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With temperature data showing 2014 currently tied for the hottest year on record, the U.N. weather agency on Dec. 4 rejected claims that global warming has paused.

The World Meteorological Organization said the global average temperature in January-October was 0.57 Celsius (1.03 Fahrenheit) above average, the same as in record hot year 2010.

Although employment barriers have dropped significantly around the world, many young Greeks would still rather look for work in Greece, according to a survey carried out across 189 countries by the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and The Network, which comprises 50 leading job websites including Greece’s skywalker.gr.

The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved an Arab-backed resolution Dec. 3 calling on Israel to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and put its nuclear facilities under international oversight.

Militants of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) battling for the capture of the Syrian town of Kobane suffered some of their heaviest losses yet in 24 hours of clashes and U.S.-led air strikes, monitors said Nov. 30.

BELGRADE - The departure of the Viking Amble from the Belgrade port on Friday, with its cargo of US passengers, marked the end of this year's tourist season when it comes to shipping, which saw around 70,000 passengers enter the city on cruisers.

Professor Yiannis Tzifopoulos on Thursday apologized for comments that those in positions of power should act along “fascist” lines.

In a statement on Thursday, Tzifopoulos, who on Tuesday resigned as deputy rector of Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University over the incident, said he had used the phrase metaphorically.

The United Nations on Nov. 25 adopted a resolution on protecting digital privacy that for the first time urged governments to offer redress to citizens targeted by mass surveillance.
      

There was another day of tension at Greek universities on Tuesday, with a senior academic resigning in Thessaloniki and students disrupting a senate meeting in the northern city.

Professor Ioannis Tzifopoulos on Tuesday resigned as deputy rector of Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University following the release by a group of philosophy students of television footage in which he commented that those in positions of power should be “fascistized.”

Britain led at the International Emmy Awards Monday, with three trophies going to British television series at the ceremony honoring the best TV programming outside the United States.