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Climate funding piles up, but nations argue over how quickly
Developed nations have mobilized some US$80-US$90 billion per year to help the poorest survive a warmer world, delegates at Paris climate talks said, but emerging countries dispute the figures and say a goal of US$100 billion by 2020 is far from reach.
Greek parliament approves austere budget for 2016
The Greek parliament approved a 2016 budget featuring sharp cuts in spending and some tax increases to satisfy the country's international lenders at a time of growing austerity fatigue.
Islamic State claims California mass killers as followers
Islamic State said on December 5 that the married couple who killed 14 people in a mass shooting in Southern California were its followers, and FBI agents raided a home apparently belonging to a friend of the husband.
Knife attacker slashes man in London metro "terror incident"
A man wielding a knife slashed a man in an east London metro station on December 5, reportedly screaming "this is for Syria", before police used a stun gun to detain him in what they described as a terrorist incident.
Paris bar reopens three weeks after attacks
One of the Paris cafes where drinkers died in a hail of bullets on Nov. 13 reopened on December 4, three weeks to the day after the Islamist militant attacks that killed 130 people.
Liberia's last two Ebola patients recover, leave hospital
Liberia released its last two known Ebola cases from hospital on December 3 as it starts a new countdown to declaring itself free of the virus for a third time.
Britain joins Syria air war; Putin vows more sanctions on Turkey
Britain joined US-led air strikes against Islamic State in Syria on December 3, but Vladimir Putin issued bitter new denunciations of Turkey for shooting down a Russian plane, demonstrating the limits to international solidarity.
Spain's ruling party seen winning election but well short of majority-poll
Spain's ruling People's Party will win a December 20 parliamentary election but fall short of a majority, according to a closely watched official poll which also showed a leap in support for a new reformist party that may play the role of kingmaker.
'Nothing new' from Russia-Turkey talks on downed fighter jet
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he had heard "nothing new" from his Turkish counterpart on December 3 after the first high-level bilateral contact between the two countries since the Turkish airforce shot down a Russian jet nine days ago.
Shooting rampage in California leaves 14 dead, 17 wounded
Gunmen opened fire on a holiday party on December 2 at a social services agency in San Bernardino, California, killing 14 people and wounding 17 others, then fled the scene, triggering an intense manhunt and a shootout with police, authorities said.