Prime Minister Tony Abbott may have won votes when as Opposition leader he promised to repeal the carbon tax pushed by then PM Julia Gillard. While he succeeded in repealing the measure after the coalition got the majority in the September 2013 federal election, Aussie voters now appear to get the short end of his electoral promise.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 23, 2014
It is quite expensive to block pirate websites like The Pirate Bay.
Tarun Mazumdar
Oct 21, 2014
Nigeria's been Ebola-free for six weeks now, according to the World Health Organisation.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 21, 2014
New Zealand has set a new record for the highest number of migrants flocking to the country for the year ended Sept. 30.
Reissa Su
Oct 21, 2014
Amber Joy Vinson's family refuted the claims of the CDC that she had been careless in handling her Ebola symptoms.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 21, 2014
The stock market crash in 1987 was one of the largest in U.S. history. The lessons learnt from that crash are also relevant today.
Sachin Trivedi
Oct 21, 2014
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Assistant Governor for Economic Forecasts Christopher Kent has supported a federal government initiative to further increase the retirement age in the country that would make the proposed retirement age the highest in the world.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 21, 2014
Members of the Catholic LGBT community told to not confuse gay unions with "God's design of matrimony and the family."
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 20, 2014
In an unreleased draft report, New Zealand was found to be losing up to $9.4 billion a year because of economic crime.
Reissa Su
Oct 20, 2014
Canada's conducting practice drills of its Ebola rapid response teams to see how well and organized the country's reaction would be in case it reports its first infection case.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 20, 2014
Before you start moving to these countries, you might want to stop and think again.
Vanessa Doctor
Oct 20, 2014
The organisers of the Carnival Magic ship allegedly refrained to tell its passengers the truth why it had to suddenly terminate its tour cruise.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 20, 2014
Useful apps for those who like things always streamlined and organized
Vanessa Doctor
Oct 20, 2014
An outbreak of the Ebola virus in the U.S. in deemed unlikely unless it mutates.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 17, 2014
The CDC may need to rework some of its guidelines after the dreaded west African Ebola virus has successfully infected its second American victim right inside the U.S. homeland.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 16, 2014
Never step into a foreign country without knowing these phrases.
Vanessa Doctor
Oct 16, 2014
Germany is one of the biggest economies in Europe and new data suggests that the country is at the risk of diving into a recession.
Sachin Trivedi
Oct 15, 2014
Canada has started the human clinical trials of the vaccine it developed against Ebola.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 15, 2014
Guerrilla groups in Syria are pouncing on the ISIS jihadi fighters.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 15, 2014
China has developed a vaccine that could potentially save and cure Ebola-stricken patients.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 15, 2014
Rating agency Standard & Poor's downgraded on Monday Finland's credit rating to AA+ from AAA over concerns that the pace of its economic growth is slower. The next day, Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb blamed American tech giant Apple for the economic woes of the nation.
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 15, 2014
Hong Kong and Singapore are the top two countries in this year's annual index of the world's freest economies.
Revathi Siva Kumar
Oct 14, 2014
Twitter's CEO and employees have received death threats from the ISIS.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 13, 2014
Russia said it is ready to produce three Ebola vaccines in the next six months.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 13, 2014
Couples, above many things, should agree on how to handle their money
Vanessa Doctor
Oct 13, 2014
Residents advised to prepare against more flooding and landslides.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 13, 2014
Euthanasia or doctor-assisted suicide is no longer considered a taboo subject in Canada.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 10, 2014
Australia spent nearly $550,000 when the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited.
Sounak Mukhopadhyay
Oct 10, 2014
Despite the slowdown in its red-hot economy, China's growth story continues, threatening to dethrone the US as the world's largest economy in 2014 in terms of one indicator. This is the purchasing power parity, said the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Vittorio Hernandez
Oct 10, 2014
Japan could experience waves as high as 50 feet when category 5 super typhoon Vongfong arrives.
Esther Tanquintic-Misa
Oct 09, 2014