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Negotiations on accord extended a day

[2015-12-12 08:14]

Talks on a global accord to combat climate change are taking longer than planned to overcome disputes and will last an extra day into Saturday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Friday.

ROK, DPRK officials hold high-level talks

[2015-12-12 08:14]

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea held high-level talks on Friday at a DPRK border town, a small step meant to improve ties battered by a military standoff in August and decades of acrimony and bloodshed.

Divers search lake for evidence in massacre

[2015-12-12 08:14]

A week-old investigation into the shooting rampage that left 14 people dead at a holiday party in southern California turned on Thursday to a small lake near the scene of the massacre, where divers searched for evidence.

Canada welcomes first plane of Syrian refugees

[2015-12-12 08:14]

Canada greeted 163 Syrian refugees late on Thursday, taking in the first of a planned 25,000 in a matter of months and promising them a better life as they flee their country's horrific war.

Hundreds march after mayor's apology

[2015-12-12 08:14]

Hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of Chicago and staged "die-ins" on Thursday, calling for the resignation of embattled Mayor Rahm Emanuel a day after he emotionally apologized for the 2014 police shooting of a black teenager.

IN BRIEF (Page 9)

[2015-12-12 08:14]

Donald Trump announced Thursday he was postponing his planned trip to Israel, just a day after the Jewish state's prime minister criticized the White House hopeful's inflammatory anti-Muslim proposals.

Endangered eagle born in captivity

[2015-12-11 07:59]

A monkey-eating eagle has been hatched in captivity in the Philippines, boosting the critically endangered giant bird's fight against extinction.

Grave-obsessed cemetery hunters seek stories 'of heroes and villains'

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Some prefer to spend their leisure time immersed in music or on the sports field, but for a small group of tombstone tourists, Britain's graveyards are their playground.

Hackers bring down Abe website

[2015-12-11 07:59]

A hacking group said on Thursday it has crashed Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's official website to protest Japan's plans to hunt whales.

Embattled PM vows 'no surrender' amid unabating funding scandal

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Thursday defiantly rejected calls to step down over a political funding scandal as the ruling party doubled down on its support for him in the face of an uncertain electoral outlook.

Spiders on the menu as nation's northeast embraces slow food

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Welhite Naro proudly proffers his fried spiders and grilled crickets along with a somewhat less exotic dish of millet and squash - a small sample of the disappearing delicacies of India's remote northeast.

Govt mulls Mandarin road signs

[2015-12-11 07:59]

Australian road signs could soon be translated into Mandarin in a move to attract more Chinese tourists, and make it easier for the growing number of "self-drive" Chinese tourists to find their way around.

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