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New York seeks to claw back 'Big Oyster' past

[2018-09-27 07:53]

NEW YORK - One sunny morning in New York, a dozen biologists and volunteers stand in knee-deep water, chucking net sacks of oyster shells down a human chain, before planting them in containers on the riverbed.

'Ka pai': Maori language back from brink

[2018-09-27 07:53]

WELLINGTON - Beneath the carved timber roof of a traditional "marae" meeting house at Wellington High School, dozens of students watch entranced as a play performed entirely in the Maori language unfolds.

US retailers brace for winter woes

[2018-09-25 07:30]

ESTES PARK, Colorado - Steve Taylor has run a small grocery for 16 years in Estes Park, a small town located at the foothill of Rocky Mountain in north Colorado.

Festival highlights suburb's rebirth

[2018-09-25 07:30]

SYDNEY - Australia reaps the benefits of having some of the most culturally and ethnically diverse communities in the world, and food has often been the path to harmony and celebration.

Scrabble dictionary gives the 'OK' to 300 new additions

[2018-09-25 07:30]

NEW YORK - Scrabble players, time to rethink your game because 300 new words are coming your way, including some long-awaited gems: OK and ew, to name a few.

Climate at heart of UN meeting

[2018-09-25 07:30]

BERLIN - With global temperatures rising, superstorms taking their deadly toll and a year-end deadline to firm up the Paris climate deal, leaders at this year's UN General Assembly are feeling a sense of urgency to keep up the momentum on combating climate change.

Coalition air strikes 'killed thousands of civilians'

[2018-09-25 07:30]

DAMASCUS - The US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria have killed thousands of civilians since they entered the course of the Syrian war four years ago, a war monitor reported on Sunday.

Opposition candidate wins presidency

[2018-09-25 07:30]

MALE, Maldives - Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen on Monday conceded defeat at the presidential polls, hours after the Elections Commission declared that opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih had secured victory.

Drivers see red over Oslo's 'war on cars' to go green

[2018-09-25 07:30]

OSLO - Determined to go green, Oslo is slowly but surely ridding its city center of motorists, angering some who say the "war on cars" is putting the brakes on individual freedoms.

Pilot error responsible for fatal Australian plane crash in 2017

[2018-09-25 07:30]

CANBERRA - Pilot error has been blamed for a 2017 Australian plane crash that killed five people, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau has found.

Fable of success is a developing story

[2018-09-24 08:08]

Derrick Sibeso Wina from Zambia completed his master's degree in the Institute of South-South Cooperation and Development (ISSCAD) at Peking University in June.

Students experience the inspirational lessons of progress

[2018-09-24 08:08]

Idris Salim Dokota from Kenya turned down an offer to study in Europe and decided to learn the secrets of China's development path and, more important, what the future holds.

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