A report released on Sunday by the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) estimated that the number of Australians living in poverty has gone up to over 2.26 million by one-third of one per cent since 2003. That translates into one in eight Australians.
Not one, not two, but a whole fleet - of UFOs? A fleet of UFO was reportedly sighted on Friday, October 5th over the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem. The same location was purportedly recorded filmed in 2011 over another UFO sighting. Are there reasons to believe the recent Dome of Rock sighting is for real?
Before we get into party games, thank you for all the feedback we've received from our last few articles. At the end of today's Daily Reckoning we'll reprint some of the remarkable experiences you had making three crucial phone calls.
Machynlleth, POWYS - April Jones, who was snatched Monday evening, is still missing. Police officers have arrested a suspect, but they have yet to locate the British five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy.
Prosecutors concluded this week their case against Karl Joseph Kraus, a 93-year-old Australian who is battling pedophilia charges in northern Thailand.
Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney has probably realized by now that Big Bird could rival him well in terms of gathering support from the Americans. A presidential candidate does not simply announce that he "loves Big Bird" without expecting a surge of memes on the internet. Especially if Big Bird will lose his job.
Despite pleading guilty, former Liberal Senator Mary Jo Fisher was not convicted by the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday over second shoplifting charges. Magistrate Paul Wilson said a conviction is not proper due to lack of previous shoplifting convictions on the 49-year-old former lawmaker.
"Gangnam Style" is the latest dance craze to hit a popular prison in the Philippines, the same detention center known for gathering inmates for dance performances as part of its rehabilitation and recreation programs. The video was viewed over one million times in only three days. Over 13,000 users have "Liked" the video, so far.
A growing number of Australians expressed their dissatisfaction with Facebook because of the popular social networking site's culture of narcissism and self-absorption.
"Smart is the new sexy," says the hit CBS sitcom about geek scientists, "The Big Bang Theory," one of the best comedy series today. Brainy people can be very funny, indeed. Perhaps the reason why there are several nerd and geek memes making the rounds on the internet is because the funniest memes are created by the nerds and the geeks themselves.
Two sea vessels collided off Lamma Island in Hong Kong, killing at least 36 people, the Hong Kong government reported on its website Tuesday. A ferry owned by the Hong Kong Electric Company was on its way to a viewing spot in Victoria Harbour for a fireworks display when tragedy struck.
Former ABC Host Andy Muirhead was sentenced on Monday by the Tasmania Supreme Court for 10 months over charges of child pornography. The basis of his sentence in a decision written by Chief Justice Ewan Crawford was evidence that Mr Muirhead had stashed a large collection of photographs and videos of child porn in his personal computer between February 2009 and June 2010.
The Bermuda Triangle gained the name Devil‘s Triangle because of the mysteries that have hounded the massive Earth spot through the years. Aircrafts and sea vessels have disappeared without a trace here.
Jill Meagher has been found dead six days after she was reported missing by her family. Her body was found Thursday on the outskirts of Melbourne. Here is a look back to the case of ABC Radio manager Jill Meagher, a 29-year old Irish woman who had been living in Melbourne for several years until her disappearance.
An inland taipan, considered to be the world's most dangerous snake, bit an Aussie boy. A single drop of the taipan's venom can kill a hundred men. It can quickly cause paralysis and bleeding out. The Hunter Valley teenager is still fighting for his life. Police are now investigating the incident.
“Dude, you’ve been friendzoned!” Say what? People who get too close to being in a relationship with someone they like sometimes find themselves in the dreaded “friend zone.”
UFO sightings have been reported three separate times in three cities across the world within five days. The sightings were reported from Arizona, Melbourne and Manchester since last week through the weekend.
For the second consecutive day, Australian legislators turned down a same-sex marriage bill in the Senate on Thursday. On a 26-41 vote, the lawmakers said no to a similar bill earlier rejected by MPs on Wednesday on a 42-98 vote.
Some iPhone 5 enthusiasts are very unhappy with Samsung’s latest mock-the-Apple-fans campaign. Other observers have had enough of the hype. And then the rest just keeps on reading, spreading and creating funny memes about Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5.
Some visually entertaining videos don’t get old. Take the “Mentos plus Coke Diet” video clip from the MythBusters, as an example. It was uploaded in 2008 and has so far gathered 7 million views, but it still gets fresh visits and comments from YouTube users.
China's Foreign Ministry has expressed outrage and disappointment at the Philippines' decision to officially request the United Nations to rename part of the South China Sea as the West Philippine Sea.
Around the world, more than 850 million people use Facebook regularly to communicate. More and more employers also are using Facebook as a way to examine potential employees before making hires.
The ongoing legal feud among the Rinehart family members took a dramatic turn on Wednesday with the matriarch, Gina Rinehart who is Australia's richest person, issuing a public invitation for her four adult children to claim their share of the family trust.
If there is one good thing that the controversial comparison of the health of gay people and smokers by the head of the Australian Christian Lobby group has achieved, it is to seek more information on the health of homosexuals.
China's Finance Ministry will provide up to 14 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) in subsidies to buyers who purchase energy-saving products, including computers and air-conditioners, said a report by Xinhua.
Bernard Arnault, the richest man in France and the fourth richest man in the world, has applied to be a naturalised Belgian citizen ahead of a 75 percent tax on the wealthy in France.
Suggestions from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) that a gay lifestyle is more hazardous than smoking caused Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday to pull out from addressing the lobby's national conference in October.
Colombia’s notorious ‘Queen of Cocaine’ was killed Monday, according to local news accounts, felled by motorcycle-riding gunmen who reportedly pumped two bullets though the head of Griselda Blanco.
Victorian police officers are now investigating what could have killed a young mother, who left a 15-month-old son alone in their apartment. Here are the details, point-by-point, on the story of the toddler who survived a domestic tragedy alone.
“Keep calm and carry on,” is one of the most popular memes permeating social networks. Its varieties are typically witty if not notoriously hilarious. “Keep Calm” memes are so ubiquitous in social networks, that it is hard to imagine any situation that does not have a matching “keep calm” meme.
