GENEVA - Almost a dozen countries have agreed to advance their annual contributions to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees to help it plug a major shortfall after a partial cutoff of US funding, its chief said on Tuesday.
China's Xinhua News Agency was scheduled to open a platform for news stories, video reports and photographs in Japan on Thursday.
WASHINGTON - In their first session of strategic dialogue, the United States and Qatar outlined areas for future cooperation to mend ties disrupted by the Gulf diplomatic rift that was fueled by President Donald Trump's accusation against Doha.
SEOUL - Several skiers from the Republic of Korea flew to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Wednesday to train with its athletes in a conciliatory gesture the countries planned to mark the Winter Olympics.
CONCORD, New Hampshire - When roads turn into ice rinks, consider trying beet juice, molasses and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer. So say experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation's waterways, putting everything from fish and frogs to microscopic zooplankton at risk.
LESMAHAGOW, Scotland - A small-town Scottish schoolteacher has become an international literary sensation with more than a million sales in China and a Hollywood movie deal - but remains relatively unknown in her homeland.
LEGAZPI, the Philippines - With chili-flavored "lava ice cream" in demand and awestruck tourists packing onto viewing decks, the erupting Mayon volcano is sparking a local business boom in an impoverished region of the country where tens of thousands of others have fled for their lives.
SANTA ANA, California - More than $50 million worth of gold bars, coins and dust that's been described as the greatest lost treasure in US history is about to make its public debut in California after sitting at the bottom of the ocean for more than 150 years.
WASHINGTON - Scientists have unearthed in a Sahara Desert oasis in Egypt fossils of a long-necked, four-legged, school bus-sized dinosaur that lived roughly 80 million years ago, a discovery that sheds light on a mysterious period in the history of dinosaurs in Africa.
The Kenyan government branded opposition leader Raila Odinga's "swearing-in" in Nairobi on Tuesday illegal, with the Attorney General saying the move is punishable by death.
SINGAPORE - A local eatery centered around the pungent tropical fruit durian has caught a whiff of success as patrons flock to the cafe in droves for a bite of its exotic offerings.
MUMBAI - About 21 million girls in India are "unwanted" and receive fewer resources because their parents wanted a son, the government said, as analysts called for action to boost women's earnings.
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