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New Zealand's South Island hit with magnitude 7.4 earthquake

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake centred north of Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island struck just after midnight on Sunday, triggering a two-metre high tsunami. The NZ government's GeoNet website said the earthquake, which was 15km deep, was severe and felt throughout the country. A tsunami has been generated in response to the earthquake and the first wave arrived on the eastern coast of the South Island just before 2am on Monday local time, according to the NZ Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management. The largest waves, between three to five metres, are expected between Marlborough Peninsula near Wellington and Banks Peninsula.

Kerri Anne Kennerley 'wants her old life back' after husband was left paralysed   

Kerri Anne Kennerley's husband John broke his neck in a freak accident earlier this year. And the popular TV personality has revealed she is struggling to come to terms with his devastating injury. 'I hate this new life to be quite frank. I just hate it. It's awful,' the 63-year-old confessed. 'I think right now, the most difficult thing... is not being able to talk to him,' she added. John, 76, slipped while at a social gathering in Coffs Harbour on the New South Wales north coast. He says Kerri Anne has stood by his side throughout his recovery. 'She's been with me every day.' he said. Doctors have revealed John is lucky to be alive.

NEW Josh Goudswaard, 32, was expected to return home to Perth, Western Australia on November 6 after telling his colleagues he was travelling to Bali with a woman who he met on dating app Tinder.

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A petition with more than 16,000 signatures is demanding The Project offers Steve Price an apology after he was unfairly ridiculed after the show's U.S. election debate.

Landlord users of Reddit have taken to the online forum to share their stories of tenants from hell, and the experiences are equal parts surprising, disgusting and bizarre.

The Monty Python star, 77, has moaned that his two daughters Camilla and Cynthia Cleese had 'cost him a fortune' and had 'turned out like their mother's during an appearance on US TV.

Donald Trump says he will 'immediately' deport two to three million illegal immigrants

President-elect Donald Trump has said he plans to deport two to three million undocumented immigrants with criminal records from the country immediately - and has insisted that will build his wall. In an interview with CBS's 60 Minutes that airs on Sunday evening - his first since winning the election - Trump insisted that he will build the wall along the US-Mexico border that was a vital part of his presidential campaign. Trump kicked off his presidential campaign by outlining his uncompromising stance on immigration.

'I didn't hear her scream': Gable Tostee speaks for the first time about the night his Tinder date Warriena Wright fell from his 14th floor Gold Coast balcony

Gable Tostee has attempted to explain why he recorded audio of his Tinder date and told his version of the night Warriena Wright plunged to her death from his 14th floor Gold Coast balcony. In a paid, tell-all interview, the 30-year-old carpet layer said he recorded audio of his date with the New Zealand tourist 'just in case'. Tostee could not explain how he restrained Warriena when he forced the 26-year-old New Zealand tourist onto his balcony. He claimed he had not heard her scream as she fell to her death, and tried to explain why he ate pizza afterwards.

Davy Moakes, 86, and Helen Andre, 82, met and fell in love at art college in Derbyshire and Davy proposed in 1951. But his fiancée's parents would not give their blessing to the union.

Are you struggling to share a bed with your loved one? Research has found that poor sleep can wreak havoc with our skin, mood and career so Dr Guy Meadows has shared tips for coping with co-sharing.

Moana Bikini owner Katrina Irby speaks about Gold Coast swimwear business

At 27 years of age, Karina Irby (pictured) owns a global bikini business empire that rakes in millions of dollars and is just days away from a 50,000-piece summer launch. But just six years ago the introverted Gold Coast entrepreneur was fired from a casual retail job at a local surf shop and asked her single father for an $800 loan. Using her self-taught skills in coding, the driven blonde took a leap of faith and created a website for her brand new designer swimwear business 'Moana Bikinis' - which has since become a household name for women across Australia.

A Perth father jailed for sexually assaulting and pimping out his daughter when she was between 11 and 13-years-old is appealing his sentence using taxpayer funded Legal Aid.

Will and Karlie are the crowned champions of The Block 2016 after taking home $815,000

UPDATED After a tough few weeks on site of The Block in Melbourne. And on Sunday, Will and Karlie were crowned this year's winners of the renovation series after taking home a whopping $815,000. The couple sold their stunning apartment for a large $2.6million, after having their reserve price set at $1.885million.

