ECONOMY

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was informed of the U.S.- led airstrikes.

Roubini Global Economics warned on Monday that Australia's economy would slow down in 2015 due to the weaker Chinese economy and trimmer Australian federal budget. It would lead to growth of only 2 per cent, more interest rate cuts and a 20 per cent decline in the value of the Aussie currency.

U.S. airlines have been advised to treat all body fluids of sick passengers as infectious.

Classes finally resumed for British Columbia's half a million public school students.

The Vatican has vowed to simplify the process of getting annulments in the Roman Catholic Church.

Air Canada's new first checked bag policy rule will come into effect on Sept 18 to bookings and later, for travel on or after Nov 2.

A former NHS nurse has become the first volunteer from the U.K. to undertake the Ebola vaccine trial on humans.

Rare enterovirus D-68 (EV-D68) has reportedly entered Canadian shores.

Rise in sea levels could cost the Australian economy hundreds of billions of dollars. The Climate Council has released a report revealing the costs of infrastructure if no action is done to prevent future damages.

The UN needs U.S.$1 billion to contain the rampaging Ebola outbreak. Death toll has now reached 2,461.

B.C. public school teachers to vote on Thursday whether to ratify new deal or not.

Air France enters its second day strike by the pilots this Wednesday. Only 40% of scheduled flights will be operated.

Pope Francis could be an easy risk for the ISIS this weekend on his visit to Albania.

Venezuela once had a toilet paper shortage, which appears to have been addressed already. The shortage has shifted to other products, now to branded breast implants that the nation's female population obsessed with physical appearance, are now using made-in-China implants or even those that are of the wrong size.

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.