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

• 25 августа 2016, 17:19

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

• 18 августа 2016, 15:27

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

• 10 августа 2016, 16:19

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

• 03 августа 2016, 16:38

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

• 03 июня 2016, 14:44

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.

• 30 мая 2016, 11:33

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

• 17 марта 2016, 15:31

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

• 10 марта 2016, 15:01

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.

• 30 ноября 2015, 16:06

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.

• 28 ноября 2015, 16:03

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.

• 28 ноября 2015, 14:21

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

• 21 ноября 2015, 14:44

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.

• 21 ноября 2015, 13:54

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.

• 18 ноября 2015, 17:14

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

• 17 ноября 2015, 15:45

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

• 16 ноября 2015, 15:45

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.

• 16 ноября 2015, 15:40

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.

• 12 ноября 2015, 13:22

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

• 11 ноября 2015, 10:20

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

• 06 ноября 2015, 14:31