International

(BBC)--North Korea has broadcast images of the once powerful uncle of leader Kim Jong-un being removed from a meeting, confirming reports of his dismissal. The dramatic images show Chang Song-thaek being escorted from a party session by…

California (AP) -- An Olympic gold medal won by Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Games has sold for a record US$1.4 million in an online auction. SCP Auctions said Pittsburgh Penguins co-owner Ron Burkle paid US$1,466,574, the highest price…

New York (CMC) – Caribbean/American Congresswoman Yvette D Clarke has called on President Barack Obama to stop the deportation of Caribbean and other immigrants who lack legal status in the United States. Clarke, the daughter of Jamaican…

(BBC) --The US unemployment rate fell to a five-year low of 7% in November, according to the US Labor Department. Payroll figures also showed that 203,000 jobs were created last month, more than predicted, as the US economy displayed more…

(BBC) --The tidal surge which hit the east coast of Britain has been described as the "most serious" for 60 years. Thousands were forced to abandon their homes as tides in parts of the North Sea reached higher levels than the devastating…

(BBC) --South Africans have gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader, Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday aged 95. Crowds have been paying tribute, dancing and singing in front of Mr Mandela's former home in…

The National Security Council of the ROC, in response to mainland China’s Nov. 23 announcement that it has established an “East China Sea air defense identification zone,” has issued a statement reiterating the following principles: The…

(BBC)--Authorities will later release emergency dispatch recordings of last year's school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, which left 26 people dead. The tapes reportedly contain nearly half an hour of 911 calls made from inside Sandy…

(BBC)--TV cook Nigella Lawson has admitted taking cocaine, but denies having a drug problem or being an addict. She said she had first taken the drug with her late husband John Diamond when he was terminally ill. Ms Lawson said she had…

(BBC)--Crowds of mourners in the Lebanese town of Baalbek have turned out for the funeral of Hassan Lakkis, a commander in the Shia militant group Hezbollah. Lakkis was shot in the head at close range at about midnight on Tuesday outside…

(CNN) -- There's no need to tell football fans in Seattle to take it up a notch. They're doing just fine, thank you. After setting a Guinness World Record for noise at an outdoor stadium in September, CenturyLink Field went seismic during…

(CNN) -- A man fishing from a kayak off a Hawaiian island has died after being bitten by a shark, authorities said Monday. The incident was the latest in an alarming spate of shark attacks in the state this year. The attack took place…

New York (CNN) -- The commuter train that jumped its tracks in the Bronx was barreling into a curve at nearly three times the posted speed when it derailed, killing four passengers, federal safety officials said Monday. Preliminary data…

(BBC)--The US authorities have begun an investigation into the causes of Sunday's train crash in the Bronx area of New York in which four people were killed and more than 60 injured. The 05:54 from Poughkeepsie to Grand Central Station…

(BBC)--No mayday call was made from the police helicopter that crashed into a busy Glasgow pub, killing nine people. Air accident investigators said the helicopter had made a "vertical descent" before it struck The Clutha at 22:25 on…