Rock and Roll legend Phil Collins has labelled himself 'a b*****d' for cheating on his ex-wife, Jill Tavelman. The Genesis frontman says he regrets the affair, which ended his second marriage.

Cheltenham Guardians slam friends of a drunken woman Emily left abandoned in the street

A harrowing open letter (inset) was published by the Cheltenham Guardians after they spent two hours caring for a vulnerable young woman named 'Emily' (pictured main) who was left by her friends during a night out on Friday. The group looked after the heavily intoxicated Emily while they attempted to track down her friends who thought it 'was funny' she was unable to look after herself. During the course of the night Emily was cared for by four different groups of volunteers and emergency service staff. Eventually she had to be taken away in an ambulance, costing the NHS £300.

A woman firefighter, 24, suffered a broken collarbone after a burning branch fell eight metres as she fought an out-of-control bushfire in northwest Sydney.

Police believe the upcoming phenomenon known as the super moon could trigger a spike in crime according to superstition, despite a recent Brisbane officers' research.

Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge looks chic in a DVF coat on Remembrance Sunday

The mother-of-two looked chic dressed in a black Diane von Furstenberg coat as she joined the nation in remembering the fallen. The 34-year-old, who accessorised her look with her favourite pearl drop earrings, also wore the piece at the same service back in 2011. The Duchess of Cambridge joined the Duchess of Cornwall, Sophie, Countess of Wessex, and other royals to watch the service on from the balcony of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).

Researchers at the University of Delaware placed reflective markers on 22 volunteers, put them on treadmills with their phones and monitored them with motion cameras.

Multiple Aboriginal children living in Kalgoorlie in Western Australia have reported being chased or followed by white people in cars as they ride their bicycles.

Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster-Blake slammed for photos of their son Sonny Blake on Instagram

Australian golden couple Hamish Blake and Zoe Foster-Blake (left and right) have been criticised for over-sharing pictures of their young boy Sonny (inset) with their one million followers on social media. Writer Angela Mollard said it was only a matter of time before Sonny's cute pictures led to creepy fandom, and there was no telling whether he would resent the attention when he grew older.

NEW Boyko Borisov declared his exit in Sofia, after Tsetska Tsacheva, a member of Borisov's center-right party, was thrashed in the ballot by ex airforce chief and political novice Rumen Radev.

Residents of Groote Eylandt, a remote island in the Northern Territory, are slowly dying from a rare disease which causes initial muscle weakness and turns into a permanent physical disability.

Slain ex-girlfriend of bikie enforcer reveals fear of being killed in note before being

Shelsea Schilling (pictured left) wrote a poem revealing her fear of her bikie ex boyfriend, known as the 'Lizard man'. They were found dead in a Gold Coast apartment on Friday. Miss Schilling's mother has revealed on Facebook her daughter's ex-boyfriend Bronson Ellery (pictured with Ms Schilling, left, inset and right) struck fear into the 20-year-old woman.

Murdered toddler Nikki Francis-Coslovich was living in an unsafe home in Victoria with claims child protection workers knew about the vulnerable situation.

Claims made by a witness Daniel Holden suggest the mother of murdered Mildura toddler Nikki Francis-Coslovich wasn't at his home when her daughter was killed like she said.

New details about woman chained up on serial killer's property

Todd Kohlhepp (inset center) was charged with kidnapping after investigators found 30-year-old Kala Brown (inset left) - who had been missing for two months - chained up 'like a dog' inside a storage container (main) on his property in rural Woodruff. In an '48 Hours' special that aired on CBS on Saturday, it was revealed that Brown was kept in a cage inside the container, bound by her neck and feet - and fed just once a day. The container was dark most of the time, but Kohlhepp would let her out occasionally to walk around. Brown told her family that Kohlhepp once dragged her to graves on his property and threatened that she would end up in one of them if she tried to escape.

Australian bodybuilder Aaron Curtis has filmed himself making a tasty meal from his daughter's placenta. He said he was tucking into the nutrient-rich placenta with the hope of 'making some gains'.

A photograph Taylor Swift claims is evidence that former radio DJ David Mueller groped her bottom during a meet-and-greet event in Denver, Colorado in 2013 has leaked.

NSW mother Amy Dawes speaks out about her forceps delivery

Amy Dawes was a personal trainer before becoming a mother in 2013. However, her ability to exercise was diminished after a forceps delivery left her unable to lift or run after her baby daughter Eliya. She is upset at not being warned about the dangers of this childbirth method.

