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Thai doctor recounts Mali kidnap ordeal
Thai doctor recounts Mali kidnap ordeal

A Thai plastic surgeon on Thursday described drinking pond water to survive during three weeks of captivity at the hands of gun-toting kidnappers in Mali. If there was no water, I needed to drink from the pond.

Climate plans would allow up to 2.6C of global warming: UN
Climate plans would allow up to 2.6C of global warming: UN

Country climate pledges leave the world on track to heat by as much as 2.6 degrees Celsius this century, according to a United Nations assessment Wednesday warning that emissions must fall 45 percent this decade to limit disastrous heating.

Ex-convict Samsung heir takes top job after pardon
Ex-convict Samsung heir takes top job after pardon

The once-disgraced heir to the sprawling Samsung empire was on Thursday named top executive of its most important business, two months after South Korea's president pardoned him for embezzlement and corruption convictions.

Prince Harry to release memoir January 2023
Prince Harry to release memoir January 2023

Britain's Prince Harry will release his memoir in January next year, the book's publisher announced Thursday. On the book's website, created by the publisher, it is described as a window into how the prince responded to the death of his mother Diana 25 years ago, and how his life has been affected since.