The number of unprovoked shark attacks across the world fell last year, in the wake of a record figure in 2015 that scientists partly put down to warmers waters created by a strong El Nino system.

US President Trump and Russian President Vladi­mir Putin discuss coordinating on ISIS and Syria, Kremlin says.

Nearly two thirds of women would pop a female 'Viagra' to boost their sex life - and some want the effects to last for more than 24 hours

President Trump's first week in office has been marked by two things: Controversy, and executive orders.

Cocaine, more so than any other narcotic, is the drug most frequently interdicted by the US Coast Guard.

Over a year the 27-year-old teacher paid more than $28k - unwittingly, to the 14-year-old she was sleeping with.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is the first foreign leader to visit the Trump White House and it seems that Trump is going to be very hands on.

COMMENT: Peter Thiel makes for good copy, but the nub of the issue over his freshly revealed citizenship is straightforward: How'd he get it?

US President Donald Trump wants a new 20 per cent tax on all imports from Mexico to pay for a wall on the southern US border.

Politics sure makes for strange bedfellows. Donald Trump has slammed Chelsea Manning as an "ungrateful traitor" for criticising Barack Obama.

Since Donald Trump took office, initiation fees at Mar-a-Lago have doubled to US$200,000.

Tess Nichol is all the richer for spotting a humpback whale and witnessing swooping bald eagles at an exclusive resort in British Columbia.

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A woman took shelter in a bathtub and the tornado lifted the tub out of the home and deposited it in the woods - she still survived.

A man in Manhattan took hiding money under the mattress to the extreme

There's a strange side to one of the country's wealthiest citizens.

Donald Trump took steps to advance construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access oil pipelines.

Pictures of Trump signing the executive order show him surrounded by his new cabinet - a bunch of men.

There are just 315 scientologists in NZ, yet the church, which was established here more than 60 years ago, has just opened a new $16 million base.

The most expensive home ever listed in the US has just hit the market in Bel Air, LA at a whopping US$250m.

Donald Trump and his family hit the ground running in Washington DC, busying themselves with an array of events and appearances.

Tess Nichol spots a humpback whale and swooping bald eagles at an exclusive resort in Canada.

While almost all eyes are on the Capitol, the most action occurs during the frantic residence changeover two miles away.

The CIA has released records that show US concerns about the rise of communism in New Zealand and Russia's spreading influence in the Pacific.

Ricky Gray is the second person to be executed in the United States this year. His chilling confession reveals details of how he slashed the throats of his victims, including a 4-year-old girl.

Three men were overcome by poisonous fumes and a firefighter attempting to save them narrowly escaped death.

Handover a huge moment for US - and two families at centre of transition.

Reality fails to meet expectations when Alexander Bisley travels from Toronto to New York.

Sadie Whitelocks' legs turn to jelly when a great white grips the side of her cage.

Tourists have been caught up in a deadly shooting at an electronic music festival in Mexico, which left at least five people dead and sparked a stampede.

Audrey Young flies UA1885 across the USA.