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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia has strengthened its moratorium on converting peat swamps to plantations in a move a conservation research group says will help prevent annual fires and substantially cut the country's carbon emissions if properly implemented. Draining of peat swamps by palm oil and pulp wood companies is a big contributor to destruction of tropical forests in Indonesia and the country's greenhouse gas emissions. Indonesia has made major commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect its tropical forests... Читать дальше...

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Some of the web's biggest companies have unveiled new plans to crack down on extremist and terrorism-promoting material.

Facebook, Google-owned YouTube, Twitter, and Microsoft are stepping up efforts to remove extremist content from their websites by creating a common database.

The companies will share "hashes" — unique digital fingerprints they automatically assign to videos or photos — of extremist content they have removed from their websites... Читать дальше...

The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex … Click to Continue »

Damascus condemns in the strongest terms an attack on a Russian mobile hospital in Aleppo perpetrated by terrorists, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.

Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland noted on Tuesday the significance of complying with the European Convention on Human Rights during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

While there are many cars lined up to make headlines, here we compile a list of sedans which we expect to go on sale next year.

How do you cope with parenting in the digital age? And how do you balance it all? How do you protect your kids, yet give them the freedom to create and explore.

The victim, in his early 20s, was shot at close range in Fulham.

WASHINGTON — Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube are joining forces to more quickly identify the worst terrorist propaganda and prevent it from spreading online.

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On Dec. 6, 1973, Gerald Ford was confirmed as vice president under Richard Nixon, replacing Spiro Agnew, who had resigned in the face of income tax-evasion charges.

After Jayalalithaa's demise, normal life was affected in Tamil Nadu.

Any push for a Canberra A-League team will need to gather momentum soon as the FFA investigates expansion.

Mariah's World toont het leven van een diva die niet kan slapen zonder Apple TV. Zangeres Mariah Carey (47) legde de voorbereiding op haar Europese tour en haar (inmiddels afgelaste) huwelijk vast in een reallifesoap.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties. On Sunday, it culminated in violence when police say a North Carolina man fired an assault rifle inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant as he attempted to "self-investigate" the conspiracy theory known in the Twitterverse as "Pizzagate." On Monday, White House Spokesman Josh Earnest, asked about the shooting, said, There's no denying the corrosive... Читать дальше...

For college administrators, extreme weather is yet another hazard to prepare and practice for on a list that includes infectious disease outbreaks, active shooters and technological outages. With more than 20 million students enrolled at 7,200 U.S. colleges and universities, higher education leaders say they rely on experience and expertise to think beyond the basics of food and shelter to the special challenges of academia, including keeping students and parents informed, accounting for students... Читать дальше...

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The Hague (AFP) - Former child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen Tuesday becomes the first member of Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army to go on trial in a landmark case before the International Criminal Court keenly watched by thousands of victims.   

Ongwen, now in his early 40s, will also be the first former child soldier to be tried by the tribunal and is due to plead to an unprecedented 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed by the rebel group led by the elusive Joseph Kony. Читать дальше...

Sombreros, Hawaiian shirts and thongs aren't usually the appropriate attire for an overcast Canberra day, but when international cricket rolls into town the dress code goes out the window.

Every year since 1947, Oslo has given London a Christmas tree as a sign of gratitude for Britain's help during World War II. According to the tradition, the Christmas tree was lit in Trafalgar Square on the first Thursday in December. However, many Londoners were uninspired by Norway's gift, which resembled a "cucumber draped in lights."

French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve replaced Tuesday Manuel Valls who resigned as the prime minister of the country, the Liberation newspaper reported.

NPR's annual, sortable book guide is here. And to mark the occasion, correspondent Lynn Neary talks about the year in fiction and shares a couple of her favorite new titles.

Former NSW deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas has launched legal action to stop the state's ombudsman's publishing his report into the police bugging scandal.

When Jefferson Community College was making plans to build its first residence hall, there was one must-have for President Carole McCoy: generators for backup if the power went out.