This gigantic oyster weighs nearly 2kg and is being served in a restaurant in...
Chef Monty Koludrovic is calling this a jurassic oyster. It weighs a whopping 1.8kg in the shell and he broke three oyster shuckers trying to crack it open.The head chef of Bondi’s Iceberg’s Dining...
View ArticleChinese stocks are finishing on a high after talk of a massive new buying...
Chinese stocks are ending the week in positive territory after fresh reports of more cash coming into the market from government agencies and fund managers.This morning the Shanghai Securities News...
View ArticleHere's what happens to the body 24 hours after drinking a beer
People have been going crazy over recent infographics which show what happens to the body after drinking Coke, but a new one that has caught our attention is the effects beer has on the body 24 hours...
View ArticleA single gram of venom from this cute-looking frog is enough to kill 80 humans
Most people know some frogs have poisonous skin. But even frog experts can still be surprised by how nasty the cute amphibians can be.Experts such as Carlos Jared, from Instituto Butantan’s cellular...
View ArticleChina's government is now the largest player in the nation's stock market
Chinese regulators have rolled out an impressive arsenal of measures in recent months designed to prop up the nation’s stock market.One of the most prominent to date, which received little attention...
View ArticleThis video shows a giant eagle viciously attacking a drone mid-flight
This is the last thing a small bird sees when an eagle decides it’s dinner time.Adam Lancaster and his brother were out filming drone footage at Skye, south east Melbourne, when a large wedge-tailed...
View ArticleSingapore's economic growth is at a 3-year low
Singapore’s economy contracted during the June quarter of 2015 with the government reporting a decline of 4.0%.The figure, an improvement on the 4.6% decline reported in the initial estimate, saw the...
View ArticleChina just devalued its currency
China's central bank has just devalued its currency.In a sign Beijing is anxious to make its exports more competitive as the nation’s economy slows, the People's Bank of China set the yuan midpoint at...
View ArticleTourists in Australia took these stunning pictures of humpback whales...
Whale Watching Sydney has captured images two majestic humpback whales breaching off the famous Manly Beach over the weekend.Manly is lucky to be one of the few places in the world to witness one of...
View ArticleThis is the 'Death Cross' on the Dow that has traders worried about a big fall
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has been on an unrelenting upward trajectory since its October 2011 low.The signal that convinced many traders that the market was now moving with a bullish bias was...
View ArticleA fisherman caught this colossal tiger shark after it swallowed a hammerhead
When Geoff Brooks from Byron Bay, on the New South Wales far north coast, posted these photos of a massive shark on his Facebook page yesterday afternoon, saying it was caught not far off the coast on...
View ArticleChina's central bank doesn't see a need for the yuan to depreciate further
China’s central bank – the PBOC – is attempting to restore calm to rattled financial markets.In a statement released overnight the bank offered several reasons as to why there was no need for the yuan...
View ArticleChina fixes yuan lower again
On Thursday, the People's Bank of China fixed the yuan against the US dollar at 6.4010.That level was 0.22% weaker than Wednesday's USD/CNY closing level of 6.387 and 1.11% weaker than Wednesday’s...
View ArticleThis incredible chart shows Periscope's rapid growth
Live streaming service Periscope has already surpassed 10 million accounts, just four months after launching.It took Twitter and Facebook two years to reach 10 million users.As of last week,...
View ArticleThe beginner's guide to the historic Chinese currency move
Last month, the world watched a spectacular crash in the Chinese stock market, in which 30% of the value of shares was wiped out in a matter of weeks.The government unleashed an astonishing array of...
View ArticleThis great white is the biggest shark ever caught on camera
Footage from off the coast of Mexico of a 6-metre (20ft) greatwhite shark has experts saying it’s the largest beast ever caught on camera.Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla shared the footage of...
View ArticleAustralian PM caught for a second time eating a raw onion on camera
Tony Abbott shocked Australia when he ate a whole, raw onion on TV in March as if it were a fresh apple.It’s apparently not the first time he’s done it.Prime Minister Abbott was also been caught on...
View ArticleThis 50-year-old great white shark is one of the biggest ever caught on...
Footage from off the coast of Mexico of a 6-metre (20ft) great white shark has experts saying it's the largest beast of its kind ever caught on camera.Shark researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla shared the...
View ArticleAlibaba billionaire Jack Ma may have just bought one of the most expensive...
Alibaba chairman Jack Ma has reportedly laid out 1.5 billion Hong Kong dollars (£123 million, $193 million) for Hong Kong’s most expensive home.According to the South China Morning Post, Ma paid...
View ArticleChinas currency tumble stops after three straight days
The PB OC has just announced the yuan’s fixing level for Friday, and it’s stronger than where it closed yesterday.The USD/CNY rate was set at 6.3974, below the 6.3990 level that it closed on...
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