Nation in mourning as siege hotel yields clues

Mali started three days of national mourning on Monday for the victims of the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead in the capital, Bamako, with neighboring Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea joining in a show of solidarity.

Sixteen people injured in New Orleans park shooting

Hundreds of people were gathered at a New Orleans playground for a music video shoot when two groups in the crowd opened fire on each other, wounding 16 people in the Sunday evening violence, police said.

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Calm helps Chinese survive hotel attack

Shattered glass piled in a corner near the entrance of the Radisson-Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, is a reminder of the terror attack on Friday night that killed 27 people.

UN urges Russia, US to combat IS

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged Russia and the United States on Sunday to cooperate in rooting out terrorism and said he would unveil a comprehensive plan to fight extremism and violence early next year.

Officials had chances to stop Paris attackers

On any one of multiple occasions, police, intelligence or security services had an opportunity to detain at least some of the men who launched the attacks on Paris.

Nearly 100 bodies recovered from landslide

Nearly 100 bodies have been pulled from a landslide near a jade mine in Myanmar's northern Kachin State and an estimated 100 people are still missing, a rescue official said on Sunday.

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Palace Hotel endures as one of San Francisco's most alluring havens

On the wall of the Pied Piper Bar off the gleaming marble lobby at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco hangs the famed painting The Pied Piper of Hamelin.

Customers promised more points after deal

Marriott International Chief Executive Officer Arne Sorenson said hotel customers would get "more and more points" as a result of its $12.2 billion acquisition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide.

New dishes spice up the menu at Grill 79

Spaniard Daniel Guevara Quintero, head chef at fine dining establishment Grill 79, has a quiet demeanor that is a surprising departure from today's norm of over-the-top, gregarious chefs. Nonetheless, he has spoken decisively with the introduction of six new dishes to the restaurant's menu.

Phulay Bay offers Thai luxury

Phulay Bay, the first Ritz-Carlton Reserve property in Krabi, Thailand, is introducing a new six-night luxury discovery package that allows guests to stay at the beautiful Ritz-Carlton Reserve and spend three nights aboard a luxury private yacht sailing around the Similan Islands, one of Thailand's most sought after and remote national parks and archipelagos.