Eight months after losing her 15-year-old daughter, Anne-Marie Cockburn looked across a courtroom into the eyes of the boy who sold Martha's friend the lethal drugs that killed her.

Astonished Khalid Al Sinani discovered a lump of the substance weighing more than 60 kilos after checking his nets off Oman's Qurayat coast and is now planning a life of luxury.

Meghan Markle opens up to PIERS MORGAN about dating and death threats

Meghan Markle's attitudes to relationships, the death threats she's received, and some of the dubious TV jobs she's taken can be revealed - thanks to a wide-ranging conversation she had with Mail on Sunday columnist Piers Morgan over a dirty martini in a London pub. Piers met the American actress in London in June, months before the world learned about her Royal relationship. She hinted about a 'persistent' man in her life - and the very next night, she was seen with Prince Harry at fashionable members' club Soho House.

A key witness to the kidnapping and murder of a former Sydney Hells Angel bikie in Thailand has mysteriously disappeared and police now fear he has been murdered or paid off.

The gentleman, named only as 'Chen', had to undergo surgery to remove the painful object from his manhood. The operation in East China's Zhejiang Province was a success.

Elly Warren's death reminds Britt Lapthorne's parents about losing their daughter

In 2008, the mystery death of traveller Britt Lapthorne (left) while on a gap year adventure to Croatia captivated Australia. The 21-year-old disappeared while partying in the coastal town of Dubrovnik, only for her body to be discovered by fishermen on a nearby beach more 18 days later. Just last week, in eerily similar circumstances, 20-year-old Elly Warren (right) was murdered in Mozambique. Ms Warren was letting her hair down after a six-week volunteer trip when she went to a beach party, only to be found dead by fishermen in a toilet block hours later. And now, some eight years after losing their own daughter, Britt Lapthorne's parents have told of their devastation at hearing of the mysterious death of another girl in her early 20s from Melbourne on the trip of a lifetime.

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Mummy of servant of king Thutmose III's household is discovered in 'good condition' in

Spanish archaeologists have discovered a millennia-old mummy in 'very good condition' near the southern Egyptian town of Luxor. The find was in a tomb (right) probably dating from between 1075-664 BC. The mummy had been bound with linen stuck together with plaster. It was in a brightly coloured wooden sarcophagus (left and inset) and had been buried near a temple from the era of fourth-millennium warrior king Thutmose III. The tomb was likely to have belonged to a nobleman, Amenrenef, who was 'a servant of the royal household', the antiquities ministry said.

Australian travel bloggers Lauren Bullen and boyfriend Jack Morris found another couple were going to the same locations and re-creating their shots, down to the angles, poses and clothes.

Labor MP Anne Aly was caught calling Liberal politician Andrew Laming a 'knob' when she didn't realise she was still live on air after a fierce TV debate about immigration between them.

Young entrepreneur Mia Plecic turned $1000 into $2 million with her first business 

Geelong entrepreneur Mia Plecic (left), 24, turned her teeth whitening business and $1,000 in savings into a multi-million company last year, but lost it all just six months later. Ms Plecic, who was preparing to buy a new home and car with her successes, said she lost leadership of her business after listening to ill-advice. Refusing to let her failed business venture get her down or take a 'regular' job, Ms Plecic recently launched two more businesses - Bondi Smile (pictured bottom right with Bondi Smile model Kiki Morris), a similar teeth whitening company as her prior company, and Downtown Pressed Juice Co (top right).

People will be treated to the once-in-a-lifetime sight on the 14th of the month, when the full moon will appear 14 per cent larger and 30 per cent brighter than normal.

Crystals could be the answer to getting perfect skin, with one holistic nutritionist claiming that different stones heal different problems, from inflammation to acne.

Renowned Sydney nightclub Hugo's Lounge (pictured in 2010) is set to re-open in February under new management in a trial to see if re-establishing a venue in the Kings Cross area is viable.

Beatles' Sgt Pepper's album cover-inspired tribute to celebrities who died in 2016

More than 40 leading musicians, actors, sportsmen and other personalities appear in this new version of the famous sleeve of the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band record, released in 1967. But can you name them all?

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg shared his thoughts in a lengthy post on Saturday night after he said many people questioned whether fake news contributed to the shocking election result.

