Search resumes for dead in flooded Sierra Leone city

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - Rescue workers resumed the grim task on Tuesday of pulling bodies from destroyed houses and muddy pools in Sierra Leone's capital Freetown, where more than 300 people have died in flooding and mudslides.

Trump fires back at resigning advisors

WASHINGTON - Bowing to pressure from right and left, President Donald Trump condemned white supremacist groups by name on Monday, declaring "racism is evil" after two days of public equivocation and internal White House debate over the deadly race-fueled clashes in Charlottesville, Virginia.

UK seeks temporary EU customs union

LONDON - The United Kingdom will seek a "temporary customs union" with the European Union after Brexit, the government said on Tuesday, as it prepared to publish its first detailed proposals on the future partnership.

Russia thwarts IS attack plot in Moscow

MOSCOW - Russia's FSB security service said it had captured a gang planning major attacks on Moscow transport networks and shopping centers, directed by members of the Islamic State group from Syria.

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UN environment event encourages children to speak up, get involved

A 10-year-old boy in a business suit stepped on the stage to display his research results.

What they say

Delegates at the second United Nations China Youth Environmental Forum shared their insights on the significance of environmental protection and inspiring the young generation to protect the environment, Chen Meiling reports.

Clashes reveal US racial divide

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia - Violent clashes that resulted in the death of a woman disrupted a typically quiet weekend in Charlottesville, a historic college town in the US state of Virginia, as a racially divided society was once again put under the spotlight.

Cholera count reaches 500,000 mark in Yemen

GENEVA - More than half a million people in Yemen have been infected with cholera since the epidemic began four months ago and 1,975 people have died, the World Health Organization said on Monday.

Battles between extremists, rebels kill 25 in Philippines

MANILA - The fighting on the island of Mindanao in the southern Philippines between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Islamic State militants has killed at least 25 people, the army said on Monday, as the military continues to battle to restore order.

Court to award damages for jihadist Timbuktu destruction

THE HAGUE - War crimes judges will on Thursday hand down a landmark ruling on reparations for the razing of Timbuktu's fabled shrines, but the victims' fund which is to implement the order warned it will not be easy.

Tokyo zoo releases video footage of 'fluffy' baby panda

TOKYO - A two-month-old panda, the first cub born at Tokyo's Ueno zoo for five years, is growing well and has become "fluffy", the zoo said on Monday as it released fresh video footage of the baby animal.