Delegates are gathering in Tianjin, China from October 3-9 for the final round of UN climate talks before this year's summit in Mexico, which begins at the end of November.
Brazil's presidential election is to go to an October 31 runoff after the ruling party candidate won elections but not by enough to avoid a second round.
Ecuador President Rafael Correa was back at work Friday under tight security after loyalist troops rescued him from a police mutiny in a day of gunfire and street clashes.
The mysteries of bat sex and whale snot and an unusual way to deal with human pain were the focus Thursday of the annual tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Prizes.
Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden is involved in an unfolding plot to launch attacks on European cities and may have even targeted the United States, NPR reported.