The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
Half of world platinum production is set to grind to a halt on Thursday as South Africa's hardline Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) vowed to press ahead with a strike over pay under the battle cry of a "living wage".
The international conference on Syria opened Wednesday was shadowed by clashes and accusations on the first day.
Hacker "Guccifer" was caught Wednesday in Arad, western Romania, the culprit becoming famous after breaking e-mail accounts belonging to public figures in Romania.
Syria's government and opposition, meeting for the first time, vented their mutual hostility but a UN mediator said the enemies may be ready to discuss prisoner swaps, local ceasefires and humanitarian aid.
At least five European countries' Olympic committees received letters in Russian on Wednesday making a "terrorist threat" before the Sochi Games, but Olympic chiefs said they posed no danger.
The Slovenian Olympic Committee said on Wednesday it had received a letter containing a terrorist threat ahead of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.
International peace talks to address Syria's almost three-year-old civil war opened in Montreux near Geneva on Wednesday with a speech by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that the country's good relations and cooperation with China have encouraged more and more Chinese investors to Cambodia.
Ukraine's prime minister said on Wednesday that anti-government protests had brought "terrorists" onto the streets of Kiev and pledged to punish all "criminal action".
Former US spy agency contractor Edward Snowden said he acted alone in leaking US government secrets and that suggestions by some US lawmakers he might have had help from Russia were "absurd," the New Yorker magazine reported on Tuesday.
Thailand's capital was under a state of emergency on Wednesday after the government moved to tighten security as protesters trying to oust Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra threatened to disrupt an election she has called for early next month.
Both delegations of the Syrian government and opposition arrived in Geneva, Switzerland on Tuesday evening to embark on a dialogue for the first time since the eruption of the conflict in Syria nearly three years ago.
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