LONDON - A British zoo is facing closure and its owner prosecution after nearly 500 of its animals died of poor nutrition, cramped conditions and hypothermia over four years, it emerged on Wednesday.
HAVANA - In Cuba's westernmost province of Pinar del Rio, farmer Francisco Lazo has cultivated tobacco for two decades and shows no signs of slowing down.
LAKE TITICACA, PERU - Tucked between snow-capped mountains, it was once worshipped by the Incas, who proclaimed the deep blue waters the birthplace of the sun.
DHAKA - A memorial that was built to honor a Buddhist cleric has opened in Bangladesh after receiving support from China.
Editor's note: On Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cyberspace Administration of China jointly released a document titled "International Strategy of Cooperation on Cyberspace". Full text below:
LOS ANGELES - An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to La La Land before declaring Moonlight the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.
NEW YORK - It's goodbye for now to the grand Art Deco lobby and celebrities crossing paths en route to "The Towers" at the Waldorf Astoria: one of the world's most luxurious hotels is closing for renovation.
WARSAW - The son of a Nazi official has returned three artworks that his family had looted from the southern Polish city of Krakow during World War II.
ALAPPUZHA, INDIA - Flocks of storks and cormorants perched on bamboo stilts peer into the blue-black depths of Vembanad Lake in India's southwest Kerala state, searching hungrily for food.
LONDON - Despite their tiny brains, bumblebees can be trained to score goals using a mini-ball, revealing unprecedented learning abilities, according to a study by scientists from the Queen Mary University of London.
HANOI, VIETNAM - "The job is not too tough and brings me a rather good income," Dao Van Dung, a 23-year-old citizen in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi, told Xinhua about his job as a motorbike taxi driver using the ride-hailing app GrabBike.
LONDON - A strategy aimed at ensuring Britain becomes the safest place in the world for young people to go online was announced on Monday by the government. It follows a study showing four out of five parents were concerned about their children sexting, a higher proportion than parents who fear their offspring will smoke cigarettes or drink alcohol.
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