美联社新闻一分钟 AP 2014-12-22(在线收听

 The US and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in US policy toward the communist island in decades. President Obama made the announcement amid a series of new confidence-building measures between the two countries. Including the release of American Alan Gross and freeing ofthree Cubans jailed in the US.

 
Rescue teams searched for survivors after a five-story residential building collapsed in downtown Nairobi. Authorities are focusing on the search and rescue operation and will later investigate why the building collapsed. 
 
Blackberry is returning to its roots with a new smartphone called “The Classic”. The new phone features atraditional keyboard at a time when rival Apple and Android phones, and most smartphone customers, have embraced touchscreen. 
 
Hundreds of couples celebrated Pope Francis’ birthday with a mass tango dance in Saint Peter’s Square. ThePope greeted the dancers from his pope-mobile and sent them good wishes. 
 
Matthew Burgoyne, the AssociatedPress with AP News Minute.
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