NEWS Flash

We are learning to summarise news events.

Close call!

Everyday asteroids pass Earth. An asteroid passed New Zealand a few days ago. Asteroids that pass Earth always came too close. NASA has satellites in space could not monitor and watch asteroids passing by earth.

It came too close about 40,000 kilometers distance away. It was the size of a football field.

The asteroid passed New Zealand at 6:00 in the morning.
If it had hit Earth this could have been a big explosion. What a surprising Shock!

By:KC

Virtual baby says a first word

BabyX is a 3D computer-animated child.  She was created in the University of Auckland in 2012 and has just uttered its first word.

She can see, reach and respond to what is in front of her and she is learning more and more as she gets older like a real child. The University shows a video that the virtual baby can read out words that are in front of her and also can recognize pictures. She smiles and sometimes giggles when appreciated. Her artificial brain releases dopamine,  that is the reason why she smiles; her artificially brain thinks she has done something good.

They hope that this technology will help children read and maybe used by teachers in schools.

At this stage they don’t know if Baby X will be allowed to keep growing older or do more human thinking ways.

By:Mikayla

A stray dog found an abandoned and disowned baby in a forest in Kenya. The dog carried the baby across a busy road passing through dirty road, dangerous area and even through a barbed wire fence to her litter of puppies in a very poor community in Nairobi. She brought the baby to her place where she also cared for her own babies. She took the baby as one of her own.

One of the  local resident, Lonet Gogany found the baby among the puppies.  The baby was abandoned two days before the dog found her. The baby was taken to a nearby hospital. But so far no one has claimed her.

The dog who saved her now lived with her puppies at an animal shelter.

By: AJ

A couple of nights ago New Zealands Lorde has taken the best rocking video award at MTV awards, Royals also won the award for  the best singer hit song at the billboard earlier this year. On that night,  Lorde was wearing Ba Bam of  a black t-shirt, black lipstick, black high heels and of course her best attitude. Lorde was also running for best female video, but lost to Katy Perry. However she won the best rock award over Linkin Park, Imagine Dragon , Arctic Monkeys and Black Keys. Our kiwi singer Lorde introduced another pop star called Taylor Swift who is her good friend.

by: Ferah

Restaurants ban ketchup

At the Mad Fresh Bistro, one of the biggest restaurants in Florida, having ketchup with any meal are banned for over 10 years old diners. The chef and restaurant owner says he is so tired of customers asking for ketchup with their meal, especially with burgers. He says that they do not need ketchup as they already have sauce on them. They even post this warning on their website-- if you are over 10 yrs old, ketchup will not be provided.

It is crazy enough to banned salt too.  The chef mentioned, “Customers should trust the chef to provide what the dish needs before it is served to them.”  Would  you eat in this restaurant? Is this for health reason?

By: Faith