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European Union defence chiefs are optimistic they will be able to find troops needed to respond to a United Nations request to back up its peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the African nation prepares for elections designed to end years of civil strife.

Vacationers in Tirol can now visit the world’s first beer baths at Starkenberg Castle near Imst. Of course, these pools are less about recreation and more about health. The seven pools have been filled with beer byproducts — the yeast that settles at the bottom of the vats during cold storage — to tackle a wide range of skin ailments.