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The French obsession with America extends to queuing for McDonald's, worshipping Woody Allen and awarding the Légion-d'Honneur to Bob Dylan and Jerry Lewis

Rocky becomes a mentor and a father figure for his rival's son, and it looks as if it could be lucky number seven for the Rocky series

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has slapped down a cross-party attempt to legalise same-sex marriage, but faces six weeks of potentially divisive debate over the issue, with conservative MPs mobilising to block any move to legislate the landmark social reform.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Louisiana Department of Education has unveiled a plan that would allow students with significant disabilities a pathway to a high school diploma. The New Orleans Advocate (http://bit.ly/1Hwsyts ) reports the proposal for the plan revealed Tuesday is in the form of a waiver request submitted by the state to federal officials.

CAIRO - The latest news on the near-simultaneous militant attacks in Egypt's restive northern Sinai Peninsula that have killed at least 30 soldiers:

I was never a great fan of Amy Winehouse's her singing, mostly because I was too old to hear much of it, but seeing her sing here, from the age of 16, made me feel stupid. I should have been listening.

The United States has opened a new front in northern Syria, bombing Islamic State targets in two locations near the Turkish border — away from Kobani, the Kurdish enclave that has been the main focus of U.S. airstrikes the past nine months.

Cisco Systems has said that it would buy OpenDNS for $635 million, the latest move to boost its security business as cyberattacks increase in number.

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Malki said that State of Palestine is looking to increase its global recognition.

More shocking details of the Tunisia terror attack have emerged with eyewitnesses Paul Short revealing that the Islamic State gunman “took photographs of the bodies and was laughing.”

London Heathrow airport has won the backing of a government-appointed panel for a third runway to address a looming runway capacity shortage that has threatened to stifle Europe’s biggest market for trans-Atlantic flights.

Bologna (Italy) (AFP) - Rare, moving images of survivors of the 1915 Armenian genocide will be shown in Bologna on Thursday as part of the 29th edition of the city's "Cinema Ritrovato" (Rediscovered Cinema) festival.

Lisbon (AFP) - Porto's highly-rated Colombian striker Jackson Martinez has signed for Atletico Madrid for a transfer fee of 35million euros, the Portuguese club announced late Tuesday.

Israel Folau says he considers himself a rugby player now after inking a lucrative new deal that snuffs out hopes of a return to rugby league and could see him earn almost $2 million per season over three years.

BERLIN - Germany's main train drivers union has ended a bitter labor dispute with the country's biggest railway operator that saw nine strikes over the past year.

ATHENS, Greece - The latest news on Greece's financial woes , a day after the country's bailout with European creditors expired and the country failed to pay a debt due to the International Monetary Fund (all times local):

They will wake up in the same house in Wimbledon, but when the two Australians step out on court their friendship will be put aside for a shot at Roger Federer.

UK weather reaches extreme levels today sparking several health warnings. But how long will the heatwave last? - latest

Terminator Genisys: Official trailer 2

There is a compelling case for Tony Abbott to facilitate a free vote on marriage equality when the Parliament resumes – but that doesn't mean he will do it.

The authorities of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic have unilaterally declared the village of Shirokino in eastern Ukraine a demilitarized zone.

His parents believed it was the rapes and beheadings by Islamic State fighters that prompted Reece Harding to die fighting for the Kurdish peshmerga in Syria.

BANGKOK - Thai officials said Wednesday they arrested two key figures in a human trafficking ring that provides slave crews for the country's fishing boats, the latest move in a crackdown on widespread labor abuses in Southeast Asia's fishing industry.