Colombian city mourns as death toll climbs

MOCOA, Colombia - Scores of decomposing bodies were released for burial on Monday as rescuers continued to search for victims of weekend flooding and landslides that devastated a city in southern Colombia, killing at least 273 people.

Historical education in Japan going awry

TOKYO - Japan's embattled education ministry may risk warping young minds for generations to come, if it continues to yield to the far-right forces that hold sway in and around the administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. In doing so, it may wittingly push Japan toward a "precipice" from which it may not return.

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New book a recipe for charity, hope

Spices of Life, a book featuring cuisine from six Shangri-La hotels around the world, was officially launched on March 23 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning province.

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Cyclone Debbie aftermath rolls on

SYDNEY - The aftermath of tropical Cyclone Debbie in Australia on Thursday has continued to cause chaos, with extreme weather conditions continuing throughout much of the state of Queensland.

'Underwater wasteland' worries after cyclone hits Barrier Reef

A powerful cyclone that smashed into northeastern Australia could have caused further damage to the under-pressure Great Barrier Reef, turning parts into an "underwater wasteland", scientists warned on Thursday.

Birds hit by cars are birdbrained

PARIS - What's the difference between birds that get killed by cars, and those that don't?

SpaceX to launch recycled rocket

MIAMI - SpaceX is poised to launch its first recycled rocket on Thursday, using a booster that sent food and supplies to the astronauts living at the International Space Station in April.

One in 10 Asians live in extreme poverty

BANGKOK - Some 400 million people, a tenth of Asia Pacific's population, live on less than $1.90 a day - the global definition of extreme poverty - despite the region's impressive economic growth, the United Nations and the Asian Development Bank said on Wednesday.

Britain starts out on historic Brexit

LONDON - Wednesday will be remembered as the starting point for Brexit, when the decision by more than 17 million British people to leave the European Union became a reality and London and Brussels became the focal points in a day of high political drama on both sides of the English Channel.

Britain and EU face years of trade talks

Hammering out a trade deal between EU and post-Brexit Britain will be a one-of-a-kind negotiation, a battle between intimate allies unprecedented in modern history, officials and analysts say.