Magnitude 4.8 earthquake in Sicily causes damage, injuries

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 hit an area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily early on Wednesday, damaging buildings and injuring about 30 people, officials said.

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Congo election board delays vote in three cities, won't count toward presidential results

Congo's electoral commission said on Wednesday that it was delaying Sunday's presidential and legislative elections in three cities until next March, meaning that their votes would not be taken into account in the presidential contest.

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Russia, Belarus fail to agree on financial compensation for Minsk: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko failed to agree on possible financial compensation for Minsk and will meet again before the end of the year, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

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Kremlin does not rule out Putin attending Davos forum

The Kremlin does not rule out the participation of President Vladimir Putin in the World Economic Forum in Davos next month, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

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In a Tokyo neighborhood's last sushi restaurant, a sense of loss

(This December 21 story was refiled to remove extraneous indefinite article in paragraph 28)

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China court locked down for trial of prominent rights lawyer

Chinese police locked down a courthouse on Wednesday for the trial of a prominent rights lawyer who is accused of subversion of state power and whose case has attracted widespread concern in Western countries.

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Wang Quanzhang: China human rights lawyer trial begins

Several supporters of Wang Quanzhang, detained since 2015, have been taken away by police.

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Indonesian rescuers struggle against heavy rain to reach tsunami-hit villages

Indonesian rescue teams on Wednesday struggled to reach remote areas on the western coast of Java amid an "extreme weather" rain warning after a tsunami killed more than 400 people last week.

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Koreas' bid to reconnect rail, road links clouded by sanctions issue

The two Koreas on Wednesday launched a project to reconnect rail and road links severed since the 1950-53 Korean War, but actual construction cannot start while sanctions remain in place against North Korea, officials said.

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Magnitude 4.8 earthquake hits Sicily, some damage, few injuries

An earthquake measuring magnitude 4.8 hit the area north of Catania on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily early on Wednesday, causing some damage to buildings and a few injuries, officials said.

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Leading Chinese Marxist student taken away by police on Mao's birthday

Chinese police detained a well-known Marxist at a top university on Wednesday, a witness said, on the sensitive anniversary of the 125th birthday of the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong, whose legacy remains deeply contested.

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New best story on Hacker News: Malaysia seeks $7.5B in reparations from Goldman Sachs

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Thai cave rescue: The Cave film shares behind-the-scenes shots

The film features some of the actual cave rescue divers, and involved shooting in caves and underwater.

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Mount Etna: New 4.8-magnitude earthquake hits Sicily

It is the latest in dozens of tremors since Europe's most active volcano erupted on Monday.

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Indonesia issues 'extreme weather' warning for tsunami-hit coast near Krakatau

Indonesian authorities warned on Wednesday of "extreme weather and high waves" around the erupting Anak Krakatau volcano, urging people to stay away from the coast already devastated by a tsunami that killed more than 400 people.

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Japan whale hunting: Commercial whaling to restart in July

One conservation group warns that the move shows "a troubling disregard for international rule".

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Blast at chemical plant in China's Xinjiang kills three: report

A blast at a chemical plant in China's northwestern Xinjiang autonomous region has killed three people and severely injured six, the official Tianshan news website reported on Wednesday.

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China blames unemployed man for bus hijacking in which eight killed: Xinhua

Police have detained an unemployed man who hijacked a bus in southeastern China after a dispute with a neighborhood official that resulted in eight people being killed, state media reported.

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