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Cult

The Sydney 'Fifties Fair' a look back at a time of unique design

Australia is celebrating the unique design of the 1950’s from fashion to furnishings.

Poland

Treasure hunters excavate site of a buried Nazi "gold train"

A team of treasure hunters searching for a Nazi "gold train" have started excavations on the sight where the legendary train supposedly vanished in southwest Poland near the Czech border 1945.

USA

Check out time: the famed Riviera Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is no more

The historic Riviera Hotel and Casino has been demolished to make room for the new convention centre expansion.

Greece

Four die in Greek boat collision near the island of Aegina close to Athens

Four people have been killed and at least five injured after pleasure boat with 20 people on board collided with a speedboat near the Greek island of Aegina, close to Athens.

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Yemen

UN condemns targeting of schools and hospitals in Yemen

The Saudi led military coalition continues to bombard Yemen from the air.

World News

Four dead after two boats collide near the Greek island of Aegina close to Athens

At least four people have been killed and five others injured after a speedboat and pleasure boat collided off the Greek island of Ageina close to Athens, according to the Greek coastguard.

World News

Fatal earthquake hits Andean villages in southern Peru

A fatal earthquake has hit the Caylloma province in the copper-producing region of Arequipa in southern Peru.

USA

Trump's campaign chief linked to Kyiv cash scandal

Ukraine's National Anti-Corruption Bureau say secret documents link Paul Manafort, Donald Trump's campaign manager, to $12.7m in 'off the books payments' from the party of ousted president Viktor Yanu

Turkey

More mass arrests in Turkey as police raid Istanbul law courts

Turkish police have raided offices at three Istanbul courts after arrest warrants were issued for 173 judicial staff.

France

Forty-five injured after firecrackers spark panic in southern France

As many forty-five people have been injured in a French holiday resort close to Nice after firecrackers prompted panic.

South Korea

South Koreans protest deployment of US anti-missile defence system

Hundreds of South Koreans have had their heads shaved in protest over a government decision to install a US manufactured anti-missile defence unit.

Cult

'Love and Hate' Michael Kiwanuka's new album tops the pops

The first single to be released from Michael Kiwanuka's new album 'Love and Hate' is 'Black Man in a White World.'

Brazil

Brazil's former president Lula to stand trial on charges related to the Petrobras scandal

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is to stand trial on obstruction of justice charges related to the Petrobras corruption scandal.

Syria

Fatal air strike targets Syrian maternity hospital

A maternity hospital in Syria’s Idlib province supported by Save the Children has been hit by an air strike.

Syria

Syrian opposition reject humanitarian corridors as a ploy to empty Aleppo

The United Nations has called on Russia to allow the UN and aid agencies to monitor the four humanitarian corridors out of the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

Sport

Gonzalo Higuain the €90m bianconero

Much to the fury and chagrin of the fans of Napoli Gonzalo Higuain has been unveiled as a Juventus player.

Sport

Threadbare Russian Olympic team en route to Rio

A threadbare Russian Olympic team gathered at Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport to board a flight to Rio.

Sport

Eleven weightlifters, including six medalists, retest positive from London 2012

The International Weightlifting Federation has announced that 11 weightlifters, including six medalists, have tested positive in retests on samples taken at the 2012 London Olympics.

Sport

"Roos" loos ready in Rio as team Australia returns to the Olympic Village

Australia's athletes have finally moved into the Olympic Village in Rio after work was carried out to remedy blocked toilets, leaky pipes and exposed electrical wiring.

Sport

Aussie rowers up the creek without a paddle

The Australian rowing team are a last minute substitution for the Rio Olympics, but are having to use a borrowed boat as their's is still back in Australia.

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