Australia is in talks with Nauru about handing 20-year visa deals to refugees and asylum seekers who reject resettlement deals or refuse to return to their country.

Young men from private schools in Adelaide are calling out the elite all-girls school, Wilderness, for double standards after staff let them create a 'wall of boys' that ended up online.

Super strength drugs have been behind a string of deaths in 2016, but emergency clinician Dr David Caldicott (pictured) says he is preparing for one of Australia's most deadly summers of drugs.

What a genius idea! How to use a spoon to peel the skin off a mango

Brisbane man Gene Downs uses a spoon to peel the skin off a mango. After piercing the skin around the fruit with a knife (left), he runs the spoon around the cheek (centre), popping off the skin (right).

Donatella Versace, 61, who is one of the world's most lauded female style icons, added: 'They are thinking of themselves. But themselves and the woman are not the same.'

CCTV footage shows the man in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, bending down to scoop up the cash after looking around to check no-one is looking. It is not clear whether he kept the unexpected windfall.

The powders are being sold at Japanese chain of bookstores and gift shops Village Vanguard. They also come in scents of curry, miso and various other popular Japanese dishes.

Thunderstorms sweep south-east Queensland as golf ball sized hail batters homes

Large hail battered parts of south-east Queensland and cyclone force winds battered the Brisbane area on Sunday as thunderstorms swept the state for the second day in a row. Ominous clouds loomed over Brisbane with damaging winds reaching the speeds of a Category 2 cyclone. 160 kilometres per hour winds were reported near Brisbane Airport, where flights were delayed and stationary planes were struck by debris. The Port of Brisbane felt the full force of the wind with more than 100 shipping containers blown around.

The H5N8 virus has been found in a chicken coop in Grumby, northern Germany. It has also been found in Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Poland, the Netherlands, Denmark and Croatia.

Fitness trackers will be, without doubt, at the top of many Christmas lists. But studies have found they make little difference to weight loss, and doubts have been cast over what these devices claim to do.

'Please memorise the words': New Zealanders outraged after Australian singer butchers their national anthem during A-league clash

Outraged New Zealanders have taken to social media after an Australian singer (left) 'butchered' their national anthem during an A-league clash between Wellington Phoenix and Central Coast Mariners at GIO Stadium in Canberra on Saturday night (player pictured right). Supporters were quick to criticise local performer Toni Maxfield for her rendition of 'God Defend New Zealand' after she appeared to forget the lyrics mid-performance (inset).

The footage shows the vessels being destroyed in the Niger Delta as part of an effort to stop illegal oil refining. Two other barges were destroyed in Rivers State, southern Nigeria, on Thursday.

Six-year-old Matilda Callaghan from Leigh, Greater Manchester, suffers from a rare neurological and skin condition and needs laser treatment which leaves her with dots on her face.

The footage shows Buzz leaping up and down in the air every time the John Lewis dog is seen doing so. The adorable video was posted on Facebook by his UK-based owner Victoria Mon.

Is THIS why there's always more yellow Skittles in a bag? Footage from inside a factory reveals why the citrus flavoured sweet may be the most popular

One man, who carried out an investigation to figure out why the citrus flavoured sweet seemed to be in more ample supply, believes he has the answer. An Imgur user took to the social site to share a snap of the contents of a party size bag of Skittles - and as the image attests, inset, there's clearly more of the yellow hue than any other. In response to the user's image, a video from inside the Skittles factory has been shared - and it may hold the reason behind the colour inequality. The video from inside the factory shows the red, yellow, green, purple and orange sweets on a conveyor belt before being sorted into separate tubs based on their colour - but if you look closely, you'll see rogue yellow sweets in the pouches, left and right.

SPENCER MORGAN IN NEW YORK: The Irishman, who dispatched on lightweight king-pin Eddie Alvarez with ease at UFC 205, revealed he will become a father for the first time next year.

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Salah Abdeslam's lawyer Sven Mary says that the 'psychological torture' of his detention in a French prison has contributed to his radicalisation.

The story of a notorious Sydney gang's internal war has played out before a court as details of conflict between two chapters of the Brothers 4 Life gang were revealed. Pictured is leader Farhad Quami.

Teenage pregnancies in Australia are at an all time low with less than three per cent of all births in the country attributed to mothers aged 19 years and under (stock image pictured).

