Nepal govt hints at reversal of mountain ban for disabled climbers

KATHMANDU - Tourism Minister Jitendra Narayan Dev has hinted at plans to revoke the order tightening rules for disabled people from attempting to climb Mount Everest, known in the West as Qomolangma.

Poor are being left behind, says report

LONDON - Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest 1 percent, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing, a report published by Oxfam found on Monday.

Reconstructed face of ancient woman unveiled

ATHENS - The audience at the Acropolis Museum in Athens on Friday evening came face to face with the past when professor Manolis Papagrigorakis and his team unveiled the resurrected appearance of "Avgi" (Dawn), an 18-year-old woman who lived around 7000 BC in ancient Greece.

Discarded books get a new life in Turkey

ANKARA - Many would prefer probably not to dwell on what becomes of books thrown into the rubbish bin when their onetime reader declutters their shelves.

Looking abroad to grapple e-waste mountain

SINGAPORE - There could soon be regulations here to ensure that discarded electrical and electronic items are recycled and reused, to help shrink the mountain of computers, laptops, refrigerators and other e-waste thrown away in Singapore.

Tourists left high and dry as Statue of Liberty closes

NEW YORK - Tourists who came to Battery Park in lower Manhattan hoping to catch a ferry to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor got an unpleasant surprise on Saturday, learning the must-see destination was closed because of the US government shutdown.

Chester Zoo head count reveals record number of animals

LONDON - The UK's Chester Zoo is home to the highest number of animals in its history, an annual head count of its residents revealed on Saturday.

Summit emphasizes unity over division

French President Emmanuel Macron is an expert at creating excitement about his foreign trips with gifts.

DPRK accuses US of plotting new war

PYONGYANG - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has accused the United States of plotting to provoke another Korean War by convening a foreign ministers' meeting in Vancouver, Canada.

11 dead as huge storms batter Europe

BERLIN - Eleven people including two firefighters were killed on Thursday as violent gales battered northern Europe, snapping air and train links.

Stricken plane that came off the runway is lifted from slope

ISTANBUL - Turkish engineers used two cranes to successfully lift a passenger plane that skidded onto a muddy embankment meters from the sea back onto the runway.

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