Airlines inch back to normalcy after airport blackout

ATLANTA, Georgia - The nation's air-travel system struggled to get back on schedule and rebook stranded passengers on Monday after a fire and blackout at the world's busiest airport forced the cancellation of over 1,500 flights days before the start of the Christmas rush.

Ramaphosa takes over from Zuma as party president

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's ruling African National Congress elected Cyril Ramaphosa to replace Jacob Zuma as the party's president for the next five years.

Greeks hail 19th CPC congress, prospects for future road map

ATHENS - Greek officials, experts and representatives of the business world have hailed the outcome of the recent 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and expressed confidence about the prospects of cooperation between the countries.

Protests muted as far-right takes office

VIENNA - Hundreds of police sealed off part of central Vienna on Monday as Austria became the only western European country with a far-right party in power, but protests against the swearing-in proved small and largely peaceful.

Speed suspected in fatal train crash

DUPONT, Washington - An Amtrak train making the first-ever run along a faster new route hurtled off an overpass south of Seattle on Monday and spilled some of its cars onto the highway below, killing at least three people, injuring dozens and crushing two vehicles, authorities said.

UK finance minister hails China trip deals

Britain's finance minister, Philip Hammond, has described his weekend visit to China, in which he announced 1.4 billion pounds ($1.88 billion) worth of deals, as a success.

Senior CPC official outlines plan to eradicate poverty

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - China is determined to build itself into a modern socialist country underpinned by fairness and justice through "targeted poverty alleviation that will take 43 million people out of poverty by 2020," said a senior official of the Communist Party of China.

258m migrants, UN says

UNITED NATIONS - An estimated 258 million people have left their birth countries and are now living in other nations - an increase of 49 percent since 2000, said the United Nations in a report.

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China, UK to enrich 'golden era' of ties

China is ready to work with Britain to provide new impetus to the development of "Golden Era" of Sino-British relations, said Vice-Premier Ma Kai on Saturday.

Mueller accused over transition emails

WASHINGTON - A US lawyer for President Donald Trump's transition team on Saturday accused Special Counsel Robert Mueller of improperly obtaining tens of thousands of Trump transition emails and called it "unlawful conduct" during an investigation into the alleged Russian meddling in last year's presidential election.

Thousands flee as wildfire 'beast' grows to California's third-largest

VENTURA, California - A raging California wildfire powered by fierce winds grew into the third-largest in state history on Saturday as forced evacuations turned neighborhoods into ghost towns and ash fell in some areas like heavy snow.