Arlene Paredes

You learned how to be a good friend when you were in kindergarten: Friends help each other.

A freak accident involving a fatal hockey ball claimed the young life of North Coast Raiders top player Lizzie Watkins, 24, on Sunday. Lizzie was on-field midway through the first half of a game at Perth Hockey Stadium at Curtin Universitywhen a hockey ball struck her on the back of her head, making her fall unconscious.

An escort agency in Sydney is offering “rare opportunity” for its clients to spend time with an 18-year-old virgin escort for $12,000 beginning this month, and social networks users are quick to express disgust over the business promo. News on Sweet Girls Premium Escort appeared on Australian newspapers, with the agency's spokesperson saying that for $12,000, a young virgin will meet with the client, whether in a residential area or in other accommodations, and she will spend two days with t...

Not yet, Manny Pacquiao. Floyd Mayweather still does not want to face you in the boxing ring, the latest boxing news seem to show. Or perhaps, it is not going to happen, ever, if the latter's word will hold. The Filipino boxer's followers will still see some action soon, though, as Pacquiao will face Timothy Bradley next month in Las Vegas. His trainer answers some questions when they arrived from a training in Baguio City.

In the box office as in the film itself, The Avengers movie showed that it is always better when the superheroes come together. The Avengers has so far collected $US641.8 million worldwide, with moviegoers still raving about how much they enjoyed the much-awaited film assembly of the Marvel comics superheroes.

The planet’s one and only moon is entering its full phase and it is about to make a dramatic show this Saturday. The lonely satellite will look like a super moon to people who could catch it at the right time. Here are seven things you need to know about the super moon of 2012.

Joshua Ledet, Phillip Phillips and Jessica Sanchez were safe; Hollie Cavanagh and her best friend slash roommate Skylar Laine were in the bottom two. American Idol has only three weeks left before its Season 11 grand finale. With only four contestants vying for the title, the voters become more proactive than ever in supporting their bets. This week, Phillip Phillips’ fan base has sent a message – he can boldly go the mediocre way and still be safe.

A married couple living on Brisbane’s bayside had realized their credit card dues were being paid off automatically, but instead of reporting the suspicious mistake, they took it as a windfall and enjoyed the luxury they could afford with it, until they were jailed for having done so.

She thought her left eye was becoming watery because it was either reacting to her make-up or the odd weather. As the eye problem kept getting worse, 19-year-old Tasha Jilka from Leicester saw a doctor, expecting a remedy to some kind of allergy. She later learned a cancer tumour has grown behind her nose, which meant she needed surgery to remove the life-threatening foreign growth.

A teacher at a Christian school told her family that having a child out of wedlock is the reason for the termination of her employment as her condition breaks the "lifestyle agreement" she signed with the school, Brisbanetimes.com.au reported.

It was a case of a double-tragedy and a miracle for a mother and her two children. A 38-year-old woman who was carrying her baby in her arms died after getting hit by a bus with her elder daughter on board Wednesday in Sydney. The woman's 11-month-old baby was hurled away from her arms by the force of the crash, but the baby miraculously escaped serious injuries, even as the woman died at the scene.

A 25-year-old woman was found lying dead in the family garage at Malibu, but police autopsy found no evidence of foul play, making the cause of death a complete mystery pending the release of toxicology results.

Police has confirmed the woman’s body found on Monday is the remains of Allison Baden-Clay, who was reported missing eleven days before her body was found dead at Anstead. Detective Superintendent Mark Ainsworth told Brisbane Times the confirmation was completed Tuesday afternoon, a little over 24 hours since they received a report from a canoeist that a dead woman was found lying on the bank of Kholo Creek in Brisbane's west.

A security breach due to a bus error in stopping at drop off point at an airport has caused inconvenience to travelers affected at the time of the incident. Hundreds of passengers were asked to evacuate the Qantas domestic terminal in Perth just after midday Tuesday after fly-in, fly-out workers arriving in Perth from Cloudbreak airport in the Pilbara had inadvertently walked into the secure passenger area without going through standard security screening.

A man who had gone hunting with his friends overnight this weekend had been accidentally shot in a fatal error. Police told New Zealand Herald a group of six friends went overnight camping Saturday night in a remote farmland in the Cattleflat area in Southland. The ill-fated shot happened early Sunday morning.

A 14-year-old girl has been awarded over $97,000 as compensation for an unnecessary surgery a doctor ordered when she was six years old, The Canberra Times reported. The girl sued the ACT government and a sports medicine physician for compensation after the surgeries led to extreme pain and permanent scars on one of her arms. However, both the ACT government and the doctor admitted negligence before their case was taken to a trial.

A woman who went for her first hang glider trip in tandem with a pilot had plunged one thousand feet to her death in a fatal accident on Saturday afternoon on Woodside Mountain in British Columbia, Canada.

Low income earners will not be able to find affordable housing in Canberra, according to Anglicare Australia's annual Rental Affordability Snapshot. The snapshot, released Tuesday, shows less than 140 listed properties in Canberra and Queanbeyan match some classifications of minimum-wage earners.

A Wellington designer said she was thrilled to see the Duchess of Cambridge wear her design in an event last week. Rebecca Taylor is no stranger to celebrities wearing her design. Sarah Jessica Parker, Reese Witherspoon, Dakota Fanning, Cameron Diaz, Carmen Electra and Taylor Swift are some of the famous people who have worn her creations. But Taylor said Kate Middleton wearing her work brings a whole new level of fulfillment.

The body of missing woman Allison Baden-Clay is believed to have been found 11 days since she was reported missing. Authorities have yet to make an announcement, but Baden-Clay's family has been informed of the latest developments, according to The Courier-Mail.

A virus that may have been sitting in hundreds of thousands of computers across the world is expected to wreak havoc on July 9, the FBI has warned.

New Zealand Finance Minister Bill English has become more stringent in managing Government's finances, saying preliminary Budget estimates in recent weeks had revealed a $1-billion worsening of the forecasts for 2014/15.

New Zealand Post is considering reducing its delivery services from six to three days a week and managing a lower staff count in response to an "irreversible" downturn in postal revenue.

The Australian passenger of the Susi Air plane that crashed Wednesday was able to send a text message to his employer saying the plane was having fuel problems.

When a person gets a sudden headache after indulging in cold desserts, such as ice cream, everyone would say it is only “brain freeze” and it will soon pass. Now Harvard scientists have looked deeper and found an explanation, Daily Mail reported.

An adult white killer whale, otherwise known as white orca, has been spotted for the first time during a research cruise by a group of Russian scientists and students.

An elephant at a New Zealand zoo has crushed to death a zookeeper, APNZ reported. The elephant, which was reportedly a part of a circus for thirty years, has been at Franklin Zoo south of Auckland for three years now.

Australian beef exports may benefit from reports of a mad-cow disease in the U.S., according to the Australian Beef Association. The reported case of mad-cow disease in the U.S. may prompt Japan and South Korea to increase its demand from Australia, said the industry group.

A Susi Air plane crashed in eastern Indonesia Wednesday, killing its South African pilot and an Australian passenger. The Pilatus PC-6 crash was Susi Air's third fatal accident in the last 12 months, AFP reported.