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Weeks of talks after the elections have brought political and economic uncertainty to Europe's largest economy.

An Olympian question for Pyeongchang Winter Games organisers to wrestle with: to give or not to give the Galaxy phone to 22 North Korean athletes.

Muhiyidin d'Baha, who was filmed jumping through barrier to take down controversial flag in Charleston, dies after New Orleans shooting.

The Syrian regime claimed that most of the projectiles fired by Israeli forces were intercepted.

Photos show buildings in Hualien leaning at sharp angles, their lowest floors crushed into mangled heaps of concrete, shattered glass and bent iron beams.

"What the world needs right now is capitalism with a conscience," Carrey said.

A video posted by Russian space agency Roscomos shows the badminton shuttle zip across in zero gravity as ISS astronauts float about playing the game.

An artist has started a movement against designs in cities which prevent homeless people seeking shelter.

Satellite images show ongoing construction at North Korea's Yonbong-ni base, which when completed will be able to house 54 hovercrafts.

Officials at the Washington State Department of Early Learning have launched an investigation that may take at least 30 days.

Pyongyang blasts South Korean protesters for being "accustomed to sycophancy toward the US".

A morgue worker was sacked after it was revealed that he had sex with the corpse of a murdered Russian reality star.

Spanish police are investigating after a child gave birth at Virgen de la Arrixaca hospital in the city of Murcia, in southeastern Spain.

A Girl Scout has become an internet sensation after sell over 300 boxes of cookies when she set up outside one of California's new legal weed dispensaries.

Denmark has proposed banning full-face Islamic veils like the niqab and the burqa in public with the justice minister saying they were "incompatible" with Danish values.

A Peta activist was spotted discussing the fur trade while only wearing a white bikini, bunny ear, tail and a pair of gloves near the Olympics rings of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Students at all-girls Burntwood School in Wandsworth suspected of taking strong prescription drugs.

Two policemen in South Africa are accused of homophobic attack on a gay couple found having sex in a car.

British backpackers get rude awakening as overnight flooding pushes up level of crocodile-infested waters, forcing trio to wait for help on roof of van.

Katie Hopkins claims she has been detained at a Johannesburg Airport and had her passport confiscated on grounds of inciting racial hatred.

Washington and Pyongyang swap nuclear warnings again as they accuse each other of ratcheting up tensions on Korean peninsula.

Poland's president says he will sign a bill outlawing suggestions the Polish nation or state was complicit in Nazi crimes.

Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte ordered the destruction of 20 sports cars worth $1.2m (£860,000), which had been smuggled into the country illegally.

Speaking at a GOP event in Ohio, the president accused Democrats of behaviour that could amount to "treason".

Global children's charity Unicef launches pilot scheme asking gamers to create Ethereum to fund emergency aid in Syria.

"What will it take for the Republicans to actually stand up to this madness?" One Twitter user asked.

A victim has spoken out about finding his sexually explicit images on MaleGeneral, after sharing them with a Grindr match.

Maldives' former president Mohamed Nasheed has sought India's diplomatic and military help to bring the political situation under control.

"You must have calculations against Turkey, Iran or maybe Russia," said the Turkish president.