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SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Monday swore in its first female defence minister, Senator Marise Payne, who will oversee open-ended military engagements in two countries and some of the country's most important defence contracts in a generation.

A substitute had to be sent in for Colorado State University's mascot sheep on Saturday after the 24th mascot died shortly before the team's big day.

An Iowa farmer who was running unopposed for his local school board failed to earn any votes - not even his own - but he'll probably still get the job.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fantasy drama "Game of Thrones" and Washington political comedy "Veep" won the top prizes at the Emmy Awards on Sunday, toppling old favorites "Mad Men" and "Modern Family."

TOKYO (Reuters) - Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell after the passage of controversial national security bills, which could let troops fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two, polls published on Monday showed.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe fell after the passage of controversial national security bills, which could let troops fight overseas for the first time since the end of World War Two, polls published on Monday showed.

Does your mother have diabetes, or father or brother? Maybe all three? Are you afraid that you will get it too?

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Addison Russell's fly ball in the eighth inning Sunday might be the most important play in baseball so far this year.

As Chinese President Xi Jinping makes his first state visit to Washington this week, the outlook for relations is decidedly murkier than when he hosted President Barack Obama at their last summit less than a year ago.

A boom in business for a plastic surgeon in Afghanistan, with wealthy clients lining up for nose jobs and Botox injections. The money Dr. Abdul Ghafar Ghayur earns helps him donate his services to desperate patients too poor pay the bills.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece's battered economy to recovery.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek leftist Alexis Tsipras stormed back into office with an unexpectedly decisive election victory on Sunday, claiming a clear mandate to steer Greece's battered economy to recovery.

The Penn State women’s soccer team ended up on the wrong end of a defensive struggle on Sunday afternoon.

Two Americans held in war-torn Yemen were released and sent to Oman, the White House said Sunday.

Sam Bollinger scored Penn State’s lone goal in a 1-1 tie with Ohio State on Sunday afternoon at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium.

Max Rohn and Curtis Markle won their respective classes at the University of Delaware Fall Throws Meets on Sunday.

Penn State was seventh after the first two rounds of the East-West Match Classic, missing out on the four-team championship bracket.

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency paid what Iran's official news agency described as a ceremonial visit Sunday to an Iranian nuclear site that he suspects may have been used to develop explosive triggers for nuclear...

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List of winners at Sunday’s 67th prime-time Emmy Awards in Los Angeles: Drama Series: Game of Thrones,” HBO. Actor, Drama Series: Jon Hamm, “Mad Men,” AMC. Actress, Drama Series: Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder,” ABC. Supporting Actor, Drama Series: Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones,” HBO. Supporting Actress, Drama Series: Uzo Aduba, “Orange […]

The early confidence produced by the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates last week turned to fear on Monday as traders took the bank’s dovish outlook as a sign of weakness in the global economy. Most high-yielding — or riskier — currencies, which enjoyed healthy rallies last week, retreated as investors moved back into […]

HBO hit show “Game of Thrones” bested another hot favorite, “Mad Men,” to win the Emmy for outstanding drama series on Sunday. The blood-spattered fantasy epic also saw off “Better Call Saul,” “Downton Abbey,” “Homeland,” “House of Cards” and “Orange is The New Black” for the evening’s biggest prize.

The latest developments in Pope Francis' visit to Cuba and the United States. All times local: