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Sweden reaches preliminary deal to question Assange
Assange fears that if he leaves the embassy he could face extradition to the US for his trial over the leaking thousands of classified military and diplomatic documents in 2010.
Our days are getting longer due to rise in sea-level: Study
Scientists are studying past changes in sea level in order to make accurate future predictions of the consequence of climate change, and they are looking down to Earth's core to do so.
Kerry to co-chair Libya talks in Rome on Sunday
Italy, a former colonial power in Libya, called the conference along with the United States, which will also include representatives from Russia, Britain, China and France.
32 IS fighters dead in US-led Syria raids, Assad slams UK vote
The monitor's head, Rami Abdel Rahman, said at least 40 jihadists were also wounded in the strikes, which hit IS headquarters and bases to the north, east and southeast of provincial capital Raqa city.
3-year-old shoots older brother in California
The 15-year-old was shot in the foot by his younger sibling on Saturday night, Joe Silva with the Stockton Police Department said.
Vatileaks scandal broadens, embroils Berlusconi brothers
Italian Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia is suspected of conspiring to buy 14th-century San Girolamo castle in Narni at an artificially low price with the intention to sell it later on higher price.
World's richest 10 per cent produce 50% of CO2: report
The report said that an average person among the richest one percent emits 175 times more carbon than his or her counterpart among the bottom 10 per cent.
One dead in blast thought caused by transformer in Istanbul subway
A municipal official said that train operations had been suspended at the Bayrampasa metro station after a loud noise was heard.
Paris climate talks: Trouble for the world and India
The world has used up two-thirds of its carbon space for a 2-degrees-Celsius temperature rise, consumed 35% of known fossil-fuel reserves and cut a third of global forests.
Developed nations must leave room for developing countries to grow: Modi
Modi said the life of a "few" should not crowd out the opportunities for the many still on the initial steps of the development ladder.
LIVE: Convergence between economy, ecology and energy should define our future, says Narendra Modi
World leaders opened an historic summit in the French capital on Monday.
Obama, Xi tout close US-China climate coordination
Huddling with Xi on the sidelines of the Paris climate conference, Obama said nowhere had coordination with Beijing been more critical or more fruitful than on climate change.
Narendra Modi and Nawaz Sharif meet in Paris, talk for a few minutes
The exchange of pleasantries between Modi and Sharif does not mean that a structured dialogue will happen between the two sides any time soon.
Modi in Paris to attend crucial UN Climate Change Summit, to present India's plan to cut emissions at the global conference
Indian Environment Ministry officials said that Modi will inaugurate the pavilion by switching on the water screen which will have the message of "just climate action" on it.
90 million-year-old fossil shows how snakes lost legs
CT scans of the fossil and modern reptiles indicate that snakes lost their legs while hunting in burrows.
