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2016-12-04

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Sport

Fencing: Foconi begins new Grand Prix season with home win

The world’s finest fencers have gathered in the Italian city of Turin as the new Grand Prix season got under way in style.

Sport

Home hope Faivre wins Val d'Isere giant slalom as French skiers dominate top five

Home snow is always an advantage and after this weekend the French skiers will not be arguing with that.

Austria

Austrians vote environmentalist over populist for presidency

Austria chooses former Green Party leader Van der Bellen over far-right populist Norbert Hofer

Spain

Flash floods kill one woman and bring chaos to southern Spain

Severe flash flooding in southern Spain has has left one woman dead and forced authorities to issue a ‘‘red alert’‘, the country’s highest public safety…

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Sport

Judo: Tokyo Grand Slam wraps up 2016 season in style

Serbian judoka Aleksandar Kukolj celebrated his second consecutive Grand Slam victory after winning the men’s -90 kilo title on the third and final day in Tokyo – the last event of the 2016…

World News

Three women gunned down in Finland after a night out

A town councillor and two journalists shot dead

USA

24 confirmed dead in Oakland party fire

Heartbreak in Oakland

Cuba

Fidel Castro's ashes laid to rest in Santiago de Cuba

The remains of Cuba’s late leader Fidel Castro have been laid to rest in Santiago de Cuba.

Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan election: acting president expected to win easily

Uzbekistan is holding its first presidential election since the death of Islam Karimov, the man who ruled the Central Asian country with an iron fist for 27…

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Victims of Colombia air crash remembered in Chapeco

Wake held for soccer plane-crash victims in Brazil The small agricultural town of Chapeco has held a wake for football players who died in a Colombian plane crash as they headed to the Copa Sudamerica

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China blinded by a blanket smog

Various parts of China are enveloped in thick fog and smog.

Cuba

Fidel Castro's remains laid to rest

The ashes of Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro have been laid to rest in the birthplace of the revolution, Santiago de Cuba.

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That's neat tiger feet at Milwaukee Zoo

Three Amur tiger cubs have made their public debut at the Milwaukee County Zoo the pair wrestled and played with each other in front of excited visitors.

Italy

Italians weigh up the pros and cons of constitutional reform

PM Renzi says 'yes' vote will boost economy

Austria

Far-right or green? Austria votes in the country's presidential election

Van der Bellen and Hofer in close election battle

World News

Russia says ISIL leader killed in North Caucasus

Russia says it has killed an ISIL leader in the North Caucasus mountains along with four other militants in a raid on a stronghold near the southern Russian city of Makhachkala, the capital of the Rep

World News

Christmas lights turned on in Bethlehem

Place of Jesus' birth marks the beginning of the festive season in traditional style.

USA

Pennsylvania recount suit dropped after failure to raise $1m bond

The Green Party has dropped its Pennsylvania recount suit making what was an incredibly small chance of overturning the election results now an impossibility.

USA

Oakland warehouse fire: building had history of complaints and violations

The warehouse's previous health and safety discrepancies have come to light as authorities say death toll could rise to as many as 40 while they try to locate the missing.

Spain

Madrid protests austerity despite minimum wage increase

Protests in Madrid against austerity measures in Spain highlighted the public’s anger at their government’s attempts to balance the books.