A US citizen who illegally entered the Democratic People's Republic of Korea delivered a lengthy denunciation of US domestic and foreign policy on Sunday and said he was seeking political asylum in Venezuela, the DPRK's official media said.
Aromatic truffles. Smooth-as-silk foie gras. Firm, springy oysters. Mouthwatering tender beef and an almost infinite range of cheeses.
The US Congress cleared a $1.1 trillion spending bill for US President Barack Obama's signature after a day of Senate intrigue capped by a failed, largely symbolic Republican challenge to the administration's new immigration policy.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won comfortable re-election on Sunday in a snap poll he had billed as a referendum on his economic policies after early success faded into a recession, although voter turnout appeared headed for a postwar record low.
Rescuers searching for 76 people missing after a landslide in Indonesia deployed bulldozers and excavators on Sunday to battle their way through roads strewn with debris to the site of the disaster, officials said.
About 190 nations agreed on Sunday on the building blocks of a new-style global deal due in 2015 to combat climate change amid warnings that far tougher action will be needed to limit rising world temperatures.
The marathon Lima climate summit finally ended in the wee hours of Sunday morning, more than 32 hours after the scheduled finish deadline.
Drones are about to have a big impact on our lives, even if they will not be delivering our orders from Amazon anytime soon, experts say.
Indian police will deploy mini drones fitted with night vision cameras to patrol the streets of the national capital to make the city safer for women, local media reported on Friday.
When the Japanese pose for pictures, instead of saying "Cheese!" some say "Butter!" But these days, talk of butter is more likely to bring frowns, now that rationing is an issue in their country.
Commuters jostle to get on and off gleaming high-speed trains at Berlin's main railway station on a cold December morning, but one platform remains stubbornly empty. At last, a grimy engine draws in, pulling carriages that look like they saw their best days in the 1980s.
In remote bogland in Ireland, investigators search the ground with radar and a cadaver dog for a victim of the IRA murdered and secretly buried in 1972.
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