It is that time of the year when we hear about Christmas miracle stories. We hear how common people are unusually blessed by the mercy of God. Christians tend to feel more religious than ever during this time of the year. Attending church ceremonies is a common practice which is widely believed to reap high spiritual benefits. However, things were a little different in Malawi where eight people were killed by lightning while they were at one of the churches in the locality.
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.
We, human being, fail to stand by our companions so often because we are more concerned about our own safety and well-being. We have come up with intelligent excuses to defend our incapability to commit for a single relation. However, there are other creatures in the same world that refuse to go by "human" rules of civilisation. One such incident in China will shake you to the core if you still believe in friendship.
A "huge" meteor sighting over the weekend amazed several witnesses across the Midwest in the U.S. Social network users from Iowa, Illinois, and other states in the Midwest region describe the cosmic object as "bright" like "a ball of fire." A street camera caught the meteor sighting in North Liberty.
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.
This was definitely not what he asked from Santa Claus on this Christmas. Markell X. Beasley, a 6-year-old boy from Jefferson City, was found dead at a South-Eastern Missouri home on the Christmas Eve. Demetrius Beasley, the 40-year-old man from St Louis who was the prime suspect for kidnapping the boy earlier, was also found dead. Police assume that it was a typical case of murder-suicide.
National Health Service has exposed scandals from a flagship rape victim center suppressing findings and inexcusable failings to provide support for dozens of samples left inside a fridge that should be solving rape crimes and deficiencies to safeguard children and vulnerable adults.
IVF doctors have confirmed that there is an increasing tendency among parents to prefer having girls to boys. To lower the risk of disorders and diseases such as autism and cancer in their babies, parents prefer choosing the gender of their children.
Manufacturing companies have made tablet computers so easy that even a toddler is able to handle it easily. This may seem encouraging for some parents to feel that their kid has exceptional talents but some health experts are extremely worried about the trend.
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.
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.
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.
Samantha Knight may just be another waitress at Laishley Crab House but she got an unusually fat tip for Christmas.
Thousands of lights all over the world may light up this Christmas but Toronto will have to celebrate the festival in darkness. Toronto residents have been warned that the power shortage in the city may last even until Christmas.
Scott Allen, brand manager of 102.5 FM radio station, got a letter for the station about two weeks ago. The station has been running the "Star" 102.5 Christmas Wish program for over 20 years in Des Moines, Iowa. It has never received a letter like this before. The letter came from Brenda Schmitz who died due to ovarian cancer two years back in 2011. The letter was written more than two years ago, a month before she had passed away.
Six miniature horses were found slaughtered on Fleurieu Peninsula, south of Adelaide. It was a strange property attack on the Finnis-Clayton Road farm in Clayton Bay. The horses were stabled on Friday night.
Sex workers in Canada may have felt happy after the Supreme Court's ruling in favour of the trade that prostitution is finally going to be legalised in the country; however, the possibilities may still be bleak.
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.
Aussies are spending as much as 1 billion a day for the Christmas period
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.
A Swiss company has found the key to living forever - turn dead loved-ones into a diamond. A 55-year-old Italian father has decided not to let go of his son and availed the company’s “Remembrance Diamonds” product. This is a process where the carbon found in the cremated ashes are filtered and refined, secured in a chamber to create a synthetic diamond.
Alonza Bryant, 16, was sleeping when a drive-by shooting occured in the neighborhood. Little did she know that the glasses she was wearing saved her life.
Amphetamine abuse has been found increasing in Australia with users getting younger each day. This was according to the latest annual report released Monday by Odyssey House, a rehabilitation center.
A highly respected Canadian police officer shot himself dead at the central police station in Hamilton.
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.
The White family from Sydney is in a hurry to gather memory, especially the visual ones.
The rate of Canadian bank robbery is declining, according to a new research.
India's adulation for Nelson Mandela is known to the world. Mandela is the only non-Indian to receive the highest civilian award in India, the 'Bharatratna', in 1990 even before he got the Nobel. India also declared five-day mourning after he passed away on December 5. Nonetheless, the latest revelation on social media may well embarrass the nation which has always shown great respect to the South African legend.
The U.S. has registered Riane Gysberts, an Aussie woman, from Franskton, Victoria as a sexual predator as she pleaded guilty to one count of solicitation of a minor observing sexual conduct in Tennessee's Madison Country Circuit Court.
Karma was very quick with Xavier Jarrell McClinton, a 47-year-old Mill Valley personal trainer, who tried to throw off his wife at the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge during a heated argument on Friday, Dec 13. Mr McClinton’s plan did not work because he was the one who fell into the water and attempted murder as well as domestic violence charges were filed against him.
