Mining group Rio Tinto has unearthed an extremely rare pink diamond, Australia's biggest rough pink diamond weighing 12.76 carats at its Argyle mine.

A group of fisherman have an "unbelievable" new tale of the one that got away – it was an orca.

In the wake of Kevin Rudd's extraordinary resignation from the position of Foreign Minister last night and an expected leadership showdown with Julia Gillard, a prankster has placed a spoof job advertisement on a legitimate Australian employment websit...

US president Barack Obama is often standing in front of a microphone - but overnight he did it to sing the blues with Mick Jagger and BB King.

An Auckland car dealer misled a customer in saying a car was not crash damaged and also tried to claim damage was a design feature.

A man accused of dealing drugs had his luck run out when he won US$2500 (NZ$2997) playing blackjack at a casino near Philadelphia.

A 72-year-old man from western Nepal is hoping to prove to Guinness World Records that he's the world's shortest man.

A woman has celebrated her 100th birthday by getting married to her 87-year-old sweetheart.

It was an Ice Age squirrel's treasure chamber, a burrow containing fruit and seeds that had been stuck in the Siberian permafrost for over 30,000 years. From the fruit tissues, a team of Russian scientists managed to resurrect an entire plant in a pion...

Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland, but Hollywood doesn't want anyone else handing out Oscars.

A Swedish man has been rescued after being trapped inside his snowed-in car for two months, according to authorities.

Few would confuse the glitz of the Academy Awards with a ceremony held by a folk arts society in Poland.

A tiger snake found trapped in a soft drink can in Australia last week is being nursed back to health by a wildlife rescue volunteer.

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Frenchman Robert Marchand entered the cycling record books in the one-hour event on Friday, three months after celebrating his 100th birthday.