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Beijing schools close as city issues first smog red alert

Tuesday, 8 December 2015, 07:17 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Schools closed and rush-hour roads were much quieter than normal as Beijing invoked its first-ever red alert for smog Tuesday, closing many factories and imposing restrictions to keep half the city's...

European Union chief hopeful for Britain reform deal in February

Monday, 7 December 2015, 16:19 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The president of the European Council says talks on reforms to keep Britain in the European Union are difficult but that he hopes an offer can be made to the country in February. Donald Tusk said...

Vatican court gives green light pope's No. 2 as defence witness

Monday, 7 December 2015, 15:14 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

A Vatican tribunal agreed Monday to let the defense call some of Pope Francis' top advisers, including his secretary of state, to testify in a trial over leaked documents, as the Holy See sought to...

Austrian police find more than 100,000 euros in Danube river

Monday, 7 December 2015, 10:46 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

The banknotes were wet, but Austrian police are not treating the find of more than 100,000 euros found in the Danube river as a classic case of money laundering. Firefighters fished the banknotes...

Libya's rival governments shun UN, sign separate peace deal

Monday, 7 December 2015, 06:07 Last update: about 10 years ago Associated Press

Lawmakers from Libya's rival parliaments have reached a power-sharing agreement in Tunisia, shunning a U.N.-brokered deal to avoid the "foreign intervention" tainting it, an internationally recognized...

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