Sticking points delay climate talks deal

PARIS, Dec 15 (BBC): Climate talks in Poland have continued through the night as negotiators try to agree the next steps forward for the Paris climate agreement.Thousands of delegates worked well past the official deadline for reaching a deal but key sticking points remain.Rows continue over the issue of paying...

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Eleven perish after eating ‘toxic’ rice at Indian temple

NEW DELHI, Dec 15 (AFP): Eleven people have died after eating rice that had likely been contaminated with a toxic substance at a Hindu temple ceremony, a health official said on Saturday.Another 29 people were critically ill and undergoing emergency treatment across various hospitals in Mysore, a city in the...

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Nepal truck crash kills 20 mourners

KATHMANDU, Dec 15 (AFP): At least 20 people died when a truck carrying mourners returning from a funeral ritual plunged around 400 metres (1,300 feet) onto a river bank in central Nepal, police said on Saturday.Fourteen others were injured as the vehicle veered off an unpaved narrow road in a...

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