The United Nations is reporting that negotiations at the Copenhagen climate summit are progressing too slowly after developing countries won concessions.
A United Nations environmental economist is warning that more that 250 million people risk losing their livelihoods because of dying tropical coral reefs.
French investigators are now probing problems encountered by an Air France jet last month in nearly the same spot over the Atlantic where another jet mysteriously crashed in June.
Recent rainfall has brought new plant growth to parts of Kenya that have not seen rain for years, but aid workers say this has done little to undo the damage caused by years of drought.
Several transport officials in the United States have been sent on administrative leave after details of security procedures at US airports were mistakenly posted online.
Caribbean students are likely to benefit from a decision by the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) to establish a regional net of universities for member countries, according to a report on www.gleanerextra.com.
A court in Venezuela has ordered the arrests of 27 bank executives for alleged links to breaches at seven banks, which have been seized by the government.
