Embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott may have escaped the fury of students angry at the proposed 2014-15 federal budget when he cancelled last week an appearance at the University of Sydney. However, on Friday, he didn't escape the anger of teachers who heckled him upon his arrival at an event in Hobart.
Harvey Milk, the U.S.'s first openly gay rights activist elected into office, has been given honours in a new U.S. postage stamp.
Bludgeoned by declining transaction mail volumes, Canada Post on Thursday reported a before-tax loss of $27 million for the first quarter of 2014.
Prince Charles has provoked diplomatic dispute by allegedly comparing Russian president Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hilter. The Kremlin has hit back at the British prince, claiming he is “not worthy of a future British monarchy.”
Data from demographers seemed to affirm MP George George Christensen opinion of Aussies just being too whingers about the 2014 budget
Two months after a WTO ruling said that had China violated international trade rules regarding its imposed measures on rare earths exports, the country plans to increase the export taxes of its precious metals and minerals this year, 2014.
China and Russia had just sealed a $400 billion gas deal which experts said could put Australian exports of LNG (liquefied natural gas) in peril.
The Thai military took control of the government on Thursday, May 22. General Prayuth Chan-ocha, the head of the army, announced on national television that it became "necessary to seize power."
The first budget of the Australia's Abbott government was described as the "least popular" and the "most extreme" in 40 years, according to most media accounts and statements. The country's Budget 2014 was released during an unexpected heatwave in May with temperatures measuring 20 degrees. Aside from affecting social policies including the $80 billion budget cuts in health and education, the release of the new budget has destroyed Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claims that Au...
More doubts are surfacing over the propriety of Frances Abbott, the daughter of Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, being awarded a $60,000 scholarship in 2011 by the Whitehouse Institute of Design.
A random letter posted at Newcastle Herald’s opinion page stirs controversy of Australia conspiring in hiding something with its MH370 search
Grieving family members of passengers aboard the ill-fated flight have penned an emotional letter to both Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Najib Razak.
At least 31 people died in China after two sports utility vehicles crashed into the shoppers at a market in Urumqi, capital of restive Xinjiang region, and then threw explosives.
China's very own glaciers off in the Qinghai-Tibet plateau have shrunk by 15 per cent in the last 30 years because of global warming.
Russia is going to provide gas to China for 30 years starting from 2018.
Six Iranians were arrested after they had recorded themselves while dancing and singing. Later they posted the video on YouTube. According to the local police, the people who were arrested had been dancing to the Pharrell Williams chartbuster song “Happy.”
Thousands of university students hit the street in Sydney and Melbourne to voice their protest. Eventually, there was a clash between police and the protesters.
Fresh from his winking controversy on Wednesday, embattled Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott would likely be criticised anew over an admission from his office that his daughter Frances received a scholarship worth $60,000 from the Whitehouse Institute of Design.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott winks while answering a call from a sex line worker
More leaked U.S. intelligence documents have revealed Australian spies were helping their American counterparts to secretly monitor telephone calls across the Philippines. According to the secret documents of the U.S. National Security Agency unveiled by former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, the Australian Signals Directorate provides support to an NSA intelligence collection programme MYSTIC.
Thailand tourists and locals, as part of their daily routine, have taken time to pose for selfies amid the tenseful environment with the declaration of martial law before dawn on May 20.
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) immediately issued a travel advisory after the Army Chief issued martial law across Thailand before dawn on Tuesday, May 20.
It is without doubt that the "boy child" El Niño has definitely stirred the whole world. While most dread its potential impact, some however gladly await its arrival. El Niño induces droughts in some parts of the world, while it could drench other nations.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott cancelled his visit to Victoria's Deakin University after there were reports that students geared up for a nationwide protest against the proposed changes in higher education.
It is not only among Australians that Prime Minister Tony Abbott's popularity has plummeted because of the proposed Coalition budget perceived as breaking some of the party's election promises.
Another hole has been punched into the argument of the Coalition that the proposed 2014-15 budget would be for the long-term benefit of Australia. In insisting that the Opposition's vow to block in Parliament the spending cuts would be bad for the country, Prime Minister Tony Abbott even cited an alleged threat from rating agency Standard & Poor's that the nation's AAA credit rating could be subject to a review.
Standard & Poor has warned Australia its AAA credit rating may be reviewed unless "significant cuts" were made in the budget.
ABC’s Four Corners program probe deeper to the conspiracy and scandal behind MH370
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has assured the public that any data shared with international intelligence agencies were legal. According to reports, Mr Key has confirmed that data gathered by the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) may have been used to identify the targets for U.S. attacks using unmanned aircraft.
Brother-in-law of MH370 pilot captain Zaharie Ahmad Shar demands for the people backing insurance fraud and pilot suicide theory to prove it.
