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TOKYO - The following is the latest available news video.   Museum to be listed as World Heritage site ...

Communist rebel leaders have welcomed the Philippine president-elect's offer of four Cabinet posts or an alliance government.

Some Sydneysiders are disappointed, but transport experts have welcomed a key development.

With her victory in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest, Jamala made people of Ukraine happy and proud. After her arrival at Boryspil International Airport, the singer found herself in front of the crowd of fans and journalists, all eager to congratulate the singer on her achievement. Many welcomed Jamala home by singing the Ukrainian national anthem and giving her flowers in national colours. 

Health Minister says she found out about a legionnaires' death on TV news.

Thanks to loads of parks and a population committed to health, Washington D.C. once again leads the nation as the fittest city.

The newly 90-year-old Queen Elizabeth II will make her annual appearance at the State Opening of Parliament Wednesday to lay out the British government's plans for the next year. The Queen's Speech, as the event is called, formally kicks off the parliamentary session at Westminster.

Pop star Alanis Morissette sues her former business manager for fraud, saying she was robbed of almost $5m.

Sydney is becoming renowned for its succession planning. So, what are they doing about their ageing defense?

Man’s best friend.

This is Abraham Martinez, a 21-year-old from Ontario, California, who was killed in a car crash on May 10.

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Abraham's car was rear-ended in a parking lot by a vehicle traveling at a high speed, his sister Alexandra Martinez told BuzzFeed News. His car then struck a truck in an opposite lane, she said, and the force of the collision ejected him from the car.

"My family and I are in complete shock... Читать дальше...

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Paris (AFP) - French President Francois Hollande vowed to stick with his controversial attempts to reform the labour market, even as a new round of violent protests broke out.

Police fired tear gas in central Paris as an initially peaceful protest organised by unions and students was disrupted by a more radical fringe.

The labour reforms have sparked two months of protests on France's streets, drawing 68,000 nationwide on Tuesday, authorities said, while organisers put the turnout at 220,000. Читать дальше...

Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa: It’s been a long road for you getting this book and this work, Lost in the Wilderness, out into the world and it’s your first book, so why did you choose Pine Ridge, South Dakota, as a place in which to make it? Kalpesh Lathigra: The process of getting to this point […]

Seven other animals become ill.

Or why you should ignore what the Immigration Minister says, aside from all the other perfectly sensible reasons. Your news of the day, reduced to a snarky rant.

Pound falls to $1.4432 after U.K. employment rate hits highest since 1971

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The football (or soccer, depending on the brand of English you speak) version of a Black Swan event unfolded in the English Premier professional football league this season when Leicester City, a 5,000-1 bet at the beginning season, won the championship.

Odds makers had thought there was a greater chance that Bono, the lead singer of the rock group U2, would be named the next Pope, than that Leicester City – largely unknown outside of England – would win the season. Читать дальше...

TOKYO - A record-high 2,081,800 foreigners visited Japan in April, a government estimate showed Wednesday, s...

China's benchmark stock index closed at the lowest level in 2-1/2 months on Wednesday, after comments from Federal Reserve officials rekindled prospects of a U.S. interest rate rise as early as June.

If the U.K. opts to leave the European Union, one industrial sector is expected to emerge relatively unscathed: the travel industry.

Eskom’s wage offer has been roundly rejected by the National Union of Mineworkers.

Cold-rolled variety slapped with 500% levies as backlash against cheap Chinese exports escalates

The US has imposed duties of more than 500 percent on Chinese cold-rolled steel, used to make cars and washing machines, the FT reports.

Racing NSW's retiring chief steward Ray Murrihy absolved any rider of blame after finalising an inquiry into Kathy O'Hara's "horrific" fall from Single Gaze in the Australian Oaks last month.