POLITICS & POLICY

The Philippine government was forced to suspend offices and classes in 14 provinces, including in the capital Metro Manila, as tropical storm Maring (international name: Trami) maintained its strength and continued to enhance the southwest monsoon early Monday. The state forecasting weather agency has advised the 14 provinces to brace for severe flooding.

In recent reports related to news in Egypt, Canada's embassy in Egypt has shuttered down due to growing violence in the country. Crime in Egypt has killed more than 500 people in the wake of a protest over the ousting of Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohammed Morsi, He is also the first democratically elected president after the overthrow of Hosni Mubarack, an ally of former Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat.

Instead of a magnificent roar akin to Lion King's Mufasa or Simba, tourists got the surprise of their lives when a lion in a zoo in eastern China gave off a bark. And in yet another China epic fraud, where phones, toys and car parts can be faked, people still could believe even zoo animals can be faked.

Egypt bloodbath: an Aussie student was stranded in an apartment in Egypt, Aussie-Egyptian protests in streets, death tolls 600

Tepco (Tokyo Electric Power Co), operator of the ill-fated Fukushima nuclear plant that was destroyed in March 2011 by a tsunami that followed a magnitude 9 earthquake, has officially received a full-backing government plan on how to clean-up the crippled plant.

People when making career changes in the hopes of increasing their value often just change employers. But for those radical enough, maybe it's not just a change of office address that's needed but an out of the box shift from one type of profession to another.

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. on Thursday slammed an order issued by the government of Canada's Quebec stating it has been included among a list of companies financially accountable for the cleanup of Lac-Megantic town which was severely devastated in a train derailment disaster in July.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is steady after a night of heightened volatility in currency markets thinned by the Northern Hemisphere summer.

An Iranian woman that is too sexy, beautiful and young was banned from being a councillor

Chinese people, used as they maybe to babies abandoned or killed by parents because of their government's constrictive one-child policy, still cries out whenever a helpless child is maltreated severely.

A dwindling population rate has forced the government of Russia to plan to close more than 700 schools this 2013. The low numbers in its young population has corresponded to a low number of school age children.

Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed General Martin Dempsey, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Prime Minister’s residence. The Prime Minister recalled that a few months ago he had hosted the President and Commander-in-chief Barak Obama.

Canada's transportation regulator on Wednesday announced it has suspended the license to operate of U.S.-based rail company Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. (MMA), following the involvement of one its trains in the July Quebec fuel train disaster.

Damages from the flooding brought by a severe thunderstorm that struck Canada's Toronto on July 8 have been so far dubbed the costliest for the province's insurers.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is a quarter of a US cent higher, helped by some positive European economic data and higher metals prices.

terk declares her retirement with effect from August 24. The B.C. Green Party leader tweeted earlier saying that she had a successful tenure. However, she would be looking for new adventures in life.

Some said it sounded like a huge thunderstorm. Others said it was like snapping popcorn. But one thing is for sure. The 100-foot sinkhole in Florida awakened all vacationers at the Summer Bay Resort in Orlando, Florida.

As tensions between India and Pakistan escalate due to border disputes in Kashmir, India on Tuesday announced it had successfully test fired its locally built nuclear-ready missile.

Pm Kevin Rudd sings to woo young voters; National Centre for Extreme Weather budget announced

Members of the LGBT community in Russia who fear for their lives in Vladimir Putin's bailiwick have found a supporter in Canada. The latter's immigration minister hinted of accepting claims for gay asylum seekers from Russia.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian Dollar is slightly lower at USD 0.9100 after the Greenback was boosted by positive US retail sales data that ustained speculation the US Federal Reserve will begin tapering soon.

Elon Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Motors Inc. and Space Exploration Technologies Corp., disclosed plans on Monday for a futuristic "Hyperloop" transportation system that could deliver passengers from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 30 minutes. If it is ever built, it could revolutionize transportation and energy.

Opposition Leader and aspiring Prime Minister Tony Abbott is once again on the receiving end of social media flak as he highlighted Liberal candidate Fiona Scott's "sex appeal" as he spoke about her credentials for the upcoming election on September 7.

The U.S is all set to remove the mandatory jail sentence for non-violent drugs users. The Attorney General Eric Holder announced the major policy reform on Monday.

The Cuban legend celebrates his birthday.

Not that it had been categorically denied because its maps had long been inefficient and useless, but Apple's request to 3D map the capitol of Norway's Oslo has been flatly denied by the federal government.

US Gay Ambassador to Australia Director John Berry has widely promoted marriage equality by tying the knot with his long term partner, Curtis Yee, of 17 years, in Washington, D.C.

Time and again for the nth time, Wikipedia will not bow down to any censorship demands from China, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the largest online free-content encyclopedia, said.

The killings took place in Konduga near Maidiguri.