Vittorio Hernandez

Maria Jose Alvarado, the 19-year-old representative of Honduras to the Miss World Beauty pageant in London was found dead on Wednesday, BBC tweeted. Also found was her sister, 23-year-old Sofia Trinidad.

The ASX 200 continued to lose ground over the course of the afternoon. While the market finished around session lows, the more discouraging aspect of the session was the index breaking down through the 5400 level. In the last day the market had shown some signs of support around this key support level, although today's close indicated that the sellers had won out. The more important measure will be whether the index closes above 5400 on a weekly closing basis.

In the last two and a half weeks there have been only 3 occasion on which the ASX 200 has risen. The weaker trend was once again in force at the open of trade on Wednesday. While the early losses for the ASX 200 were contained; the index was down 18 points at the low of the session; it appeared clear that sellers were still keen to test the index in terms of support around the 5400 mark. Whether the market holds above this level will be one of the key matters to resolve over the remainder of the...

A man with an apparent fetish for women's underwear has been uncovered by the Victorian Police. Reports said that a search on his flat at Power Street, Hawthorn on Nov 10 yielded 18 pairs of panties.

A new book released on Monday claimed that former Kazakhstan model, Ruslana Korshunova, who jumped to her death in 2008 from a Manhattan building, was a member of a cult, the Rose of the World.

It is not just reality star Kim Kardashian who is laughing her voluptuous backside to the bank, following last week's release of Paper magazine where her ample behind was the cover. Her former boyfriend, Ray J, also benefits from the publicity generated by the racy photos.

The final market altering event of 2014 is now underway. I've been keenly watching political and fiscal events that have transpired in Japan over the past month. Last night they reached a pinnacle at Prime Minster Abe's press conference.

Madonna's 1980s hit song Like a Virgin must probably be the favourite tune of Indonesia's national police force. Reports said that female applicants to the force are required to undergo virginity tests to confirm if they are still untouched sexually by males.

The media frenzy over the Nov 22 bout between Manny Pacquiao and Chris Algieri in Macau appears to be matched with the on and off news about the dream match between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr. The latest news from Top Rank Promotions boss Bob Arum is that the fight is again being negotiated.

In the US, producer prices rose by 0.2% in October to be up 1.5% over the year. Core prices (ex food & energy) rose by 0.4% to be up 1.8% on a year ago. The NAHB housing market index improved from 54 to 58 in November.

The entire family of Filipino boxing champ left the Philippines on Monday to watch their patriarch, boxer Manny Pacquiao, defend his WBO welterweight title from American boxer Chris Algieri. The match is scheduled on Nov 22 at the Cotai Arena in Macau.

A female student at the University of Newscastle used the resources of the school's library at its Auchmuty campus to earn money, not by doing research work for other students, but by starring in a live solo sex show.

Local shares have been dipping in and out of positive territory so far today with investors remaining indecisive. The ASX200 Index is unchanged and has been approaching the 5400pt mark; a level not breached since late October.

The two Americans who tried to ship dismembered baby body part to their friends in Nevada appear to be thieves, not murderers.

One Direction's Harry Styles just came out. However, ladies need not fret because while Styles said he is open to the idea of dating men, he considers himself not a 100 percent gay, but a bisexual.

That general feeling of unease only intensified with the release of Japan's third quarter GDP figures yesterday.

In the US, industrial production fell by 0.1% in October, short of forecasts tipping a 0.2% gain. The New York Fed manufacturing index rose from +6.17 to +10.16 in November.

Because of the huge demand for shares of Medibank Private, the state-owned health insurer could possible raise A$4.8 billion in fresh capital and become the biggest listing in Asia over the past 24 months.

Australian shares finished in the red for the fifth time in six days with the ASX200 Index slipping by 0.8 per cent. The local market slumped by 1.7 per cent last week and US equities finished mixed on Friday.

For a 23-year-old male computer engineering student, the best way to relieve his stress was to have sex with a sheep. The young man was caught after other students reported hearing noises from the university's agricultural department barn at 3:30 in the morning on Tuesday, Nov 11.

X-rays revealed a DHL box labelled as toys actually contained chopped body parts of an infant such as the head, foot and heart. The staff of the global courier company discovered on Saturday the grisly contents as they prepared to ship the box from Bangkok to three Nevada addresses, The Age reports.

There is a general feeling I get from commentary, investors and the market itself that we all want 2014 to finish now, locking in the gains we've seen this year.

The open of trade on Monday saw the ASX 200 go the way it has done for most sessions in recent weeks, down. The low point of the morning saw the index at a deficit of 34 points, although there was no sign buyers were keen to start a new week by taking advantage of lower prices. The weaker bias was informed by the unconvincing outcomes for US and European equity markets at the weekend. US share markets finished mixed on Friday. The Dow Jones was down by 18 points or 0.1% but the S&P 500 index was...

From Jennifer Lawrence's nude selfies that were hacked and leaked online to last week's butt and full frontal nudity by reality star Kim Kardashian, women's unclothed bodies continue to dominate and fascinate media and the public.

Residents of Olinda in northeastern Brazil would probably never buy again anything from a bakery owned by Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira, unless they have a thing for eating human flesh.

Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest person with an estimated wealth of $22 billion. She would likely hold on to that title for a long time not only because she has rightly invested in coal and iron ore which are still the country's top export earners despite the low price of the two commodity in the international market.

Eight-division title holder Manny Pacquiao considers fighting unbeaten American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr as part of his bucket list before he retires from professional boxing.

A former kick-boxing champion and Czech Republic's top model Katerina Netolicka was found dead on Thursday in her bath at the house she shared with boyfriend Jakub Petruzalek in Litvinoc. She was a cover girl for top fashion brand Prada and beauty product brand L'Oreal. The couple has been living in for five years.

Australian shares are managing to creep into positive territory after a weaker start for the fifth day. The ASX 200 Index (a measure of market performance) is up ~0.1 per cent. A close to 4 per cent slump in the oil price is holding back energy stocks most.