A Melbourne man has become an instant multi-millionaire after accidentally winning a lottery twice.
To get street children in the western Indian city of Thane into school, civic officials first forced their parents to send them to regular state schools. The kids showed up late or not at all, and dropped out quickly.
Parts of Australia's farming industry are rushing to recruit a new generation of tech-savvy graduates as the sector swaps its bucolic past for a future of drones, robots and automated sensors.
Emira Sela covers her face with her hand to hide a disfiguring abscess, the traumatic result of unregulated cosmetic treatments now rampant across Albania.
Police officers in the United Kingdom were subjected to almost 2.5 million assaults over a 12-month period, the Police Federation said in a report released on Sunday.
An experimental Japanese mission to clear "space junk" or rubbish from the Earth's orbit has ended in failure, officials said on Monday, in an embarrassment for Tokyo.
Maastricht, a picturesque Dutch city of cobblestone streets and medieval arches, on Tuesday marks the 25th anniversary of the European treaty bearing its name, showing rare optimism and hope amid rising euroscepticism.
It was built as the most northerly limit of the mighty Roman Empire, and remains the largest Roman artifact anywhere in the world.
The soupy gray smog shrouding Polish cities this winter is one of the most visible symptoms of the European Union member's addiction to coal, a deadly habit forcing many to stay indoors or don masks before venturing out.
The ruins of a landmark industrial building in Rome have become home to a thought-provoking art project that casts an unflattering light on the capital's patchy record on urban regeneration.
Black Sabbath, the pioneers of heavy metal, ended their last-ever tour with a final concert in Birmingham, their hometown where it all began nearly 50 years ago.
Nearly three years ago, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won a sweeping national election victory with promises to develop the economy and root out corruption. But with a series of key state elections beginning on Saturday, Modi's popularity and his surprise currency decree that sparked months of financial uproar are now being tested.
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