Best-selling British fantasy author Philip Pullman is set to judge a new China-themed short-story competition launched ahead of this year's Liverpool Literary Festival.
The UK government's public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower fire paused for a week as a series of memorials and vigils were held one year on from the tragedy.
WASHINGTON - The United States breathed a sigh of relief on Wednesday after a scruffy brown raccoon was captured safe and sound following a perilous climb up a 25-story skyscraper in the northern state of Minnesota.
KAMPALA, Uganda - Healthcare provisions in Africa are one of the toughest hurdles that governments have to contend with.
WASHINGTON/LONDON - US President Donald Trump and Iran exchanged sharp words over oil prices on Wednesday, with Trump blaming OPEC for high oil prices and Teheran accusing him of stoking volatility after he withdrew last month from a global nuclear arms deal with Iran.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - Troops in the Saudi-led coalition captured a town south of Yemen's port city of Hodeidah on Thursday as fierce fighting and airstrikes pounded the area, officials said, on the second day of an offensive to capture the strategic harbor.
A long-forgotten and rare Chinese imperial vase discovered in the attic of a family home in France was sold for 16.2 million euros ($19 million) at Sotheby's in Paris on Tuesday.
PARIS/ROME - French President Emmanuel Macron blasted Italy on Tuesday for "irresponsibility" after it turned away a rescue boat carrying African migrants, exposing deep tensions in the European Union over the issue.
OTTAWA - Canada moved to tamp down spiking tensions with the United States on Tuesday, brushing aside a warning by US President Donald Trump that it will pay for Justin Trudeau's G7 summit remarks.
ADEN, Yemen - A Saudiled coalition launched an assault on Yemen's main port city of Hodeidah on Wednesday in the biggest battle of a three-year war between an alliance of Arab states and the Houthi militants.
UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday asked for continued efforts toward the elimination of AIDS despite momentum in the fight against the epidemic.
Lee stresses need for multilateral framework
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