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Clinton boosted as candidates rally support

Poll and experts suggest she is winner of first presidential debate - a battle of endurance

Few people have high hopes for Clinton or Trump presidency

Few US citizens are hopeful about either a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency, even as the US presidential race is heating up now, Gallup found in a poll released on Monday.

What they say

"I personally like Trump's character and the feeling that he's a fighter. But from today's performance, I think Clinton was more like a mature politician and Trump looked a bit like a misfit in this kind of setting."

African elephants suffer 'worst decline' because of poaching

The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released on Sunday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the plummeting figures on poaching.

New African American Museum opens

President Barack Obama hailed the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, a long-awaited testament to black suffering and triumph in the United States.

A space odyssey nears an end

Once upon a time, two intrepid space adventurers called Rosetta and Philae set out from Earth to explore a comet far, far away.

Parents of students missing for 2 years live in classrooms

They turned classrooms at their children's college into dormitories, sleeping on the floor, but parents of 43 Mexican students missing since 2014 won't rest until they find them.

Researchers restore first computer music recording

New Zealand researchers said on Monday they have restored the first recording of computer-generated music, created in 1951 on a gigantic contraption built by British genius Alan Turing.

Prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Lotte Group head

South Korean prosecutors asked a court on Monday to approve an arrest warrant for the chairman of the Lotte Group conglomerate on suspicion of embezzlement and breach of trust, a prosecution source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Teenage surfer stable after shark attack

A teenage surfer was in stable condition after he was bitten by a shark on Monday at the same Australian beach where a Japanese surfer was fatally mauled last year, officials said.

Russia: US, UK remarks unacceptable

Moscow on Monday slammed the United States and Britain for accusing Russia of "barbarism" and war crimes in Syria as Russian and Syrian warplanes continued to bomb rebel-held areas of Aleppo.