Kim Dotcom seems to have a few more surprises up his sleeves. After his tweet about plans to launch a political party in New Zealand - a leak which he attributed to “whistleblower”- picked up storm, it is now known that he quit as director of Mega, the cloud hosting service that he launched with much fanfare in Jan 2013, after his previous file sharing venture Megaupload was shut down in a U.S. driven operation, following allegations of mass copyright infringement and money laundering.
Activists on the Freedom Flotilla, set for an unauthorised landfall on the Indonesian territory of West Papua, arrived at Thursday Island in the Torres Strait on Tuesday. As they plan the last leg of their protest journey, organisers said, international support for the movement for West Papua self-determination was growing.
Australia’s Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) found a $266 a week overall difference between what men and women in full-time work earn. Calculations show that takes 64 extra days of work for the average woman to equal what a man earns in a year. In its latest workplace survey figures, WGEA shows that, the gap between what men and women earn is widening in the country, increasing from 15% in 2004 to 17.5% over the last year.
Controversial Internet entrepreneur, founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom, has announced plans to launch a new political party in New Zealand. Tweeting that it was in early stages of formation, he said the new party will contest elections next year in New Zealand.
President Barack Obama has been successful in winning support from key political figures in the U.S. including Eric Cantor and John Boehner.
Crisis-stricken Japan, which has yet to gain a definite hold on how to arrest the radiation problems of a nuclear plant downed by an earthquake two years ago, has again been shaken by a strong 6.9 magnitude quake on Wednesday.
In news that would come as a major relief for Lockheed Martin Corp., the U.S. based manufacturer of fighter aircrafts, Australia’s opposition coalition seems inclined toward the government’s defence procurement plan to buy dozens of new F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets. However, another report says, that the Opposition’s commitment is not absolute.
Syrian-Australian families revealed threats from Assad spies in Australia
Unless the world gets it act together to counter the worsening global climate change, it won't be long before it sees the total wipe out of the oceans' coral reefs.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne joins the list of Canadian political leaders who are against the proposed ban on religious headwear for public servants.
Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar rose to a two-week high after the Reserve Bank of Australia kept the cash rate unchanged and issued a neutral statement on the chance of further cuts.
A Florida family just couldn't believe when Lady Luck smiled her big smile on them on Sept 1 when they discovered a trove of gold that could be worth more than $300,000 in a sunken ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
At least three earthquakes struck Canada's Vancouver Island on Tuesday, with the largest measured at magnitude 6 on the Richter scale, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The other two aftershocks which came within 20 minutes of each other measured 4.5 and 4.9, according to Natural Resources Canada. No tsunami warnings were issued following the three shakers.
As U.S. President Barack Obama continued to rally on giving justification to the importance and necessity of a military strike against Syria, the American people have likewise let out their collective voice be heard against the punitive action.
The Julia Gillard vs. Kevin Rudd battle is still ongoing way pass the June turnover of prime ministership.
With elections around the corner, Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke claimed a major policy success in bringing down, for the first time, the number of asylum seekers. Burke claimed that, after the implementation of the “PNG solution,” there was a visible decline in the number of asylum seekers arriving on Christmas Island within a month.
Losing a child due to horrific circumstances is painful enough. What makes it doubly painful is when parents cannot pursue the alleged killer all because the suspect was also a child himself.
An attack on Syria regardless of with or without parliamentary support but without the necessary backing of the United Nations is already a prelude to doomsday WW3, Noam Chomsky, an anti-war activist and author said on Monday.
Beijing on Monday has laid down a new set of schemes meant to reduce its pollution emissions, as the China Meteorological Administration (CMA) commence issuing forecasts for air pollution conditions around the country.
New Zealand and Australia have been asked by the U.S. to pledge support for its potential military strike against Syria. Prime Minister John Key of New Zealand has yet to make a decision and give his commitment on the matter.
The Marshall Islands, a small island state in the Pacific, cries for help as the islands continued to sink due to rising sea levels. Composed of 29 coral islands and atolls in the middle of Australia and Hawaii, the Marshall Islands are currently just 2 metres above sea level. The islands want help from the New Zealand government as the population will be at risk to increasingly intense droughts and storms.
Australian Federal Election Update Sep 3: Homeless voters from Perth cast their votes in a trial mobile polling; AEC announced bilingual voter information officers to be deployed for the election and postal voters are being reminded that deadline for their votes are nearing deadline.
In what was believed to be a rare occurrence for the country, a tornado has struck the Koshigaya city of Japan, ripping off the roofs of a number of houses and buildings as well as toppling down a number of structures. No casualties have been reported. At least 67 were injured.
Kevin Rudd News: Pm tackles single mother cuts but fails at home state says Newspoll and under fire for conflicting with pastor over gay marriage
In a last ditch attempt to save himself from a seemingly impending defeat 6 days away, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, on Sunday, promised a host of measures to woo voters back. His assurances, including tax breaks and education programmes and plans to counteract the country’s slowing economy, came as opinion polls showed him slipping towards a landslide defeat.
The medical drama that rich people accused of crimes resort to has begun for pork barrel scam queen Janet Lim-Napoles. The inevitable result of this would be that by the time she has to appear before the Senate or a court, she would be too weak and have to be pushed in a wheelchair.
Taliban suicide bombers along with gunmen launched an attack on a U.S. base in Nagarhar province, based near the Pakistan border of the eastern Afghanistan.
Stephane Gendron said that the councillors disproved of a project by a Muslim group due to their racist mentality.
The U.S. secretary of State has said the President has every right to ignore the congress
Facebook’s move to give government agencies and, soon, advertisers, free rein over the personal information of network users has reignited the debate on privacy in the social media sphere.
