VIENNA -- A special session of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) general conference held here on Monday approved Argentine diplomat Rafael Mariano Grossi as its new director general.

Grossi, 58, will serve a term of four years starting from Dec. 3, succeeding Yukiya Amano, a Japanese diplomat who had held the position since 2009, and died in July well before the end of his third four-year term. (IAEA-Appoitment)

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MADRID -- Chile took over the presidency of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) here on Monday.

Chilean Environment Minister Carolina Schmidt was symbolically handed the presidency from Michal Kurtyka, the Polish climate minister, whose country hosted COP24. (Spain-Chile-COP25)

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PHNOM PENH -- Three workers died and 13 others got injured after a pagoda's dining hall that was under construction collapsed in northwest Cambodia's Siem Reap province on Monday, said a provincial administration's statement.

The deadly accident happened at around 3:00 p.m. local time at an eight-meter-high dining hall in Prasat Korkchak pagoda in Siem Reap city. (Camboida-Dining Hall-Collapse)

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BEIRUT -- A number of young Lebanese protesters broke into the Beirut Justice Palace on Monday voicing demands on the 47th day of nationwide demonstrations, Al Jadeed local TV channel reported.

Protesters demanded that the judicial system in Lebanon be free of any political interferences, in addition to investigations into corruption cases related to fuel and electricity, tax evasion and other issues. (Lebanon-Protest) Enditem

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