Rain offers Australian bushfire hope, but smoke hits tennis stars 

Hopes of containing Australia's months-long bushfire crisis rose Tuesday with heavy rain forecast, but toxic smoke in Melbourne disrupted warm-up events for the year's first tennis Grand Slam.
6 confirmed dead after road collapse in NW China

Xining 14 January

Japan plans support for drone development

Wanted: Girlfriend to fly to the Moon with Japanese billionaire
A Japanese billionaire has launched an online wanted ad for a girlfriend who will fly around the Moon with him on a SpaceX rocket.
3 feared dead as al-Shabab raid police camp in NE Kenya
Three teachers are feared dead after Somali extremist group al-Shabab attacked a police camp in Garissa county in northeast Kenya early Monday.
Canada PM vows justice for victims of jet crash
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed to pursue justice for those who died as a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran last week.
Haiti memorial ceremony honors earthquake victims
A memorial ceremony has been held in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince to mark one decade since a devastating earthquake claimed more than 300,000 lives.