The worst smog of the winter has enveloped Beijing as air pollution levels reach nearly 20 times the safety limit set by the World Health Organisation, according to US figures.
A MAN draped in an American flag jumped over the fence of the White House while President Barack Obama was inside with his family celebrating Thanksgiving on Thursday, US media said.
British planes may soon be bombing Isis in Syria as well as Iraq, but so far the British Government has produced a picture of political conditions in both countries that hovers somewhere between wishful thinking and fantasy.
Vatican City: Five people, including two Italian reporters, have gone on trial in the Vatican, outraging rights groups, on charges arising from the publication of books in which the Holy See was portrayed as mired in mismanagement and corruption.
New York: A billionaire real estate developer from Macau accused by US authorities of bribing a former United Nations General Assembly president won the right to be released on $US50 million bail ($68 million) and live under house arrest in a luxury Manhattan apartment.
