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8 January 2018: Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity
6 January 2018: Mysterious dimming of Tabby’s star likely due to space dust, not alien superstructures, say scientists
4 January 2018: England: Multi-storey carpark in Liverpool gutted by fire, 1,300 vehicles destroyed
4 January 2018: Tennis: Andy Murray withdraws from Australian Open
3 January 2018: Scaffolding collapses in Copenhagen
31 December 2017: United States: New York City mayoral swear-in to pair potential 2020 presidential prospects
30 December 2017: Football: Liverpool reaches agreement with Southampton FC to sign van Dijk
30 December 2017: Israel transport minister Katz plans to name a railway station after US president Donald Trump
30 December 2017: Belgium stops telegram services
29 December 2017: Liberia: Former football striker George Weah wins presidential election

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Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity Afghanistan: More than 40 killed in explosions in Kabul Israeli Health minister Ya’akov Litzman resigns in protest after Jews made to work on Jewish rest day	Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam Wikinews attends ComicCon in Bangalore, India Kazakhstan: President Nazarbayev signs decree to change Kazakh characters from Cyrillic to Latin-based script	England: Multi-storey carpark in Liverpool gutted by fire, 1,300 vehicles destroyed Scaffolding collapses in Copenhagen Russia: Runaway bus kills at least four in entrance to Moscow Metro station	Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam CMHC: housing market in Canada ‘highly vulnerable’

Education	Environment	Health	Obituaries
Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say Detroit teachers stage sickout to protest working conditions as Obama visits Time magazine names Ahmed Mohamed to ‘Most Influential Teens of 2015’	U.S. government report says climate change is human-made Researchers find preserving spotted owl habitat may not require a tradeoff with wildfire risk after all India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities	England: Baby born with heart outside body operated on; surviving, three weeks after birth Arrangement of light receptors in the eye may cause dyslexia, scientists say Publisher withdraws book about Nelson Mandela’s final days after family complaint	Charles Manson, serving nine life sentences for 1969 murders, dies aged 83 US rock artist Tom Petty dies at 66 British actor Tony Booth dies at 85

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Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity United States: New York City mayoral swear-in to pair potential 2020 presidential prospects Liberia: Former football striker George Weah wins presidential election	Belgium stops telegram services United States Senate prepares for floor vote on Net Neutrality Researchers report rapid formation of new bird species in Galápagos islands	Tennis: Andy Murray withdraws from Australian Open Football: Liverpool reaches agreement with Southampton FC to sign van Dijk UEFA Champions League 2017–2018: Draw for Last 16 held at Nyon	Wikinews interviews producer of horror film ‘6:66PM’ India Supreme Court overrules High Court: rivers Yamuna, Ganga no longer living entities Google blocks home device from responding to Burger King commercial

Africa	Asia	Oceania	Central America
Liberia: Former football striker George Weah wins presidential election Zimbabwe: Robert Mugabe resigns presidency after military coup, threat of impeachment DR Congo: Train crash kills more than 30 in Lualaba province	Afghanistan: More than 40 killed in explosions in Kabul Singapore announces driverless buses on public roads from 2022 GM posts first annual loss since 1992	Australia bars North Korea’s U-19 football team from entering country citing ‘illegal nuclear programmes’ New South Wales police extradict ‘self-healer’ Hongchi Xiao from London over death of six-year-old boy at conference Australia: Victorian government to trial driverless vehicles on public roads	Fifteen states sue United States President Donald Trump for cancelling program for undocumented immigrant minors Gunmen murder Honduran indigenous leader Berta Cáceres Guatemalan Supreme Court approves impeachment of President Molina

Europe	Middle East	North America	South America
Scaffolding collapses in Copenhagen Belgium stops telegram services England: Fire at London Zoo kills aardvark, meerkats believed dead	Saudi Arabia: Princes arrested after protesting austerity Israel transport minister Katz plans to name a railway station after US president Donald Trump Israeli chess players barred at chess tournament in Saudi Arabia	United States: New York City mayoral swear-in to pair potential 2020 presidential prospects Apple, Inc. confirms acquisition of Shazam Charles Manson, serving nine life sentences for 1969 murders, dies aged 83	Italian court sentences Brazilian footballer Robinho to nine years for 2013 sexual assault Researchers report rapid formation of new bird species in Galápagos islands Hurricane Nate weakens as it reaches United States

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