Australia scraps skilled migrant visa to protect jobs

CANBERRA, Australia - The country's skilled migrant visa will be abolished in favor of a new "Australians first" approach, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday.

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How Spain became transplant leader

MADRID - Juan Benito Druet has just learned that his life may be about to change.

Volcanic island may hold key to coral survival

SHIKINE ISLAND, Japan - The key to the survival of the world's threatened coral reefs may lie in the waters surrounding a small volcanic island off the coast of Japan, scientists say.

Experiment offers income for a year

BERLIN - Miko may only be 5, but he already has 1,000 euros ($1,063) per month to live on - not from hard work, but as part of an experiment into universal basic income.

Device gives hope to drought victims

SAN FRANCISCO - A device that uses the power of the sun could help to alleviate droughts after it extracted 2.8 liters of water from the air over a 12-hour period.

Builders find lost archbishops in hidden museum tomb

LONDON - The remains of five archbishops of Canterbury have been accidentally discovered by builders in a hidden tomb beneath a London church, site developers said on Sunday.

3-D patch could help heal hearts

LOS ANGELES - Researchers in the United States have developed a new 3-D printed patch that shows potential of helping heal scarred heart tissue after a heart attack.

Modern life intrudes on salt tradition

LAKE ASALE, Ethiopia - Every morning, hundreds of men converge on a dry lake bed in a remote corner of Ethiopia, where they cleave the ground open with handaxes to extract salt, just as their fathers and grandfathers once did.

Study untangles theory of why laces loosen

SAN FRANCISCO - A new study shows why your shoelaces may keep coming untied.

Refugees bring dying Italian village back to life

SANT'ALESSIO, Italy - In the foothills of the Aspromonte mountains in southern Italy, the silence of a once-dying village is broken by the laughter of a small group of refugees.

High-tech overhaul for Britain's driving test

LONDON - Learner drivers in Britain will have to show they can use satellite navigation devices as part of their official driving tests, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency announced on Saturday.