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Fabius: Climate pact draft to be legally binding
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius says a "final" draft of a global climate pact would be legally binding.
Fabius also says the accord would aim to keep the rise in global temperatures "well below" 2 degrees Celsius from pre-industrial times to the end of this century and "endeavor to limit" them even farther, to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
That was a key demand of small island nations and other poor and vulnerable countries.
Fabius' comments came Saturday as delegates neared the end of two weeks of talks aimed at producing the first international pact asking all countries to limit their greenhouse gas emissions.
IS Group has ability to create false passports: report
A new intelligence report shared with US law enforcement warns of the ability of the Islamic State group to create false passports utilizing seized Syrian government assets.
The report warned that IS has access to passport printing machines and blank passport books, raising the possibility that documents could be faked.
The source noted that there is serious concern that this capability, coupled with the group's access to government buildings could give rise to a new security threat of identity theft.
US State Department spokesman John Kirby has said that officials are "mindful" that terrorists could be making false passports.
China's new residence permits promise better public services
From next year, the Chinese government is rolling out an interim regulation on the country's residence permit system.
The regulation, published on the order of Chinese premier Li Keqiang, is part of changes being made to the household registration "hukou" system, which was set up to manage population distribution and control rural-to-urban migration.
The new regulation will ensure basic public services such as education, basic employment and automobile registration is made available to more citizens in order to promote social equity.
A temporary residence permit system for migrants drew widespread criticism for perceived injustice and inequity.
In February, the top leadership approved major reforms of the police system, abolishing temporary residence permits.
Several big cities have already implemented the new residence permit system.
China's property investment remains weak
Latest official stats show that China's real estate investment continued to slow in the first 11 months of this year.
Investment in the property sector grew merely 1.3 percent year on year, down 0.7 percentage points from the January to October period.
The National Bureau of Statistics released a series of economic indicators on its official website on Saturday.
That includes the highest-ever monthly growth in the retail sales of consumer goods, recording an 11 percent rise in the sector.
Meanwhile, the industrial output expanded 6 percent year on year last month, picking up from the 5.6-percent growth recorded in October.
The country's fixed-asset investment also moved up 10 percent year on year in the first 11 months of this year.
Britain not to send ground troops to Iraq: British defense chief
The British Defense Secretary Michael Fallon said on Friday that Britain would not send ground troops to Iraq.
Speaking at a joint news conference with U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Fallon also said that the Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi had told him that the Iraqis did not want British troops on the ground there.
Islamic State currently holds vast territories in both Iraq and Syria.
Britain has been engaged in airstrikes against Islamic State in Iraq since September 2014. On Wednesday the British House of Commons voted to support a government motion on extending the British airstrikes against Islamic State militants into Syria.
U.S. Congress approves short-term government spending bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a short-term government spending bill, to avoid a government shutdown. A short term spending bill was due to expire at midnight on Thursday local time in Washington DC.
The bill was approved by the Senate late on Thursday with just hours to go.
U.S. President Barack Obama is expected to sign it into law.
Kidnapped son of ex-Libyan leader handed to Lebanese security forces
It's reported the son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been handed over to the Lebanese security forces, Friday.
Hannibal Gaddafi had reportedly been kidnapped by an armed group in the Bekaa region.
Lebanon's New TV has aired a video showing Hanibaal Gadaffi, in which he said he was in good health.
He also said he had been kidnapped by people "loyal to the cause of Imam Moussa al-Sadr," the Shiite spiritual leader and founder of Lebanon's AMAL Movement who disappeared during a trip to Libya in 1978.
Hannibal is among a group of family members including Gaddafi's wife, son Mohammed and daughter Aisha who escaped to neighboring Algeria after the fall of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
Alibaba announces acquisition of HK's SCMP Group media assets
China's e-commerce giant Alibaba has agreed to acquire the South China Morning Post, a major English newspaper in Hong Kong.
At the same time, Alibaba is also going to buy the broadsheet's affiliated publications including the Sunday Morning Post, SCMP.com with its mobile apps, and two Chinese websites Nanzao.com and Nanzaozhinan.com.
The deal also includes the acquisition of the magazine, recruitment, outdoor media, events and conferences, education and digital media businesses of the SCMP Group.
Financial terms of the deal have not been revealed.
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