South Korea's Constitutional Court struck down on Thursday a half-century-old criminal code provision that made it illegal to promise to marry a woman in return for sex.
Around 6,000 camels are reportedly rampaging through a remote Australian town.
The Pompidou Center in Paris has been closed since Monday because of a strike by workers angered by proposed job cuts at one of the most visited attractions in France, an official said on Thursday.
Two men helped rescue an injured swan, a species under State protection, on their way to Chifeng, the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, recently.
Several small white houses stand in rows in a suburban area of Haidian district.
Last week, I accompanied my friend who is seven months pregnant to a physical checkup at the clinic because her husband was too busy to go with her.
Move aside Barbie, drop that Wii. The hottest toy this Christmas is an interactive hamster that drives a car and squeaks happily when petted on the nose -- and doesn't break the bank for parents.
Irish workers caused traffic jams on Tuesday as hundreds made use of a one-day public sector strike to do some Christmas shopping in the cheaper stores across the border in Northern Ireland.
Brazil's coffee industry is engaged in a tireless battle against rogue roasters who cut corners and costs by bulking up their products with corn, soy or even wood.
A police team in Japan has reportedly started a cross-dressing patrol with the goal of catching attempted thieves.
A judge has ruled that a Swedish couple accused of disturbing their neighbours by having noisy sex should not be evicted.
A first edition of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species has been sold for over £100,000 after it was found in a family's toilet.
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