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UN chief says youth "greatest source" of hope in New Year message
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that as the world enters 2020 with "uncertainty and insecurity all around," the world's young people are the "greatest source" of hope.
5 sailors missing off Moroccan coast
As many as 5 sailors were missing while a fishing boat sank on Sunday off the Atlantic coast of Moroccan city of Safi, local authorities said on Monday.
2 more confirmed dead, several missing in Australian bushfires
Two more people were confirmed dead and several more remain missing in Australia on Tuesday as the result of severe bushfires in the country's southeast.
Air pollution kills 17 in Kabul
At least 17 people have been killed by the extreme air pollution here over the past one week, an official with the Public Health Ministry Fida Mohammad Paikan said.
European money spawns more misery for migrants in Libya
When the European Union funneled millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean, the money came with EU promises to improve detention centers notorious for abuse and fight human trafficking.
China has pain pill addicts too, but no one's counting them
Wu Yi was supposed to die. At age 26, his cancer was spreading.
Queen Elizabeth's daughter is hardest-working royal, again!
Being a member of the British royal family isn't the easiest job on earth, if TV shows and movies provide accurate pictures. But how much do the royals work?
North Korean leader calls for 'military countermeasures'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for active "diplomatic and military countermeasures" to preserve the country's security in a lengthy speech at a key political conference possibly meant to legitimize major changes to his nuclear diplomacy with the United States.
Aussie firefighter killed after truck rolls in "fire tornado"
A 28-year-old Australian volunteer firefighter has been killed battling a blaze on the border of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria State when a freak weather event upended the truck he and two others were traveling in.
Federal charges filed against NY stabbing suspect
U.S. federal prosecutors on Monday filed hate crime charges against a man accused of Saturday's stabbing of five people at a rabbi's home in upstate New York, local media reported.