The Opal Tower in Sydney was evacuated on Monday after residents reported hearing cracking noises. (Google Maps) Thousands of people living near Sydney's Olympic Park are facing an uncertain Christmas Eve after residents of a newly opened apartment building reported unsettling noises, generating fears of a possible collapse and prompting evacuations Monday. Emergency responders were called to the Opal Tower on […]

A west Edmonton house fire early Monday morning has resulted in four people being taken to hospital with various injuries. Video showed flames spewing out of the windows of the home on 90 Avenue near 165 Street shortly before 2 a.m. on Christmas Eve. Edmonton Fire Rescue Services said three men and one woman were taken to hospital. District chief […]

KABUL (REUTERS) – A suicide bomber blew up a car packed with explosives outside Afghanistan’s Ministry of Public Works on Monday (Dec 24), with gunfire then breaking out, an interior ministry official said. Nasrat Rahimi, an interior ministry spokesman, said several gunmen had taken up positions in a nearby government building after the blast and were exchanging gunfire with security […]

Pandas have brought a lot of excitement to the Calgary Zoo in 2018, and staff are hoping the birth of more pandas at the zoo will bring even more excitement in 2019. The pandas arrived for a five-year visit to Calgary in the spring of 2018. In late fall, zoo curators traveled to Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding […]

Toronto police are searching for a 45-year-old woman reported missing in East York. Police said Stella Wong was last seen around 7 p.m. on Sunday hiking near Crothers Woods trail at Redway Road and Millwood Road. Investigators say the woman, who is familiar with the trail, was with a companion when they became separated. She is described as Asian, five-feet-five-inches […]

I just ended up with nowhere to go’: Homeless man reveals the heartbreaking story of how his mother’s death from cancer left him on the streets Video shows a homeless man who is bearing a black eye after being attacked A tearful Ian reveals how his mother’s death led to him becoming homeless Gethin Evans and his gran discovered Ian’s […]

Israeli parliament to be dissolved, elections held seven months before schedule. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has agreed to hold early elections on April 9 after a meeting between members of his governing coalition. Monday’s move comes after the ruling coalition appeared to come up short on votes needed to pass a contentious piece of court-ordered legislation. Coalition party […]

Archaeologists have unearthed the petrified remains of a harnessed horse and saddle in the stable of an ancient villa in a Pompeii suburb. Pompeii archaeological park head Massimo Osanna told Italian news agency ANSA that the villa belonged to a high-ranking military officer, perhaps a general, during ancient Roman times. Osanna was quoted on Sunday as saying the remains of […]

Manhunt after ‘machine gun’ is fired into a restaurant in Brussels Man fired three shots at restaurant on Avenue Louise shopping street in Brussels Eyewitness said a Kalashnikov assault rifle was used before man fled the scene Motive unclear but prosecutors say it is not thought to have been terror related A manhunt is underway in Brussels this morning after a […]

BEIJING (Reuters) – A British academic publisher has dropped more than 80 journals from its offerings in China at the government’s request, including the Asian Studies Review which had content deemed “inappropriate” by authorities. They are the latest journals to be restricted since Chinese importers of foreign publications were told by authorities last year they must verify that products are […]