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Australia’s famed Bondi Beach closed on Tuesday after a rare “red tide” made the ocean appear like "tomato sauce."

The United States was ranked 17th in an assessment of the education systems of 50 countries.

London Mayor Boris Johnson wants UK-India trade to increase and for more Indian students to attend UK schools.

A court in Britain declared that "Australian" could be considered a derogatory term.

The sporting world is searching for answers to questions as news emerges that Houston Rockets head coach Kevin McHale's daughter, Sasha McHale, died Saturday at the age of 23. How did Sasha McHale die? Who was Sasha McHale? What were her passions?

The epic "Les Miserables" musical boasts a cast of Anne Hathaway, Russell Crowe, Hugh Jackman and a slew of others collaborating on a final production that had critics in a standing ovation during a recent New York City screening.

How did Thanksgiving, the most American of holidays, end up on the remote Australian territory of Norfolk Island?

Asian shares rose Tuesday on hopes of a U.S. fiscal deal, while the euro fell after Moody's Investors Service scrapped France's top-notch credit rating, reminding investors of the protracted euro mess.

Counting down to Thanksgiving.

Australia created the world’s largest network of marine reserves Friday in an effort to protect certain areas from overfishing and oil drilling.

Information Technology spending in Asia-Pacific is estimated to reach $743 billion in 2013, a 7.9 percent increase over 2012, while it is expected to grow 7.6 percent in 2012, according to a new Gartner report.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton encouraged Australia to strengthen its ties with India during her regional security visit to Perth.

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General John Allen, is under investigation for alleged inappropriate communication with a woman at the center of the scandal involving former CIA Director David Petraeus.

Scientists will be watching the eclipse with instruments to get a better understanding of why the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, is so much hotter than its surface.

The total solar eclipse Wednesday will be visible from Cairns, Australia, and some 60,000 tourists will be ready and waiting.

Two employees at Paris-based Fitch Ratings and five at New York-headquartered Standard & Poor’s are being accused of market manipulation and abuse of privileged information by the public magistrate in the southern Italian town of Trani.

Parts of the Southern Hemisphere will receive a treat this week, when the moon blots out the sun in the only solar eclipse of the year. Here's where you can live stream the solar event online.

James McAvoy is slated to star in an upcoming drama about WikiLeaks and a number of other high-profile films.

Many of the most important inventions of our time were invented by Aussies.

Once numbering in the millions, there are now fewer than 80,000 koalas left in Australia, ravaged by urban expansion and other factors.

Scientists at NASA captured stunning images of a mile-wide asteroid as it approached Earth over three days in late October and early November.