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China's new visa policy allows citizens from 45 countries to enter for 72 hours without a visa. But Norway remains off the list.

The cabinet of French President Hollande has approved a draft bill that would legalize gay marriage throughout France, while the US goes state by state.

Several European airlines lost a legal battle in the European Court of Justice on Tuesday. The airlines were fighting a ruling that requires them to compensate passengers who are delayed by more than three hours.

George R. R. Martin reveals new details about the forthcoming season of "Game of Thrones" in interview.

The latest news has further speculation about Arsenal’s transfer targets as well as the future of a current Gunners star.

Canada and the United Kingdom have agreed to share embassies and consulates on foreign soil -- is this a tough break for Ottawa?

Ever since the U.S. Congress declared Yellowstone a national park in 1872, nations around the world have followed suit, protecting vast swaths of exceptional land. Here?s a look at some of the best.

As Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers admits that he may need to bring in a free-agent striker, a look at five of the candidates.

We're on the cusp of an era where technological advances could allow Paralympians with souped-up joints and carefully engineered limbs to easily blow past the merely human Olympians - and help ordinary amputees to live extraordinarily normal lives.

As climate change warms the world's oceans and Arctic sea ice recedes to its lowest -ever recorded levels, China has taken advantage of it -- and may soon reap commercial benefits

A Russian court is expected to issue a verdict Friday in the trial of three of the seven members of Pussy Riot, a feminist punk band, who face up to three years in prison for participating in an uninvited protest performance, in Moscow's Christ the Saviour Cathedral, against President Vladimir Putin's ties with the Orthodox Church.

An Aeroflot passenger jet carrying 253 people from New York to Moscow Thursday made an emergency landing at Keflavik International Airport in Iceland after a bomb threat.

Liverpool have completed their first signing of the Brendan Rodgers era and more could soon be on the way.

It is difficult to reconcile the accusations that TomKat was merely a contractual agreement with the way the split has played out so far -- with Cruise convincingly playing the role of the jilted husband and Holmes the long-suffering wife who can't get away from him fast enough. On the other hand, the hasty settlement is more suggestive of a premeditated ending than a knock-down, drag-out fight would have been.

When the Olympic Games began in ancient Greece around 776 BC, London didn't exist. More than two millennia later, the city of nearly 8 million people is ready to host the 2012 Olympic Games.

As Brendan Rodgers continues to struggle to bring players in, Liverpool could face a fight to hold onto their existing talent.

According to a polling agency, 6.5 percent of the French voting public is gay, and only 4.5 percent of the electorate are practicing Catholics.

Neither sanctuaries nor moratoriums have stopped Japanese crews from killing hundreds of whales every year in the waters surrounding Antarctica.

With highly publicized divorce from Katie Holmes dominating headlines, Tom Cruise is celebrating his 50th birthday on Tuesday. According to People, Cruise had plans to vacation with his 33-year-old wife Holmes and six-year-old daughter Suri for his milestone birthday.

The Cruise-Holmes divorce and John Travolta controversy are just the latest events to make headlines for the Church of Scientology.

Scientology is being cited as the problem in the Holmes-Cruise marriage. Are members of the church stalking Katie?