December 13, 2018 UN climate talks inch forward, success uncertain Negotiators from almost 200 countries raced to find agreement on the rules that will govern an international treaty on curbing global warming, but the text the Polish diplomat chairing the talks planned to present to delegates Thursday remained under debate as the two-week summit neared an end.
December 13, 2018 Venezuela's El Nacional newspaper to cease print edition Venezuela's last nationally circulated, opposition newspaper will stop publishing its print edition amid unrelenting government pressure and paper shortages, editors said Thursday.
December 13, 2018 Yemen's contested port city of Aden shows challenge of peace Yemen's government nearly saw itself pushed into the sea by advancing rebels here three years ago.
December 13, 2018 Once-powerful Cardinal convicted on sex-abuse-related charges in Australia A Cardinal who once held the Vatican’s third-most-powerful position was reportedly found guilty Wednesday in Australia of charges related to sexual abuse.
December 13, 2018 In Venezuelan crisis, families can't even afford to properly bury the dead As the crisis in Venezuela deepens – gripped by mass hunger, starvation and a lack of medical supplies - there is no comfort, even for the dead.
December 13, 2018 Biographical sketches of 2 Canadians missing in China Two Canadian citizens have been reported missing in China over recent days amid a dispute over Canada's detention of a Chinese business executive wanted in the U.S. on bank fraud charges.
December 12, 2018 Second Canadian missing in China identified as entrepreneur behind North Korea tours A second Canadian man has gone missing in China and is feared detained in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei, Canadian authorities said late Wednesday.
December 12, 2018 Mexico leader says he talked with Trump about migrants, jobs Mexico's leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke by telephone Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump about migration and job creation.
December 12, 2018 Jailed former Venezuela oil minister dies in state custody Nelson Martinez, the jailed former head of Venezuela's state-run oil giant PDVSA who was arrested last year as part of anti-corruption purge, died in state custody Wednesday, authorities said.
December 12, 2018 Congress moves to ban cockfighting in US territories Congress on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that would shut down legal cockfights in U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, ending an institution dating from the colonial era that generates millions of dollars each year.
