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The evacuation of rebel-held Aleppo should be completed on Thursday or Friday, the Red Cross says.
BBC News – Middle East

Brazil’s biggest construction company, Odebrecht, has admitted in a US court to paying bribes to officials to secure contracts.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

Concrete barriers are installed as the Berlin market where a lorry attacker killed 12 reopens.
BBC News – Europe

Two guilty over Bath tipper truck crash that killed four people, including 4-year-old girl, but driver acquitted
BBC News – UK

Donald Trump appoints one of his advisers, a strong critic of China, to a top US trade post.
BBC News – US & Canada

Opposition MPs in Kenya storm out of parliament, claiming they have been assaulted in the house.
BBC News – Africa

It was no surprise to see and hear how engaged in practice Thunder players were on Tuesday at the INTEGRIS Thunder Development Center.
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UK companies must retain “barrier-free” access to European markets after Brexit, the CBI warns.
BBC News – Business

The Syrian army calls on the last remaining rebels to leave eastern Aleppo, as evacuations continue.
BBC News – Middle East

An explosion at a fireworks market outside Mexico City kills at least 26 people, officials say.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

So-called Islamic State says one of its militants carried out the deadly Berlin lorry attack.
BBC News – Europe

The UK and Argentina sign a deal to identify 123 Argentine soldiers buried on the Falkland Islands.
BBC News – UK

Barack Obama has permanently banned offshore drilling in the “vast majority” of northern US waters.
BBC News – US & Canada

More than 20 die in clashes in DR Congo over the president’s failure to give up power, the UN says.
BBC News – Africa

Russell Westbrook rose up for a game-winning three-pointer with under three seconds to go.
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“School of Rickey” opens with an Oakland graffiti artist named Vogue spray-painting a mural of Rickey Henderson: the young Man of Steal in his A’s uniform, grinning as the city glints in the reflection of his […]

A French court finds IMF chief Christine Lagarde guilty of negligence but does not penalise her.
BBC News – Business

Thousands of Syrians, including 47 orphans, leave besieged Aleppo in one of the biggest evacuations yet.
BBC News – Middle East

Venezuela’s leader defends withdrawing a major banknote, saying it has smashed the black market.
BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean

The Russian ambassador to Ankara is wounded in a gun attack while visiting a photo exhibition.
BBC News – Europe