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The 2001-2010 decade was the warmest since the start of modern measurements in 1850 and the world experienced unprecedented high-impact climate extremes during the decade.
A Russian opposition politician whose victory in a mayoral election embarrassed President Vladimir Putin was detained on Wednesday in a corruption investigation.
To ensure the safety of Chinese tourists in Paris, local police bureaus will provide 24-hour Chinese language services when answering calls, according to a tourism department official from Ile-de-France, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
Edward Snowden's best chance of finding refuge outside the US may hinge on the president of Venezuela, who was in Moscow on Tuesday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Portuguese Foreign Minister Paulo Portas on Tuesday said he would quit the government, a day after the shock resignation of the country's Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar.
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday dismissed environment minister Delphine Batho and appointed Phillipe Martin to head the country's ecology affairs.
President Xi Jinping on Tuesday pledged to push forward cooperation between China and Central and Eastern European countries, as officials from nearly 50 cities in the region gathered in China to meet their Chinese partners.
Putin on Monday defended the long-term supply deals under which Russia exports the bulk of its natural gas, saying abandoning them would undermine global energy security.
A Proton-M rocket crashed one minute after blasting off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russia's federal space agency Roscosmos said Tuesday.
Fugitive US citizen Edward Snowden has asked for political asylum in Russia. The Kremlin made no comments over the latest developments.
Snowden threats to make new US leaks
The German government said on Monday if media reports of large-scale US spying on the European Union were confirmed, it would be unacceptable Cold War-style behaviour between partners who require mutual trust to forge a new transatlantic trade area.
Croatia joined the European Union at midnight on Sunday, two decades since fighting itself free of Yugoslavia.