Chilling moment a 'waitress kidnaps her customer's 10-month-old baby from a restaurant'

CCTV footage shows a woman walking out of the restaurant carrying the 10-month-old boy in the city of Shiyan, central China. The baby's mother had reportedly left him with the restaurant worker after she offered to look after him briefly. However, the boy's mother returned several minutes later to find her son and the woman had disappeared. Police managed to trace the woman and child within two hours using surveillance footage.

Pope Francis walks with the pastoral staff as he arrives to celebrate a mass on the occasion of the homeless jubilee in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis today invited homeless people into the Vatican for a special Mass for the Holy Year of Mercy, which is due to end on November 20. The pontiff called on people to be more accepting of migrants.

An altercation at a playground between two teenagers has seen a 19-year-old man allegedly stabbed in the neck with a bottle and rushed to hospital on the Gold Coast.

Steven Frederick Spears, 54, is scheduled to be put to death on Wednesday by injection of the barbiturate pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson.

Graffiti artist takes street art to the next level with amazing photorealistic mural on the wall of a historic building

Graffiti artist TakerOne has created an amazing photorealistic mural of his best friend and her pet dog (left) on a historic building in Avondale, west of Auckland in New Zealand. Originally from Hungary, the artist came to New Zealand to pursue his artistic passions (right). The building was the town's first dentist and chemist, which operated between 1911 and 1920.

People who can afford $25,000 (£20,000) a month to hire a luxury apartment in Los Angeles are being offered a robot butler, which provides room service with a personal touch.

Are some independent retailers using Amazon Marketplace to match prices with their rivals to suggest bargains for shoppers while cheaper prices can be found elsewhere?

Wild scenes and PLENTY of booty shaking as house party turns into a street party

Plenty of booty shaking was had at a house party in Newtown, in Sydney's inner west. The house party in Newtown has quickly escalated into a street party as hundreds of revelers gathered outside the house (inset). Video from the event shows a man booty shaking on a tree (left), while a woman was seen dancing topless on the balcony (right).

 
   

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Horrifying moment a baby boy is DROPPED 30ft to his death down the side of an escalator after his grandmother lost her footing 

Devastating CCTV footage from China shows a grandmother accidentally dropping her four-month-old grandson 30ft down the side of an escalator to its death after she lost her footing and let go of him. The baby boy was reportedly rushed to hospital but died in the early hours of this morning.

Those playing the game are transported into a mythical world complete with floating islands, canyons and volcanos. The game was designed by Abhishek Singh, who is based in New York.

The two men were filmed on board the digger as they threw grit onto the pavement in front of them in Kaluga, Russia. They have been criticised by social media users for doing a 'lousy' job.

The former England star, 49, had reportedly been drinking when he arrived at London's Waterloo Station around 2pm on Thursday, a day before England played Scotland at Wembley.

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Fall in puppy love! Blind dog runs through autumn leaves in adorable video  

A video of a blind puppy named Henry Nipper, of Chicago, Illinois, happily leaping through leaves is warming hearts across the internet. The clip has been viewed hundreds of times. Henry was born without eyes in 2015 and while his owners report that he loves sand and the beach, it appears Autumn might be his new favorite season. In the video clip, Henry bounds through a pile of multicolored fall leaves. The white pooch jumps up and down in the enormous pile of foliage. His owners say he loves the smell of fall and jumping though the brightly colored leaves - even though he can't see it.

Global anger at the plight of 'the saddest polar bear in the world', who was caged in a Chinese shopping mall, has borne fruit, with the mall owners agreeing to send him back to an ocean park.

The Airbus A321, which was carrying 170 passengers to London from Banjul airport in Gambia, suffered damage to both engines and the landing gear when it ingested at least 13 birds.

The fully-grown bull escaped after its owner tried to lead it out of the back of his truck in the eastern city of Fuyang. The bull was later caught by police and taken to a quieter area to be shot.

Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara documents the decline of America's poorest

Chilean-born photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has spent four decades revisiting poor and segregated neighbourhoods around America. Pictured, left, the dilapidated Ransom Gillis Mansion in Detroit, seen in 1993, top, and seven years later, bottom. Pictured, right, A large apartment complex on Vyse Avenue in New York's South Bronx, pictured in 1980, top, and after it was demolished six years later, bottom.

   

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