Top 10 world news stories of 2013
1. A new pope In a shocking move, Pope Benedict XVI becomes the first pope to resign in almost 600 years. A month later, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio is elected
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Pope Francis shares hope for a better world
Pope Francis offered a Christmas wish Wednesday for a better world, praying for protection for Christians under attack, battered women and trafficked children, peace in the Middle East and Africa,
United Nations says $166 million needed to aid South Sudan
UN Aid agencies need $166 million over the next three months to help civilians in violence-wracked South Sudan, the United Nations said on Wednesday. The money is needed for maintaining
London’s Apollo Theatre collapse injures 88
Dozens of people are injured, at least four seriously, after part of a roof in London’s Apollo Theatre collapsed during a show, emergency workers have said. The venue in Shaftesbury
Comet ISON approaching the sun
The comet ISON is approaching the sun from the farthest edge of the solar system, with its closest pass predicted for November 28. Planetary scientists and astrophysicists have known this
Agreement reached in UN climate talks – treaty to be signed in 2015
UN climate talks in Poland have ended with delegates reaching a compromise on how to fight global warming. After 30 hours of deadlock, they approved a way out for a
World powers reach deal over Iran nuclear program
Six major world powers the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany have reached an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program. This was announced by the Chief negotiator
Challenges in dismantling Syria’s chemical weapons
Syria no longer has the capacity to produce new chemical weapons en masse, but arms control experts caution that what remains is the more difficult job of destroying the existing
Bacon’s triptych – most expensive painting sold at an auction
A three panelled painting by the British-based artist, Francis Bacon has become the most expensive work of art ever to be sold at auction. It fetched more than 142 million
Typhoon Haiyan
Typhoon Haiyan (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Yolanda) is currently a powerful tropical cyclone crossing the central Philippines. Haiyan, which means petrel in Chinese is one of the most