POLITICS & POLICY

Australia Greens Senator Christine Milne has called on the Abbott government to stop being in a state of climate change denial and commit to action to address the effects of global warming.

Majority of Canada's 10 provinces are in for a deep freeze this early in 2015.

The process of selecting the jury for hearing the trial of Boston Marathon bombing started on Monday.

The trans-continental railroad will also augment economic development of the Siberian region.

As a web entrepreneur Kim Dotcom seems to be full of ideas.

Critics are moaning the advertising costs of Canada's 150th birthday which have been pegged at million.

Forcing Russia to its knees could also mean the destabilisation of Europe.

Voyage to Mars marks a new leap in space technology.

China is fast tracking the modernisation of its military fleet.

Both sides are working around workable solutions than getting dogmatic about their respective positions.

The pharma industry is on a come back trail with high value products.

For the oil sector this was an unexpected situation, as soaring demand and cascading prices were the norm in that industry.

North Korea criticised U.S. sanctions by calling the Washington policies as repressive and hostile.

US has released a new set of sanctions against North Korea and has made it quite clear that the step is a retaliation against their involvement in Sony cyber attack.

Russia may survive 2015 but cuts in military spending will have to be implemented. Russian President Vladimir Putin has made military spending as the top priority before the crisis.

This is a pan European trend fed by the fears of local population, about rising immigration and loss of opportunities.

Kim Jong-un said North Korea is willing to resume talks with South Korea.

Former Dunedin, New Zealand mayor Peter Chin is now recovering at home following a mid-air medical drama on Air New Zealand.

One of the rising stars of the Liberal party appears to be at odds with Tony Abbott as he pushes for natural gas in Australia.

It is a recognition for outstanding public service.

It will be a flaw when the President start using excessiive veto power and start resisting the public interest.

New Zealand log prices are seeing a decent recovery, amply aided by fresh domestic demand.

The veteran banker has raised the fragility of the financial system as a key issue.

Canada has already secured a favourable WTO ruling and is keen to see a suitable change coming in the U.S. policy.

Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett was criticised for his statement about Australians not noticing an increase in GST rate on fresh food.

Russia has deployed more drone units to its military base in the Arctic region as part of its plans to prepare forces for combat missions.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has projected great power when he annexed Crimea earlier this year but according to U.S. President Barack Obama the current Kremlin chief is not smart at all.

The extremist group in the Middle East says that U.S.-led forces failed to achieve "anything substantial."

Al Qaeda has plans to stage bombing attacks on global airlines, including Delta, United, Continental, American Airlines, British Airways and easyJet, and AirFrance.