SYDNEY - Australian scientists are considering plans for a year-round runway in Antarctica to improve access to research sites.
LAGOS - Nigerian film The Wedding Party has shown the country's cinema at the top of its game, with its success at the box office taking it to new audiences across Africa and the world.
FLORIDA, NEW YORK - When Denise Krohn came home to find her goldendoodle Kirby bleeding on the kitchen floor, she at first thought it was a terrible accident.
LONDON - Edible drones filled with food, water or medicine could soon be used to deliver live-saving supplies to remote areas hit by natural disasters or conflict, the company behind the aircraft said on Monday.
SEOUL - South Korean special prosecutors on Monday said acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn has yet to respond to their calls over extending investigation into a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye.
LONDON - Cheating university students in the United Kingdom who use essay mills could face tough penalties under an action outlined on Tuesday by Minister of State for Universities Jo Johnson. A study showed some students pay up to $8,400 to have a dissertation or a piece of work written for them.
UNITED NATIONS - China offers deep condolences to Russia over the death of its ambassador to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday.
The biennial International Defense Exhibition and Conference kicked off in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Sunday.
China will be the guest country at the 2018 Cuba International Book Fair as a sign of historically friendly ties between the two nations and a way to expand cultural cooperation, a senior Cuban official said on Sunday. "Inviting China to be the guest country at next year's fair will be of great importance for our bilateral cultural relation because we have distinct historical ties," Abel Prieto, Cuban minister of culture, told Xinhua.
The US military is not in Iraq "to seize anybody's oil", Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said, distancing himself from remarks by President Donald Trump at the start of a visit to Iraq on Monday.
When it comes to getting stuck in traffic on the way to and from work, Los Angeles leads the world.
Thousands demonstrated in Paris and other French cities on Sunday to protest corruption, taking aim specifically at presidential candidates Francois Fillon and Marine Le Pen, both accused of misusing public funds.