As 'Jungle' razed, refugees fan out along French coast

"It's my last hope," sighs an Albanian migrant in Dieppe, watching a ferry leave for the United Kingdom from behind a high fence reinforced by barbed wire.

Women still wait to remarry

Japanese women still face a 100-day wait before they can remarry following legal changes approved on Tuesday by the Cabinet, a move condemned as discriminatory by a UN rights group.

President attacks Trump's 'easy solutions'

Mexico's president has said his country will not pay for White House hopeful Donald Trump's proposed wall along the US-Mexico border, and likened his "strident tone" to the ascent of dictators like Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.

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Endangered wild horses returned to natural habitat

If the world's only surviving wild horses had a say in the matter, they might opt for a cozy stable and fresh daily oats, scientists studying them joke.

Clothing retailers invite rival brands to fill their empty spaces

As online deliveries surge and shop sales fall, Britain's retailers are looking to refit their once bustling superstores with new attractions such as rivals' fashion brands to fill empty spaces and keep shoppers coming through the door.

'Ugly mammals' fail to catch the eye of scientists, study shows

Pushed out of the limelight by cuddly koalas and kangaroos, Australia's less glamorous native bats and rodents have failed to catch the eyes of scientific researchers, a new study shows.

Indonesia to mark event with rituals, prayers

A total solar eclipse will sweep across the vast Indonesian archipelago this week, witnessed by hordes of sky gazers and marked by parties, colorful tribal rituals and Muslim prayers.

Boomers debate right to 'die with dignity'

Retired Japanese airline employee Tarou Tanzawa said he hadn't thought much about his own death until his 84-year-old mother was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma and decided against costly and invasive life-prolonging treatment.

EU seeks to close Balkan route

EU leaders held a summit with Turkey's prime minister on Monday in a bid to close the Balkans migrant route and urge Ankara to accept deportations of large numbers of economic migrants from overstretched Greece.

Apple users targeted in first Mac computers ransomware campaign

Apple Inc customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first campaign against Macintosh computers using a pernicious type of software known as ransomware, researchers with Palo Alto Networks Inc ers said on Sunday.

Govt to close oldest nuclear plant

France is to close its oldest nuclear power plant, which is at the center of a row with neighboring Germany and Switzerland, by the end of this year, a green minister said on Sunday.