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"Les Misérables" star Hugh Jackman may join Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence for "X-Men: Days of Future Past."

Will consolidating China's many cabinet-level agencies be a realistic solution to streamlining government processes?

A penumbral lunar eclipse took place Wednesday morning as a full moon passed through the outer edge of Earth’s shadow.

The highly anticipated showdown on the status of the Palestinian Territories takes place Thursday at the U.N.

Lustig says to avoid quick picks, and past winners relish their old lives.

There’s a feud broiling Down Under after Qantas dumped its 40-year companion Tourism Australia -- and claimed sabotage in the process.

Wednesday's lunar eclipse will be a relatively minor event as eclipses go. The full moon will pass through the outer edge of the Earth's shadow, called the penumbra, to create a so-called penumbral lunar eclipse.

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.