The prevalence of dashcam video cameras means we can see a lot more than just traffic these days. On Monday night in Bangkok, a fireball lit up the sky. The Thai Astronomical Society said the shooting star could be identified as a “fireball” due to its brightness, reports ITV News. The light was also seen in over five other parts …

Canada’s top one per cent of tax-filers earned an average income of $454,800 in 2013 and were taxed an average of $151,900, according to a new report by Statistics Canada. The percentage increase was the same rate for all tax filers, while the amount of income tax paid by the top one per cent averaged $151,900, up $3,000 or two …

A Saskatchewan man is trying to deal with rising veterinarian bills after three of his dogs had a nasty encounter with a porcupine. Two of the dogs — Solijah and Nestah — ended up with muzzles stuck with painful quills, but it was Mahalo that took the most damage.

A Vancouver car thief chose the worst possible target — a trackable Tesla — in what appears to be one of the first cases of that make being reported stolen in Canada. The Tesla, owned by Katya Pinkowski, was left in parking garage while she and a friend attended a concert. They returned to find it missing. At first, she …

A Taco Bell executive who was filmed hitting an Uber driver has been fired from his job. Benjamin Golden, 32, was arrested on assault and disorderly conduct charges, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department. Golden, of Newport Beach, was booked into jail but has since been released, police said.

Ariana Grande and ​Modern Family ​actress Ariel Winter fought back against an online body-shaming comment intended to pit them against each other, ​E! News​ reports. After an Instagram user said he preferred “Modern Family” star Ariel Winter’s looks to Grande’s, saying “curves are sexy, sticks aren’t,” the pop singer took a screengrab of the comment and called the person out …

Heidi Klum will continue to reign as the queen of Halloween with the dedication she showed this year. Heidi Klum apparently struggled to get in and out of her car while dressed as Jessica Rabbit for Halloween (31Oct15), as her fake breasts and butt were “too big”.

Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinna are apologizing for his controversial Halloween costume, which featured a swastika. Dressed as iconic, ill-fated punk-rock couple Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen, Hamlin wore a shirt emblazoned with the Nazi symbol as part of his costume. Rinna issued an apology for the couple via Instagram on Monday, penning a mea culpa accompanied by a photo …

Cyclone Chapala was expected to unleash 400mm of tropical rainfall on central coastal Yemen by the end of the day on Tuesday when it dumps three years worth of precipitation within 24 hours, says a leading global weather expert on climate anomalies. Officials and meteorologists say the storm is the most intense in decades in the arid country, whose storm …

Rumours of a drinking problem are starting to hurt the affable Tonight Show host’s reputation. The New York Post reported this weekend that insiders are talking about Jimmy Fallon and saying that he is out of control. They claim “sources say NBC is worried that Fallon’s drinking has become excessive.” Another unnamed source is quoted as saying Fallon deals with …

The US government has long come up with plans on how to prepare for and face known natural disasters like cyclones, earthquakes, wild forest fires and droughts. Just recently, however, the White House released documents on how the nation plans to deal with a lesser known but equally threatening natural occurrence: solar storms.