Reissa Su

Astronomers in Australia have found a way to track space junk and prevent collisions using an FM radio, pop songs and cutting-edge technology. Australia’s Curtin University will be spearheading the project and will use the newly developed Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), one of the three precursor telescopes for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project.

A world-renowned earthquake scientist has urged New Zealand to adopt a new earthquake detection system. According to Dr Tun Wang, the cutting-edge technology will provide as much as 25 seconds as an early warning signal before a big earthquake is about to strike.

Australia has assumed leadership of the G20 meeting in 2014 and invited New Zealand and Singapore to attend a forum of the world's leaders. The G20 meeting is expected to bring in 4,000 delegates and 3,000 media personnel in Brisbane.New Zealand Prime Minister John Key said the Mr Abbott called him last Nov. 27 to extend the G20 invitation. Mr Abbott said New Zealand may be a small country but it has a significant role in the global economy so it is capable of providing valuable insight.

Apple's Black Friday Deals are extended to buyers in Australia. However, Australians should not expect a price discount on Apple products like the iPhone 5S, iPhone 5C, iPad Air and the iPad Mini with retina display on the Apple Store. What Apple Inc can offer consumers are Apple Store Gift Cards worth AU$150.

Australia's rip currents are deadlier than cyclones, bushfires, floods and sharks combined. According to the University of New South Wales researchers, rip currents cause more deaths than any other natural hazard in Australia.

Extreme weather events in Australia like droughts and bushfires are caused by changes in temperature in the Indian Ocean. In a study released on Nov. 29 and published on Nature Geoscience, the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD) has significant consequences like the El Nino phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean. The temperature changes in the Indian Ocean will more likely to intensify due to the effects of climate change.

Since 2010, the number of HIV cases in New Zealand has declined. However, Kiwis living with HIV continue to be denied support from the service industry like haircuts or dentistry. New Zealand AIDS Foundation executive director Shaun Robinson said New Zealanders with HIV can be "treated very cruelly."

A man from Thailand has reportedly died from electrocution while talking on his iPhone 4S while charging. Based on the report of a Thai language publication Daily News Thailand, authorities in the Rayong province discovered the unnamed man in his home lying on the floor while still holding on to his iPhone. Police found the burnt device in the person's left hand.

Apple Inc's shares has closed at $545.96 Nov. 27, up by $12 from the previous day's close of $533.40. This was the first time that Apple's share price has been in the positive range since January 2013 when stocks closed at $542.17.

A dead sperm whale exploded while a marine biologist cuts it open along the coast of Faroe Islands. The exploding whale was caugh on camera with its innards blasted away from the sides like an angry volcano.

LinkedIn, the popular business networking site, has announced it has one million users in New Zealand and 259 million users worldwide. According to Nielsen’s Market Intelligence Survey, LinkedIn had 63,525 average daily users from New Zealand browsing the site in October.

Australian brand Kogan has invented a product for those who love to take pictures of themselves and are tired of awkward-looking selfies. The Australian consumer electronics company has created the Zuckerberg Selfie Stick named after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Nokia New Zealand has apologised to clients and its followers on Twitter for its offensive tweet. The abusive tweet caused a retweeting frenzy in Twitter with images of the Nokia NZ's tweet being reposted around the Internet.

New Zealand Labour party leader David Cunliffe is set to fight for Kiwis' rights in Australia. Speaking in Sydney, Mr Cunliffe told Australian government ministers and business leaders to give Kiwis "a fair go."

Apple Inc's rumoured deal with China Mobile may only be one of the good news that the company has coming into the holiday season. The latest version of the iPhone, the iPhone 5S, still enjoys high demand from consumers wanting to purchase the device. Apple Inc may have finally caught up with the demand just in time for the holidays.

Anti-Semitic cases are on the rise in Australia, according to an annual report by the Executive Council of Australian Jewry. The council's Report on Anti-Semitism in Australia, discussed in a general meeting in Melbourne revealed anti-Jew incidents rose 21 per cent.

The New Zealand High Court has denied the bid of a man from Kiribati to be recognised as a climate change refugee. Kiribatian man Ioane Teitiota said the rising sea levels in the Pacific island nation, has prompted him to remain in New Zealand even though his work visa had expired. He said there was no land in which he and his family can live on safely if they are forced to go back.

New Zealand researchers will play a starring role in the construction of the largest radio telescope in the world, one of the biggest and most ambitious scientific projects of all time.

New Zealand, Australia and Canada have been recognized among the top 20 nations in the first Global Talent Competitiveness.

A barman in China has reportedly lost his iPhone while sharing a cab with a thief. According to a report from the Xinhua news agency, Zou Bin used another device to send text messages to his stolen iPhone to request the return of the device. Bin has almost 1,000 contacts stored in his device.

Australian doctors are trying to control a potentially deadly superbug discovered in more than 20 babies in Casey Hospital and Monash Medical Centre in the southeast part of Melbourne.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's satisfaction rating has declined in the recent Newspoll survey with personal support falling from 46 per cent to 44 per cent. In contrast, Australia Labour Party and Opposition leader Bill Shorten rose to 33 per cent. According to survey, Labour's primary vote has also increased from 32 to 35 per cent while support for the Coalition dropped to 43 per cent from 45 per cent. The Coalition leads Labour 52 per cent to 48 per cent as the preferred party.

The deadly earthquakes that shook New Zealand in 2010 and 2011 may have caused a part of the Earth's crust to weaken. According to researchers, New Zealand is in the Ring of Fire which is a narrow zone in the Pacific Ocean in which 80 per cent of the biggest earthquakes in the world happen.

A popular brand of baby monitors in New Zealand was recalled due to the deaths of two babies in the United States. Two infants have died of strangulation after getting the wires of the baby monitors entangled around their necks. Angelcare baby monitors are now being investigated by the New Zealand Health Ministry.

China has loosened its one-child policy and allowed couples to have two children if at least one parent is a single child. The new two-child policy is expected to boost New Zealand's baby formula exports.

New Zealanders launched a protest against the deep-sea oil drilling of Anadarko Petroleum off the North Island's west coast. Protest boats closed in on the Anadarko's drilling vessel, the Noble Bob Douglas. Over 3,000 New Zealanders went to the beaches from Muriwai to Wanganui to protest deep-sea oil drilling in the nation's waters.

Majority of Australians want the carbon tax repealed but don't want Prime Minister Tony Abbott's direct action plan as an alternative policy. In a new poll, 57 per cent of Australians rejects Labour's carbon tax law and only 12 per cent believes in Mr Abbott's policy.

The UK has expressed its commitment to provide long-term support to the victims of Typhoon Haiyan, locally known as Yolanda, in the Philippines. UK International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced the pledge when she visited the areas most devastated by the typhoon.

Climate change negotiators representing 195 countries have reached an agreement to some provisions on the climate pact to fight global warming.