Esther Tanquintic-Misa

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off near the uninhabited islands of the South Sandwich Islands far off South America in the South Atlantic Ocean early Sunday, the US Geological Survey said.

Canadian food retailer Sobeys and its parent company Empire Co. will be closing 50 stores all across the country due to underperformance. Majority of the closing stores are located in Western Canada.

Faced with a dilemma of possible delayed shipments of grain by rail this spring, Canada has been forced to review its existing transportation laws a year ahead of schedule.

The World Meteorological Organisation, the UN's weather agency experts, has placed at 80 per cent the chances of an El Niño weather event recurring in the Pacific Ocean by year-end, between October and November.

Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO), operator of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant that got crippled by a tsunami in March 2011 after a magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan's shores, has voted down motions to permanently close all its atomic plant projects during its annual general meeting on Thursday.

Despite the rains and floods, the match between the U.S. and Germany for World Cup 2014 supremacy will go on as scheduled in the city of Recife, Brazil.

An earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude struck New Zealand's lower North Island on Thursday.

Before the still missing ill-fated Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, there was Asiana Airlines Flight 214 on July 2013. On Tuesday, authorities from the National Transportation Safety Board said the jetliner crashed and killed three people at San Francisco International Airport in 2013 because of human error on the part of its pilots.

Australian owners of light vehicles are now mandated to adhere to new emissions standards that could help the country achieve a year's worth cut of carbon pollution of 59 tonnes by 2030, the Climate Change Authority said on Thursday.

The burgeoning climate change could cost U.S. businesses multibillions over the next 25 years, a bipartisan report released on Tuesday said.

Damages of the burgeoning global warming scenario in the European Union could hit 190 billion euros ($259 billion) a year in the 2071-2100 period, according to a new report by the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission's in-house science service.

A group composed of scientists from around the world has targeted New Zealand's Southern Alps for drilling, in the hopes their study would enable them to understand how earthquakes are produced and set off.

A dentist from Maryland is fuming mad and will sue British Airways after the airline made an erroneous entry into its airline booking system that flew the passenger and his companion to the southern Caribbean island of Grenada, instead of the ancient city of Granada, Spain.

A tornado classified as an EF1 twister ripped through the town of New Tecumseth in Ontario, Canada, topping down hydro lines and trees. Environment Canada said its maximum winds were between 135 and 175 kilometres per hour. Reports of fatalities have yet to be received.

Residents of Canada have been advised to brace for a warm and humid weather, possibly with thunderstorms, as the country celebrates its four-day long weekend, Canada Day from June 28 to July 1.

Chinese-Canadian restaurant Mandarin, in celebration of Canada Day and its 35th anniversary, will be holding a Canada Day free-for-all buffet.

An earthquake of 7.9 magnitude strength struck about 15 miles from Little Sitkin Island, Alaska, on Monday, triggering small tsunamis with less than seven inches high of waves.

The Bureau of Meteorology warned residents of Sydney and south-east NSW on Monday to brace for damaging winds and blizzard conditions that could last until Tuesday.

Canada has declared a reform of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program that seeks to prevent employers in regions where unemployment is high from hiring foreign workers. The revamped law likewise seeks to limit the number of workers employers can hire.

Canada has recaptured the inmates who escaped in a daring helicopter jailbreak from a facility near Quebec City almost two weeks ago.

The worsening quality of air around the world is set to become the leading cause illness and death of over half of the world's population by end of the century, a study published in Nature Climate Change said.

China's Ministry of Land and Resources (MLR) has announced the country has increased its 2014 mining quotes on light rare earths at 105,000 tonnes, a jump of 12 per cent from last year. Mining quotas for heavy rare earths and tungsten, in the meantime, were retained at 2013 levels.

Japan is set to deploy into outer space two satellites that will specifically monitor the environmental damages made around the crippled Fukushima and Chernobyl nuclear power plants. The lift off will occur from a Russian space centre in the Ural region.

A study in the journal Nature Climate Change by researchers from the University of Reading's Department of Meteorology has said the world's present design of aircraft may lower the formation of their distinctive condensation trails (contrails) if they choose their flight paths.

At least two dozen human trafficking charges, including prostitution for allegedly pimping underage girls, were slapped against a 23-year old Halifax woman.

A Brazil-bound Air Canada flight has been forced to return to Pearson Airport in Toronto after security was breached at Canada's largest airport.

A hundred days after it first went missing and with apparently still no end in sight, authorities investigating into the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 continued to rally on hoping for a glimmer of hope. Australia's Joint Agency Coordination Centre on Wednesday said a new search zone will be released by end of June.

At least 71 children studying in a Quebec daycare centre were rushed to a hospital after getting poisoned from a carbon monoxide leak.

From a hardworking and physically resilient stature since accepting the post in March 2013, Pope Francis has decided to take a breather from his demanding job to cancel all his audiences and daily masses in the month of July.