Railway workers in Japan have devised an ingenious plan to prevent daredevil turtles from meeting a grisly end - and delaying trains - while crossing train tracks.
Almost one in 10 of Australia's future teachers have failed a nationwide literacy and numeracy trial exam designed to weed out those unfit to educate the next generation of Australians.
A Philippine court convicted a US Marine on Tuesday of killing a Filipino last year after he discovered in a hotel she was a transgender woman.
South Korean rapper PSY, who is set to release his first album since becoming an international sensation more than three years ago with the smash hit Gangnam Style, said the pressure to live up to that success caused him to take his time with his latest project.
Turkey won't apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, the Turkish prime minister said on Monday, stressing that the military was doing its job defending the country's airspace.
Amazon provided a glimpse into the future of online shopping in a video of a new delivery drone that racked up more than 2 million views by mid-Monday.
The German Cabinet approved plans on Tuesday to commit up to 1,200 soldiers to support the international coalition fighting against the Islamic State group in Syria.
Gold mining can be a dirty, bloody business, but a village in Colombia has been rewarded for an ethical model - producing clean "green gold", which has seduced big international jewelers.
Euroskeptic Denmark was scheduled to go to the polls on Thursday in a referendum on stepping up its participation in EU police and judicial cooperation, with the outcome uncertain amid fears that include attacks and the migrant crisis.
Japan's whaling fleet set out for the Antarctic on Tuesday to resume a hunt for the mammals after a yearlong hiatus, prompting criticism from Australia and the United States.
Between plantations of bananas, mangoes and avocados, a small group of men trek along paths freshly carved out by the November rains on a mission to inform and educate in an area of western Kenya where AIDS remains rife.
As many US residents were buying online as were doing so in brick-and-mortar stores during the Thanksgiving-weekend shopping splurge, the National Retail Federation said on Sunday, highlighting a growing trend away from the traditional Black Friday consumer assault.
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