World News Update, What you need to know

World News Update, What you need to know

Malaysian aviation experts have met French officials to coordinate the investigation into missing flight MH370, days after the discovery of a washed-up plane part offered fresh hopes of solving the mystery.

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LONDON - A former prime minister has been drawn into the complex web of historic child sex abuse allegations in Britain, when the police watchdog announced an investigation involving 1970s leader Edward Heath.

JERUSALEM - A Jewish extremist group's leader has been arrested after a Palestinian baby died in a West Bank firebombing, as police investigated online threats against Israel's president for condemning "Jewish terrorism".

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has framed climate change as the toughest and most pressing challenge of our time, as he unveiled the first ever limits on US power plant emissions.

LONDON - Many women have thought it for years but now scientists have confirmed females are at risk of being over-chilled by office air-conditioning.

ATHENS - Greece's stock exchange has taken a historic beating as trading resumed after a five-week shutdown forced by capital controls, with the main index registering its greatest-ever drop drop of 16.23 per cent and bank shares particularly hard hit.

PARIS - Glaciers worldwide have shrunk to levels not seen in 120 years of record-keeping, with melt-off accelerating in the first decade of the 21st century, according to a new study.


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