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Australian Foreign minister Julie Bishop said on Friday that she was ‘sickened” after watching footage that emerged showing Russian-backed rebels looking through the luggage of passengers killed from the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine.

Microsoft on July 13 announced plans for a celebratory debut this month of Windows 10 operating software designed to spread the U.S. software titan's offerings across a broad range of devices.

Chinese artist Xu Hongfei's upcoming Istanbul exhibition, 'Chubby Women,' will be held under tight police measures, due to attacks against Far East tourists in Turkey With his famous fat women sculptures, Chinese state-approved artist Xu Hongfei will be in Istanbul between July 23 and 29.

Ankara-based chef Daniel Evangelista has won the prestigious World Pasta Championship 2015 of Academia Barilla in Italy, beating 21 contending chefs from around the world. 

Australia moved closer to recognising Aboriginal people in its constitution July 6 after talks with indigenous leaders, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said as he urged an end to the "echoing silence" in the founding document.

By Debbie Papadakis

debbiedepapadakis@yahoo.com

Greece announced early June 29 it will shut banks for a week and impose capital controls, pleading for calm after anxious citizens emptied cash machines in a dramatic escalation of the country's debt crisis.

If you love travelling and are constantly on the move, even for just a few days, then the following list might tempt you to settle elsewhere.

Monocle magazine ran its annual “Quality of Life” survey, judging cities based on four basic principles: International Flights, Ability to go around by bicycle, good places to eat, and public libraries.

By Debbie D E Papadakis

A Sydney mother has abandoned her two children and fled to Syria for a new life under the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), media reported May 26, becoming one of more than 100 Australians who have joined the jihadists.
 
The Australian government said it was deeply disturbed by the report and that it was monitoring the situation closely.