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BEIJING – China’s Foreign Ministry says that new commercial flight routes off China’s southeast coast that Taiwan objects to are part of an effort to ease the country’s chronic flight delays. China’s Civil Aviation Administration says it will open four new routes from March 5. Taiwan has complained that one …

PARIS – The Eurostar train service is resuming full service but experiencing delays, two days after smoky cargo caused a shutdown of traffic beneath the English Channel. Eurostar warned of delays of about an hour on trains Monday. Thousands of passengers were stranded or had their travel disrupted when all …

ALGIERS, Algeria – Algeria’s prime minister says that plans to drill the country’s abundant shale gas reserves have been scrapped. Wednesday’s statement comes in the wake of a string of protests in the southern desert cities over environmental concerns near where drilling had already begun. Despite high profile announcements in …