Reissa Su

The problem of obesity in the UK is getting worse with misguided parents continuing to raise overweight children who are allowed to help themselves to sweets and junk food without getting any form of exercise.

Iron ore shipments from Northern Australia are placed on hold following the cyclone forecast in Western Australia. Tropical Cyclone Christine is seen as threat to towns and production of oil and gas. Tropical Cyclone Christine has been reclassified from a Category 2 to a Category 3 storm as it picked up speed overnight.

New Zealand's economy will prosper in 2014 as financial experts predict it will be a "golden" year for the country. All signs point to a stronger economy in 2014.

Two fathers in New Zealand won the fight against Wi-Fi in schools after leading a campaign to remove wireless access in the classroom. David Bird and Damon Wyman urged the Te Horo School to allow Internet access using a cable connection. Wi-Fi has been linked to cancer and other health problems in some studies.

At least 70 swimmers were injured in a river in Argentina when a school of carnivorous fish believed to be the piranha's cousins attacked on Christmas Day.

Sharks in Western Australia are using Twitter to warn swimmers of their presence. The group Surf Life Saving WA has attached transmitters to 320 sharks in Australia and programmed them to send a "tweet" whenever a shark moves within a half a mile from the shore. The tweet inform swimmers of the location, type and size of the shark.

Scientists found a message in a bottle in the Canadian Arctic written 54 years ago. The bottle contained predictions of a changing climate causing ice to melt. Two researchers discovered the note on a small and uninhabited island in the Canadian Arctic, buried under the rocks.

The Australian government is preparing to send military aircrafts, C-17A Globemaster and C-130 Hercules, to assist the United Nations (UN) in restoring peace to South Sudan where the army is fighting rebel forces. As local troops flush out insurgents, the UN has moved to prevent civil war in the region.

Apple Inc shares climbed 3.8 per cent at $570.09 after the company has officially announced and confirmed the deal with China Mobile, the biggest mobile carrier in the world. Now Apple Inc is one of the tech stocks to watch out for in 2014 with analysts optimistic of bigger iPhone sales in the Chinese market.

New Zealander Jennifer Doolabh, who chose to stop her cancer treatment after finding out she was pregnant, gave birth to a bouncing baby boy. The new mum named her son Matthias (meaning "God's gift" in Hebrew), who was born with a weight of 2.27 kilogrammes.

An unidentified French woman has been complaining of pain in her stomach weeks after she gave birth to her child via cesarian section. She returned to the hospital to seek medical help and was shocked to know that a pair of scissors has been left inside her body the whole time.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has wished all Australians a Merry Christmas in his video message. He thanked all Aussies who will not be spending the holidays with their families because they may be away serving either the country or community.

Pregnant women weighing as high as 300 kilograms and with heavy body mass index (BMI) who are giving birth in Queensland may risk not only their lives but also their babies.

Apple Inc has officially announced a deal with China Mobile on Dec. 22 which signaled the end of a 6-year negotiation. Apple's bestselling iPhones will be available on the world's largest mobile carrier on Jan. 17, 2014.

An Australian woman has sued a deli owner for serving bottled water containing semen. The sperm belonged to the deli owner whose DNA matched the sample taken from the bottled water based on test results. According to the documents filed before the court, deli owner Dahn Le had intentionally placed his semen in the bottled water. He knew the water was contaminated with sperm and sold it to the public anyway.

Facebook has removed the breastfeeding photos of a private group page which left New Zealand mums angry. Renee Lyons, a breastfeeding mum from Timaru, has posted on the Facebook page Mummy Matters last Dec. 20 that her photo was removed. Facebook has also suspended her account and tagged her profile as spam or fake.

Ultra-distance runner from New Zealand, Kim Allan, breaks a world record for running without sleep and passing the previous recorded distance of 500 kilometres. The previous women's record was at 486 km. Ms Allan surpassed that distance just two hours later.

Same-sex marriage advocates in Australia are targeting 70 federal politicians to try and convince them to change their position on marriage equality in 2014. Some of the MPs on the list include Treasurer Joe Hockey and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

Apple Inc's deal with China Mobile was the most anticipated agreement by investors as the world's biggest mobile carrier was expected to make a big announcement on December 18. However, the day had passed without a single word from both parties, leaving investors disappointed.

A young Australian was viciously attacked by kangaroos for about 25 minutes while she was out running in the bushes. According to a local report, 13-year-old Jade Bassett was accompanied by her grandfather Kevin Henderson to the running track. While she was out running, Mr Henderson sat down on a nearby bench to wait for her to be done.

New Zealand's economic growth is faster than most countries including Australia. According to Finance Minister Bill English, the latest statistics revealed that gross domestic product (GDP) growth of New Zealand was 3.5 per cent in Sept compared to 2.3 per cent of Australia's GDP.

New Zealand parents want to remove Wi-Fi from classrooms at Te Horo School after their son died from brain cancer. Ethan Wyman died 11 months after doctors diagnosed two brain tumours.

Residents in Southeast Australia continue to experience sweltering heat which prompted authorities to impose over a dozen fire bans across Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania. Weather reports said hot winds are blowing from the east with the heat slowly spreading to Canberra from Adelaide.

Apple Inc's latest iPhone commercial has gone viral with touching family moments set against the picturesque winter landscape of Edmonton, Canada. Apple has released a television ad for the iPhone 5 earlier in the week. People who saw the ad recognised the winter background as Edmonton.

Scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have discovered 45 women claimed they were pregnant without having sexual intercourse. Researchers analysed a national population survey in 1995 of 7,870 young adults and adolescents. They also examined the population data in 2008 and 2009. Based on the surveys, researchers found that 1 per cent of the women reported not having any sexual contact but had been pregnant.

The 2013 America’s Cup is Google’s most searched keywords in New Zealand. The sudden deaths of Cory Monteith and Paul Walker were among the top five trending searches in New Zealand based on Google’s annual trends report together with the birth of the royal baby, Prince George.

Australia's network of legal centres is not happy with the Coalition government and Prime Minister Tony Abbott's decision to cut funding for the Environmental Defenders Offices (EDO). Mr Abbott cut EDO's $10 million worth of funds, which means the offices will not receive money from the government after July 1, 2014.

The increasing rate of New Zealander obese children has grown to 10,000 more based on the findings of an Auckland University research.

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook has met with U.S. President Barack Obama together with other top tech company executives like Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, and Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, among others, to discuss surveillance policies.