics Applications Laboratory continues to be a key economic driver and contributes an estimated $253.49 million in total business activity to the Chicago economy.

New Zealand's economy may be heading for "the rocks" when it rebuild in Christchurch and migration rate slows down. Economists believe the country cannot sustain a high growth rate in the coming years.

Peru has been hit by a great 6.9-magnitude earthquake on Sunday.

Iceland has downgraded the alert over the Bardarbunga volcano from red to orange after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the area on Saturday. But the Icelandic Meteorological Office warned the triple threat of earthquakes, eruptions and flooding still remain.

As cliché goes, no matter how brave a person is, there will be something that person is most afraid of. As for the ISIS, it is the fear of dying in the hands of an armed female warrior. The Kurdish security forces have banded a group of all women fighters to serve as pivotal weapon against the senseless terrorist group.

Imam Syed Soharwardy, founder of Muslims Against Terrorism and the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, has denounced actions of ISIS saying their activities weren't borne of the Islam teachings.

The experimental drug ZMapp to counter the deadly Ebola virus seemed to be working. Its first human recipients, American missionaries Dr Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, have been discharged by Emory University Hospital. Both have been declared as virus-free, safe for release and ok to go home.