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Russia’s President Putin rules out a tit-for-tat expulsion of US diplomats amid a row over hacking.
BBC News – US & Canada

Mali sends back two people deported from France on the same planes they came on.
BBC News – Africa

MEMPHIS – The Thunder has an ability to play at a high level in a number of different formats – in an up-tempo game, a s
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MIAMI — In the first quarter of a 106-94 Thunder win
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The A’s endured more difficulties in 2016, sustaining their second consecutive last-place American League West finish in a season marred by injuries and inconsistencies, with few bright spots chronicled along the […]

House price growth was “stable in 2016” but is likely to slow next year, Nationwide says.
BBC News – Business

Turkey says it is working with Russia on a ceasefire across Syria to take effect before the new year.
BBC News – Middle East

Colombia approves a law offering amnesty to some accused of minor crimes in a decades-long conflict.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

A leading Turkish investigative journalist, Ahmet Sik, is held over social media postings, police say.
BBC News – Europe

Children convicted by courts in England and Wales should be given lifetime anonymity, says a review.
BBC News – UK

Hollywood musical star Debbie Reynolds dies a day after her film star daughter Carrie Fisher.
BBC News – US & Canada

At least 50 people die as heavy floods hit the south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
BBC News – Africa

MIAMI – A first quarter run did the requisite damage.
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The American League champion Indians were just one of 15 teams in the AL, and each one had its own Game of the Year. In consultation with the MLB.com beat reporters for every team, here are the best individual […]

Italian lender Monte dei Paschi faces a capital shortfall of €8.8bn, higher than the €5bn previously estimated by the bank.
BBC News – Business

A US air strike reportedly disables the last functioning bridge over the River Tigris in IS-held Mosul.
BBC News – Middle East

Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is charged over corruption allegations.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Air experts in Russia examine the first of the flight recorders found from Sunday’s plane crash.
BBC News – Europe

Middle-aged people in England face a health crisis because of unhealthy lifestyles, experts warn.
BBC News – UK

Japan’s PM Shinzo Abe visits the site of a devastating 1941 attack on the US Pearl Harbor naval base.
BBC News – US & Canada