While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, Dec 18 edition
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Chinese J-15 fighter jets waiting on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the Bohai Sea, off China's northeast coast, on an undisclosed date in December 2016.
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China to return seized US drone, says Washington 'hyping up' incident
China will return an underwater US drone seized by a naval vessel this week in the South China Sea, both countries said, but Beijing complained the United States had been "hyping up" the incident.
The drone, known as an unmanned underwater vehicle, was taken on Thursday, the first seizure of its kind in recent memory. The Pentagon went public with its complaint after the action and said on Saturday it had secured a deal to get the drone back.
On its website, however, China's defence ministry was critical: "China decided to return it to the US side in an appropriate manner, and China and the US have all along been in communication about it.
"During this process, the US side's unilateral and open hyping up is inappropriate, and is not beneficial to the smooth resolution of this issue. We express regret at this,."
'Unpresidented' Trump tweet on China sets off deluge of mockery
US President-elect Donald Trump got plenty of attention - but not the kind he was looking for - after a tweet calling out China for its seizure of an unmanned US naval probe.
"China steals United States Navy research drone in international waters - rips it out of water and takes it to China in unpresidented (sic) act," the real estate magnate wrote on his favourite platform.
"Unpresidented" quickly became a top trending topic on Twitter in the United States, as online wags savaged the incoming president for the unfortunate misspelling. "Dear world, most Americans really wish we could be #unpresidented," one Twitter user wrote.
Henry Heimlich, doctor who devised manoeuvre to save choking victims, dies - media
Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a manoeuvre credited with saving thousands of choking victims but who damaged his standing as a proponent of the curative powers of malaria, has died at the age of 96.
Heimlich, a doctor who developed a life-saving technique to dislodge airway blockages, died at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati of complications from a massive heart attack he suffered on Monday, his family said in a statement.
A thoracic surgeon who often feuded with the established medical community, Heimlich said the manoeuvre which was named after him saved more than 100,000 lives. He claimed to have used it himself last May on Patty Ris, 87, another resident of the Cincinnati retirement home where he lived.
Swopping seat saved my life, says Chapecoense plane crash survivor Alan Ruschel
Alan Ruschel, a defender with Brazil's Chapecoense football club who miraculously survived the plane crash which wiped out most of the team last month, says a seat swop saved his life.
Crying in his first press conference since last month's disaster, Ruschel said he would do "everything" to get back on the pitch when he has recovered from his injuries.
The left back was one of just six people to emerge alive from the airliner that slammed on Nov 28 into a mountainside near Medellin, Colombia. Ruschel, 27, said a twist of fate made the difference: a request from club director Cadu Gaucho to change seats and move further up the aircraft.
Football: Chelsea turn it up to 11, Ibra lifts Man United
Diego Costa earned Chelsea a 1-0 victory at Crystal Palace as the Premier League leaders claimed a club record-equalling 11th consecutive league victory.
Costa headed home Cesar Azpilicueta's cross in the 43rd minute at a foggy Selhurst Park to send Antonio Conte's men nine points clear.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored twice as Manchester United won 2-0 at West Bromwich Albion, while champions Leicester City weathered the dismissal of Jamie Vardy to come from 2-0 down and draw 2-2 at Stoke City.
