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2017-11-16

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Spain

Gaudi's first project opens to the public as a museum

The first project of renowned Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi, Casa Vicens, has opened to the public as a museum.

Economy

Green finance under the spotlight at Bonn COP23 talks

The issue of business and industry investment in the fight against climate change is one of the key points of the Bonn discussions at COP23

World News

Lebanon's Hariri to meet Macron in France

Lebanon's president says he hopes the crisis will come to an end now Hariri has plans to leave Saudi Arabia for France.

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Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe: Mugabe’s 'fall from Grace'

"One way or another, his power has obviously come to an end."

France

Rafael Nadal wins damages against French ex-minister over doping claim

A Paris court ordered Roselyne Bachelot to pay 12,000 euros after falsely claiming the tennis star had hidden a positive drugs test.

Turkey

German LGBT film festival banned in Turkish capital

A statement by Turkish authorities cited "public safety and terrorism risks" as the causes

USA

US to legalise importation of elephant trophies from Zimbabwe

Conservation groups have been left outraged at the move, which they say will increase poaching

Bangladesh

Heroes emerge from the Rohingya refugee crisis

Out of the tragedy unfolding along the border between Myanmar and Bangladesh as Rohingya flee persecution, heroes have emerged who have gone above and beyond to help those in dire need

Serbia

Serbian & US paratroopers train together

A little more than a decade ago US and Serbian forces were at loggerheads in the Balkans. Now they are training together with a view to an eventual Serbian-NATO partnership.

Brazil

Watch: Beached whale draws crowds in Rio de Janeiro

Authorities have warned beachgoers to stay away from the 30-ton mammal.

Myanmar

Widespread rape and people burnt alive in Myanmar, says NGO

Rohingya Muslims have been telling their horrifying accounts to Save the Children.

United Kingdom

UK theatre details 20 allegations of Kevin Spacey’s ‘inappropriate behaviour’

The actor and ex-artistic director of the Old Vic has not yet commented on the claims against him.

Italy

Ikea trolls Italian football team

Ikea mocked the Italian football team on Twitter after they failed to qualify for the World Cup 2018.

Green News

Fei Fei Sun, Spectacles, and Ferrari

Five things to know this week

Sport

WADA upholds suspension risking Russian Olympic boycott

WADA is maintaining Russia's suspension from most international sports, all but ruling out participation in the 2018 Winter Olympics, and threatening a Russian boycott of the next Summer games.

USA

Salvator Mundi: stunning backstory of Leonardo's long-lost masterpiece

There are many Salavator Mundis.

Europe News

Dutch show the way to deal with climate change

United Kingdom

Grenfell fire death toll rises as police give final figure

A stillborn infant, Baby Logan, has also been recorded as a victim.

USA

Listed: the world’s most-expensive paintings sold at auction

What other works of art have collectors paid millions of euros for?

USA

Genetic mutation found in secluded Amish community could make them live longer

An estimated 5 percent of the Bern Amish community carries a genetic mutation, which causes them to produce low levels of a protein that could slow ageing and prevent Type 2 diabetes