USA | Protesters march against police slayings of blacks 

Demonstrators nationwide protesting the fatal shootings of unarmed black men killed by police chanted “I can’t breathe!” ‘’Hands up, don’t shoot!” and waved signs that read “Black lives matter!” as

Climate change | Deal salvaged at UN talks in Peru

Climate negotiators salvaged a compromise deal in Lima early yesterday that sets the stage for a global pact in Paris next year, but rejected a rigorous review of the greenhouse gas

This Day in History | 1982 – Spain opens border with the Rock

A Spanish police official in plain clothes unceremoniously unlocked the gates for both sides. Carmen Ward, 35, married to a British worker in Gibraltar - known as the Rock -

Buildings evacuated after marriage proposal flop

The man clambered to safety and no one was injured. According to the Algemeen Dagblad newspaper, the girlfriend said “yes” anyway. After speaking with police, the pair traveled to Paris

Greenpeace activists take plea deal in P&G protest

Eight Greenpeace activists who staged an eye-catching protest at Procter & Gamble Co. headquarters pleaded guilty Friday to trespassing in an agreement offered at the consumer products maker’s request. Hamilton County

The Buzz: Chinese leaders affirm commitment to slower growth

Chinese leaders have affirmed their commitment to a "new normal" of slower economic growth in 2015 at an annual planning meeting and promised to help the poor and promote market-oriented

Romania | Street dogs transform lives of Bucharest elderly

They say that a dog is a man’s best friend. Alexandrina, an elderly resident in a home in the Romanian capital found not only a new friend, but a new

World briefs

CHINA Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is this year’s winner of the Confucius Peace Prize, China’s alternative to the Nobel Prize. JAPAN  Honda, Nissan and Mitsubishi announced more recalls for the

Civil war | Syrian family moves from war to new world: Uruguay

The Syrian teen, driven from his home by his country’s civil war, swipes across the world on a mobile phone map, over China and the blue expanse of the Pacific

Torture gate | US allies condemn practices, praise report on CIA

Turkey’s foreign minister says this week’s report on the CIA’s harsh treatment of terrorist suspects reveals “unacceptable torture and treatment.” Speaking in Ankara with his Slovakian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu

This Day in History | 1992 – Princess Royal remarries

The 42-year-old arrived at Crathie church near Balmoral Castle accompanied by her father Prince Philip, and her daughter and bridesmaid 11-year-old Zara. Before a small family congregation she and the groom,

Offbeat | US post office pays homage to famous reindeer

Thousands of Christmas cards are pouring into a small village in Wisconsin that shares its name with the most famous reindeer. The Rudolph Post Office receives more than 10,000 Christmas cards

The Buzz | US issues commercial drone permits to 4 companies

Under pressure from Congress to speed access to U.S. skies for commercial drones, the government granted four companies permission yesterday to use drones for aerial surveillance, construction site monitoring and

World briefs

CHINA A defense lawyer says prominent Chinese legal activist Pu Zhiqiang has denied a series of police charges against him that fellow activists say were trumped up to silence a

South Africa | Judge approves Pistorius appeal

Oscar Pistorius again faces the possibility of a murder conviction after a South African judge ruled yesterday that prosecutors can appeal against the double-amputee Olympian’s conviction on the lesser charge

Human Rights | UN expert calls for prosecution over US torture 

Senior U.S. officials who authorized and carried out torture as part of former President George W. Bush’s national security policy must be prosecuted, a top U.N. special investigator said yesterday. Ben

USA | Detroit’s financial emergency declared over

Detroit’s emergency manager has agreed to step down, saying in a letter released Tuesday that the city will no longer be in a financial emergency once it exits the largest public

This Day in History: 1994 Russian troops storm into Chechnya

Hundreds of tanks and armoured personnel carriers closed in on the territory’s capital of Grozny at first light this morning. The Russian army says its mission is to restore constitutional order

Offbeat | Owner reclaims sheep wearing holiday sweater

Owner Margaret Vazquez tells KMTV she initially panicked when the sheep named Gage went missing. She says the sheep “follows me everywhere.” Nebraska Humane Society spokeswoman Pam Wiese says the sheep

World briefs

CHINA A wall at the side of a school basketball court collapsed during a game, killing five girls and injuring two others, local officials in eastern China said yesterday. The

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