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Pope Francis is heavily favoured by bookmakers to win this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

Oct 03, 2014

The United States is keeping some old nuclear weapons and isn't dismantling them because of asteroid risks to the planet.

Oct 03, 2014

Russia is terminating its 2-decade old student exchange program with the U.S. on alleged gay conspiracy to a Russian teen.

Oct 03, 2014

Canadian higher education institutions isnt faring well, according to a 2014-2015 World University Rankings.

Oct 02, 2014

Filipino peacekeepers have been assigned to protect Pope Francis when he visits the Philippines in January 2015.

Oct 02, 2014

Iraqi pilots had given the ISIS jihadi fighters a supply ration of food, water and ammunition by mistake.

Oct 02, 2014

The United States has already a number of ISIS supporters in its soil.

Oct 02, 2014

Over 1,000 new jobs are up for grabs at the Ford Motors Oakville Assembly plant in Ontario.

Oct 02, 2014

Saudi Arabia is expecting three million pilgrims for the annual Hajj 2014.

Oct 02, 2014

The circumstances surrounding the eruption of Mount Ontake will not derail Japan's plans of restarting its 50 nuclear power plants.

Oct 02, 2014

China has been busy scouring the Web and deleting photos and comments concerning the Hong Kong protests.

Oct 01, 2014

ISIS jihadi fighters were long prepared for the airstrikes of the U.S.-led coalition.

Oct 01, 2014

Air Canada will start offering the Toronto-Amsterdam route beginning June on 2015.

Sep 30, 2014

Pope Francis is said to be opening discussions of the lifting of the ban of giving Holy Communion to Roman Catholic divorcees, much to the chagrin of the faith’s international bishops.

Sep 29, 2014

A video game creator has been tapped to help the U.S. government map strategies on how to combat future terror threats and attacks.

Sep 29, 2014

Members of the radical ISIS have reportedly vowed to go after those who participated in Tuesday's airstrikes, among them was Prince Khaled bin Salman, son of Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Sep 26, 2014

A Paraguay bishop accused of shielding a paedophile priest has been sacked by the Vatican.

Sep 26, 2014

Asia now has a gold-dispensing automated teller machine, and it is located in Singapore. The two ATMs are in Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa.

Sep 25, 2014

Japan's Fukushima Prefecture has been jolted by a pair of moderate earthquakes on Wednesday.

Sep 25, 2014

A Liberal MP is pushing that the lyrics of Canada's national anthem badly needs updating because it is sexist.

Sep 25, 2014

Burger King has issued $2.25 billion worth of notes to help it gather funds that will aid its $11 billion purchase of coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons, in what looked to be a direct contention to a new tax deal crackdown set in motion by the U.S. Treasury Department.

Sep 25, 2014

Canadian sex workers have been found to be actually satisfied with their jobs, in what is a direct opposition to the proposed Bill C-36.

Sep 25, 2014

At least three provinces in Canada now have patients inflicted with the rare enterovirus D68. These are in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.

Sep 25, 2014

Vatican has done the unimaginable and impossible on Tuesday when it placed under house custody former Dominican Ambassador Josef Wesolowski over pedophilia charges. It was the first time the Vatican has ever executed an arrest in its ranks inside the city state.

Sep 24, 2014

Cases of Ebola infections in Liberia and Sierra Leone could reach millions as early as January 2015.

Sep 24, 2014

Some American members of the ISIS are already within the United States.

Sep 24, 2014

Target Canada's been lowering prices, so far winning over Walmart Canada.

Sep 24, 2014

A new set of carbon emission rules specifically targeting model-year 2017 vehicles will be implemented soon in Canada.

Sep 24, 2014

The defence departments of Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Australia have signed a joint space operations agreement.

Sep 23, 2014