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Heading Down Under where locals are "dry as a dead dingo's donger" and beachgoers don "budgie smugglers"?

France's unemployment rate dropped below 10 percent for the first time since 2012.

Vegan diets are considered as healthy and environmentally responsible, with benefits like weight loss, clear skin and increased energy.

The number of web users in China has risen over 700 million.

On Sunday the Swiss will vote on whether to provide the entire population with a basic, unconditional income, a world first.

A Polish grandfather left New York Sunday on his third solo trans-Atlantic crossing in a kayak, aiming to arrive in Portugal in time to celebrate his 70th birthday on firm ground in September.

Did you hear the one about the Irishwoman who taught the French how to cook?

'In Ireland everything happens in pubs,' says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter.

Eldar Ryazanov, one of the most popular film directors of the Soviet era whose comedies captured the unique absurdities of life under Communism, died Monday aged 88.

With Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg about to become a dad, the social network boosted the amount of time fathers can take off to bond with their new babies.

Queen Elizabeth II prepared for an action-packed final day of a state visit to Malta, including a picturesque boat trip around the Mediterranean island she once called home.

Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg announced that he will take two months paternity leave after his wife gives birth to their first child.

The European Union agreed to rush through reforms to the passport-free Schengen zone by the end of the year amid growing concerns about border security in the wake of the Paris attacks.

David Beckham was declared "sexiest man alive" by People magazine, joining an elite club including last year's winner, Chris Hemsworth, and a handful of other above-average men.

Kazakhstanis will trust tenge only when they understand reasons behind exchange rate fluctuations: Chairman of Kazakhstan Development Bank.

Up to 5,000 people marched in silence Sunday in Montreal in memory of victims of the Paris terror attacks.

Up to 20,000 people, among them Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen, gathered for a candlelight vigil at the gates of the French embassy in Copenhagen mourn the victims of the Paris attacks.

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic paid his respects to the Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, months after he was chased from a ceremony in the Bosnian town by an angry stone-throwing crowd.

French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to Helmut Schmidtas a "great European" after the former West German chancellor died at the age of 96.

France celebrates the 80th birthday of its greatest screen seducer Alain Delon this weekend with all the circumstance usually accorded to an ageing monarch.
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