SEOUL - South Korean President Moon Jae-in has proposed weakening the powers of his office and lowering the voting age in a package of constitutional reforms, while allowing the head of state to be re-elected.
Barring urgent action, land degradation that already has affected the lives of two-fifths of humanity will worsen, reducing crop yields and increasing social instability, nearly 100 scientists from 45 countries warned in a report released on Monday.
CLARK, The Philippines - He may never set foot in New Clark City, but taxi driver Edgard Labitag hopes the Philippines' first green, disaster-resilient, high-tech metropolis will ease the pressure on Manila - meaning fewer hours stuck in traffic and more time with his children.
HAVANA - Cuba has lagged behind many Latin American countries in access to the internet due to technological limitations, US sanctions that restrict its connectivity and lack of financial resources to develop the infrastructure.
LIMA - From atop the Andes mountains to the depths of the Amazon rainforest and frigid Patagonia, indigenous people have long eaten quinoa, camu camu and calafate, a healthy diet that has become a global phenomenon now threatened by overproduction.
HOUSTON - Large-scale projects long considered essential to easing Houston's flooding woes went to the top of the area's to-do list after Hurricane Harvey inundated large swathes of the nation's fourth-largest city.
MIAMI - The discovery in 2003 sparked international intrigue - a tiny, mummified skeleton with an alien-like head, tucked into a leather pouch found behind a church in the Atacama desert of Chile.
JAKARTA - Auto-rickshaw driver Zainuddin used to make decent money navigating Jakarta's congested roads and narrow alleyways.
ABIDJAN - "Drones have become my passion," says Noursely Doumbia, who holds a degree in electronics and is currently learning to pilot drones as part of a pioneering program in Cote d'Ivoire's economic capital Abidjan.
LEUPP, Arizona - In the heart of Arizona's high desert, one of America's greenest schools is protecting the planet and its endangered culture by drawing inspiration from Native American values.
BRUSSELS - The Kremlin said on Friday it regretted a decision by European Union leaders to recall the bloc's envoy to Moscow in a symbolic backing to London over a nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter in England.
US President Donald Trump has replaced his national security adviser HR McMaster with former UN ambassador John Bolton, continuing a personnel shake-up in the White House that some perceive is taking his foreign policy in a more hawkish direction.
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