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Shipping associations have proposed creating a research fund with $5 billion raised by the industry to develop technology to help the sector meet U.N. targets on cutting emissions. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2M6TTbZ

For the past six years the United Nations and other aid groups have been crossing into Syria from Turkey, Iraq and Jordan at four places authorized by the U.N. Security Council to deliver humanitarian assistance to millions of people. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38O8BhZ

The U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun, will visit Beijing on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. State Department said on Tuesday, after China and Russia proposed lifting some U.N. sanctions on North Korea. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34q3rFu

China and Russia are pushing the U.N. Security Council to lift some sanctions on North Korea to ease the country's humanitarian concerns and to "break the deadlock" in stalled denuclearization talks between Washington and Pyongyang, China's U.N. ambassador said on Tuesday. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2sC3YXL

China has postponed a discussion by the U.N. Security Council planned for Tuesday about the situation in the disputed Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir because the U.N. peacekeeping mission there was not ready to provide a brief, diplomats said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/34rL42U

Taiwan is ramping up efforts ahead of a Jan. 11 election to combat fake news and disinformation that the government says China is bombarding the island with to undermine its democracy. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2Ev36H6

U.S. lawmakers of both parties are pressuring the White House to extend the last remaining restraints on U.S. and Russian nuclear weapons deployments by demanding intelligence assessments on the costs of allowing the New START treaty to lapse. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38Ludvf

An outback town near Australia's red-hot center barely paused on Wednesday for a heat wave that is gripping the country, fueling fires and prompting widespread health warnings as heat records get set to tumble. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2S9xkHo

China's President Xi Jinping begins a three-day visit to the gambling hub of Macau on Wednesday to mark the 20th anniversary of its handover to China, with security tight as protests rock nearby Hong Kong. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/38P5ma1

Doctors at the Royal Marsden are trialling a targeted treatment which they hope will also mean fewer side effects for cancer patients. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2YX5QXb

As charity Médecins Sans Frontières warns of a health emergency in refugee camps, one expectant mother living in Lesbos spoke to BBC of her fears. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36Mvgtg

British American Tobacco and three other vaping companies have posts promoting e-cigarettes banned. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PUwE65

Dancers at Vienna State Opera's academy were encouraged to smoke to stay slim, a report finds. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36IPpjN

It is the first strike action by the the Royal College of Nursing in its 103-year-history. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/36K8d28

Pianist and musician Andrew Garrido has played concert venues across Europe, but he only started playing the piano ten years ago when he made his own paper keyboard to practise on. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/38Lclkp

The woman lives above a cheese shop in Germany and had placed signs warning of the stink. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PUmsL4

Video of students jumping massive rope in schoolyard stuns the Internet The sport of jumping rope may have been around for centuries, but you’ve probably never seen it done quite like this.

Florida woman compelled by Christmas spirit to hug stranger at Wawa gets surprise on 'Ellen' A Florida woman’s viral video, in which the Christmas spirit compelled her to hug a stranger at a Wawa gas station, had landed her on Ellen DeGeneres’ sofa.

Parents make cardboard cutouts of mom to trick crying toddler Nothing can replace a mom… except maybe some cardboard.

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Homeowners, including former customers of Northern Rock and Bradford & Bingley, claim they have been overcharged. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2EpxItw