Some pets are too dangerous to handle, as a male teen from Melbourne has seen for himself.
A pet python owned by a 15-year-old Melbourne boy proved how dangerous it is to be taken care of when it bit its owner while he tried to clean the snake’s cage.
A Cambodian father is now wanted on child abuse charges after he chained his son to a power pole on the street after he learned that the boy skipped classes to play online games, AFP reports.
Western Australia Premier Colin Barnett is not keen on supporting a shark cull even as at least one scientist has said it is likely that a great white shark had attacked and killed Peter Kurmann the past weekend, WA Today reports.
Two old friends from Auckland died in a plane crash yesterday after their recently purchased plane crashed into a paddock in what is believed to be a case of “a combination of bad weather and bad luck.”
Earth-hour was celebrated on the 31st of March. Millions of people turned off their lights across the globe.
A panel of experts has warned that if a strong earthquake was to hit the shores of Japan, then another catastrophic tsunami could be unleashed.
More Australians are pinching pennies and paying down their home mortgages in large numbers that thriftiness has become a normal way of life in the country.
A human Rights watch report published on Wednesday has interviewed women inmates in Afghan prisons. They are being held for moral crimes, such as running away from an abusive husband or resisting forced marriage.
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After a thorough rescue search operation set out this morning, the body of Matthew Barclay has been found at the northern end of Kurrawa beach, according to SurfLife Saving Australia chief executive Brett Williamson, who confirmed the report a little after 930am today.
Cyberbullying is increasingly affecting mostly young girls who are not likely to speak openly about the bullies, teachers heard during a recently held conference at Auckland University.
He got a transplant that could kill him any way, if he were not so lucky. New Zealand-born broadcaster Derryn Hinch, 67, risked suffering AIDS or hepatitis when he went under the knife for a new liver last year.
A New Zealand study reveals that Kiwi women read a lot more than men do. The Research NZ survey asked 505 some information on their reading habits. The results were released Monday, showing 23 per cent of Kiwi men had not taken the time to read last year.
The number of lonely people in Melbourne is going up. A report by the Grattan's Institute said the proportion of people with fewer friends and good neighbours is on the decline compared to two decades ago.
The website will provide the latest technological advancements in the field of farming.
The number of cruise passengers in New Zealand is expected to increase by a good 20 per cent in 2013 despite the tragic capsizing of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy in January, according to a cruise liner manager.
Scientists gave mice a high fat diet, after which, the mice showed growth of new brain cells and less weight gain. "We really don't understand the function of these neurons in the normal brain," study researcher Seth Blackshaw, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, told LiveScience.
A new study has found that more words are going extinct and fewer words are being added to languages since the dawn of the digital age.
It's a confusing world. While the average woman in the United States is a size 14, that is also the place where plus-sized clothing starts (generally, size 14 and up).
2-yr-old Makena has only recently started to show interest in singing along to music in her parents' car. She started singing along to Maroon 5' 'Moves Like Jagger' before moving on to Adele's bluesy 'Someone Like You.'
The man who is suspected to have shot dead four people at a French school in Toulouse is in an encounter with the French Police.
Jamie Waylett, the Hogwarts bully of Harry Potter films has been sent to two years in prison for his part in the London riots of August 2011
In his new book, N.C. man explains how he turned an interest in wine tastings and music into a way to make a dent in the world water crisis.
As the 2012 NRL and AFL seasons get ready to kick-off, business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal how much Australians are spending on sports betting - the fastest growing gambling segment.
A $1.6 billion project has been given ‘a likely green light,’ and it is seen to line the northern Wairarapa hillsides to become New Zealand’s largest wind farm, providing power for up to 370,000 homes, Dominion Post reports.
A hunter who got a badly swollen leg from a spider bite was successfully rescued Monday amid ill weather in Te Urewera National Park.
A 39-year-old Kiwi from Tauranga spoke to Bay of Plenty Times after being denied entrance from a bar for being too old. However, the bar and other youth-oriented establishments say they do not discriminate by age, Bay of Plenty Times reports.
Star casino and its legal team sacked on Tuesday three more managers with over 40 years' experience in the organisation for breaches of its internet and email policies.
In a freak accident, a 1000-tonne freight train crashed into and ripped apart a tractor being driven by a teen woman, who is now in critical condition after the tragic incident Saturday morning. Jennifer Hughes, 19, was helping her father Paul Hughes with haymaking while her father manned another machine.
As the Girl Scouts celebrate 100 years, I support them in all ways — save one.
