A tourist from Taiwan, who was visiting Australia, walked off a pier in Melbourne because she was apparently engrossed in checking her Facebook profile.
A video of a woman in a bikini in New Zealand became an online viral for the wrong reason. The unnamed woman was filmed attacking and punching another woman over a driving row.
Australia's State of Victoria reveals plans for a FireReady app and an emergency Web site for important fire alerts. This is in response to the alarming rate of destructive and deadly bushfires in Australia.
Australia's biggest OzLotto winner remains unidentified as the hunt continues for the owner of the $70 million prize. Tatts Lotteries has revealed that the winning lotto ticket was sold in Gold Coast but has been unable to identify the holder due to the large amount of prize money.
According to a new study, many American women reported having ‘virgin births’.
Oregon woman Carol King-Eckersley discovered that her son was dead 25 years back and she came to know about it earlier this year.
Canadian executive Tony Crist's secret is out. However, what is more interesting is not that he won $40 million lottery prize in May which even his family didn't know, but he is giving it all away to charity!
Five priests have been removed and one more has been asked to go on leave as a result of the investigation related to their involvement in a case of child sex abuse.
Two brothers have been taking their pictures with Santa Claus every year, and they have been doing it for 34 years.
Former Menudo star Ricky Martin hinted that he wants to wed his long-time partner Carlos Gonzalez in Spain. Martin got his Spanish citizenship in 2011, but at that time he said he had no specific location yet for his planned wedding, but it would be in Europe.
Sky watchers who missed the 2013 Geminid meteor shower peak on Friday and Saturday night still have a chance of catching the impressive night sky display. A couple of spectators were able to capture images of the stunning sky display and shared their viewing experiences online.
A massive 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck Southland, New Zealand in the early hours of Dec 17. The Southland earthquake was measured 25km deep and centred 125km west of Tuatapere on 1:10 am in the morning. According to local reports, at least 170 people reported or felt the earthquake with some people coming from further north in Wellington's Naenae. Others reported things falling off their shelves but aside from that there was no other damage. A spokesperson for Southland's police depar....
The naughty Santa is back. This time he is not one but many with several men looking like Santa Claus who are getting involved in an ugly brawl.
Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook accepted an achievement award from his alma mater, Auburn University, and gave an inspiring speech on racism and gay rights. The usually elusive Apple chief executive made a rare public speech about personally witnessing a cross on fire when he was young. Mr Cook said the incident has "changed his life forever." He said he has experienced various types of discrimination. He believes people are afraid to accept others who were different from the rest of society.
U.S. President Barack Obama had a blend of the Christmas and the X-Men at the holiday show in Washington on Sunday. The show had glittering stars like Hugh Jackman, Sheryl Crow and the Backstreet Boys.
Australian 1975 Nobel Prize-Winning chemist John Cornforth has died on Dec. 14, 2013 at the age of 96 years old. Cornforth was awarded the Nobel Chemistry Prize in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysed reactions. Cornforth won the 1975 Nobel Chemistry Prize in 1975 with Croatian-Swiss organic chemist Vladimir Prelog.
A Victorian guy was shocked and furious after discovering that he accidentally swallowed maggots from a precooked chicken bought from Woolworths, a giant supermarket.
An 82 year-old Colombian woman got shocking news when she visited a hospital in Bogota after suffering stomach pains. It is reported that the woman is experiencing pains due to a rare condition called "stone baby". According to the reports, the woman has been carrying a 40 year-old fetus inside her old body.
The Stony Brook University assistant astrophysics professor and comet chaser Jin Koda tracks and studies the close flyby of the 2013 Comet Lovejoy. Prof Jin Koda together with his Japanese colleagues utilized the Subaru Telescope’s Suprime-Cam in observing the comet’s impressive tail on Monday, December 2.
NASA is planning to send their astronauts to take a walk in space within the week to get the International Space Station cooling problem fixed.
The first Chinese Lunar Rover had its first landing on the moon making a similar accomplishment like the US and former Soviet Union. This is considered a major step for the space programme and visions of Beijing to grow and achieve a milestone.
“Katie” has been found, but the Kiwi man who launched the global online search for her hasn’t contacted her yet. Katie Capp said she wants to talk to Reese McKee, who asked the Internet for help in finding her after a chance meeting, but admitted that she doesn’t know if she likes him yet.
Australia is shocked to find a dozen neglected children in an incest farm situated in one of the rural settlements of the country.
The United States of America disagrees with Canada. Whether it accepts Canada’s claim on the North Pole or not is a matter of time but it does not accept the claim that Santa Claus is a Canadian.
The United Nations (UN) has called on Australia to ban the "smacking" of children. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has urged Australia to prevent parents from "reasonably" smacking their children and encourage them to use other forms of discipline.
The video has gone viral and the Hamilton officers in the video are widely praised for their act.
New Zealand is set to increase its smart phone ownership to 90 per cent by 2018. According to Frost & Sullivan's New Zealand Mobile Device Usage 2013, 64 per cent of New Zealanders 15 to 65 years of age currently have a smart phone.
The woman, 23, was raped by the man she was supposed to get married
As the 2013 Geminid meteor shower peaks on Friday night, Dec 13, cloudy skies will give the spectators a problem in their viewing conditions. However, there are still places that the sky watchers can head to in order to have a best view of the Geminid meteor shower.
Officers from the Mars One project have announced that an unmanned mission to the Red Planet will be launched by 2018.
