COP 21 | Climate talks get down to tough business of compromise

From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change shared their stories of global

Turkey-Russia jet downing | Obama urges Moscow, Ankara to set tension aside, focus on IS

Aiming to head off a rift between major Mideast players, President Barack Obama urged Turkey and Russia yesterday to set aside tensions over the downing of a Russian warplane and

This Day in History | 1977 South African police cleared of Biko death

The chief magistrate of Pretoria, Martinus Prins, said he officially accepted findings the 30-year-old died of extensive brain injuries sustained during a scuffle with police on the morning of 7

Offbeat | Drake is Spotify’s most streamed artist of the year globally

Spotify users are clearly listening to Drake. The rapper was the most streamed artist of the year globally. Spotify announced its end-of-the-year list yesterday and said Drake earned 1.8 billion streams

The Buzz | Singapore to get Michelin Guide in 2016

The Michelin Guide, long regarded as the world’s foremost authority of culinary merit, is set to put out a Singapore edition in 2016, The Straits Times reported yesterday. “This will be

Hoboken | Sinatra’s birthplace commemorates his 100th its way

Chicago was his kind of town, L.A. was his lady and he certainly was a big part of New York, New York. But despite a love-hate relationship, the mile-square New

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CHINA A gas leak at a steel parts factory in eastern China kills 10 people and leaves seven others hospitalized. The Zouping County government says on its official microblog the

Turkey | PM: Ankara won’t apologize to Russia over downing of jet

Defying calls from Moscow, Turkey’s prime minister said yesterday that his country won’t apologize to Russia for shooting down a warplane operating over Syria, saying the Turkish military was doing

Central African Republic | Pope Francis meets with Muslims in mosque visit

Pope Francis ventured into a volatile Muslim neighborhood of Central African Republic’s capital yesterday and brought his message of reconciliation to the city’s main mosque, insisting that Christians and Muslims

Israel | Court convicts 2 youths in 2014 killing of Palestinian teen

A Jerusalem court yesterday convicted two Israeli youths in the grisly killing last year of 16-year-old Palestinian Mohammed Abu Khdeir, while delaying the verdict for the third and chief suspect

COP 21 | Leaders of warming Earth meet in Paris to cut emissions

Addressing the twin threats of global warming and extremist violence, the largest group of world leaders ever to stand together kicked off two weeks of high-stakes climate talks outside Paris

This Day in History | 1955 Black woman challenges race law

Mrs Rosa Parks now faces a fine for breaking the segregation laws which say black Americans must vacate their seats if there are white passengers left standing. It is not the

Offbeat | Fiji sevens team to the rescue as passenger taken ill

The world champion Fiji sevens rugby team has been praised after stepping in to assist cabin crew during a medical emergency on a flight from Fiji to Brisbane last week. When

The Buzz | 7 more Kenyan athletes banned for doping

Two-time cross-country world champion Emily Chebet was among seven Kenyan athletes banned for doping Friday, another indication that the country has a serious problem of cheating among its famed distance

Australian Christmas tree sets record with 518,838 lights

An Australian set his third Christmas-themed world record in as many years Friday by illuminating a tree in downtown Canberra with 518,838 twinkling lights. Guinness World Records confirmed that David Richards

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UK British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon told the Sunday Telegraph that “what happened in Paris and Brussels could easily happen in London.” Speaking in an interview, Fallon said the threat

Obama joins Xi in Paris for UN climate talks

As more than 140 world leaders converge on Paris for the opening of United Nations-sponsored talks on lowering carbon emissions, French Environment Minister Segolene Royal said a deal may fall

Pope brings peace message to Central African Republic

Pope Francis arrived yesterday in the conflict-torn Central African Republic, brushing aside security concerns to bring a message of peace and reconciliation to a country where violence between Christian and

Syrian opposition | Dozens killed, wounded in Russian strikes

Syrian opposition media is reporting that airstrikes believed to be carried out by Russian warplanes have killed and wounded dozens of people in a northwestern Syrian market. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory

Thousands of Syrian refugee children left in legal limbo

Aria is stateless. Like thousands of other children born to Syrian refugees living in Iraq, the 10-month-old girl is beginning her life in legal limbo. Some 240,000 refugees who fled the

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