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In January this year, Venezuela's opposition chief Juan Guaido declared himself interim president.

A defeat for Netanyahu would be a shock, but even a relatively close result could weaken his influence over the conservative party he has dominated for 20 years.

Typhoon Phanfone, with winds of 195 kilometres an hour, tore roofs off houses and toppled electric posts as it cut across the Philippines on Wednesday.

Thirty-five civilians, including 31 women, and seven soldiers were killed Tuesday in simultaneous attacks which lasted for several hours.

Negligent forces in Egypt and Jordan caused the death of multiple US-trained sniffer dogs forcing the US to stop sending trained dogs to those countries.

Surfer miraculously survives a great white shark attack and will be spending Christmas at home with family.

Francis will at noon on Wednesday give the traditional Christmas Day mass -- his seventh -- addressed to the world in front of St Peter's Square.

While trying to save drowning nine-year-old, her father and brother drowned in the Club La Costa World pool as well.

The typhoon toppled houses and trees and blacked out cities in the Philippines' most storm-prone region, but no deaths were reported.

The document dump came just before Christmas, when many officials already are on holiday.

Thousands of Palestinians and foreigners converged in Bethlehem, revered by Christians as the birthplace of Jesus, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

As part of a prisoner rehabilitation programme more than 1000 criminals, including murderers, rapists, and drug-dealers, are set to go home for a six-day Christmas break from prison.

EasyJet cabin crew has been instructed to greet passengers in a gender-neutral way after receiving a complaint from a passenger.

Twelve people were treated for minor injuries, with five taken to hospital.

The Queen's children and grandchildren have frequently been caught up in mischief, but few of their problems have approached the one now facing Prince Andrew.

Gamers from mainland China are fighting with pro-democracy protestors through "GTA Online" with the former flaunting an upper hand.

Li Keqiang visited a bank in Chengdu a day before Tuesday's trilateral summit with the leaders of South Korea and Japan in the southwestern city.

Pelosi, the speaker of the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives, said she is not yet ready to name her team for Trump's trial in the Senate.

Anti-government demonstrators burned tyres in major cities across the south, forcing the closure of schools and government buildings.

The two sides will have just 11 months to settle that agreement following Britain's formal departure from the EU on January 31.

Chester Grosvenor received negative social media attention by refusing to lend their defibrillator to save an elderly man who had suffered a heart attack outside the hotel.

The fresh advances in Idlib came as Russian warplanes continued to pummel the province's south.

Morrison's conservative government has fiercely defended the lucrative coal industry in Australia.

The initially peaceful rally became chaotic when a small group of protesters removed a Chinese flag from a nearby government building and tried to burn it.

Fires are burning almost the entire length of Australia's east coast.

Trump is charged with abuse of office and obstruction of Congress.

The former vice president's imitation caused a stir on social media as people questioned whether he was mocking individuals with speech impediments.

A final vote on Johnson's separation terms will come when lawmakers return from their Christmas break early next month.

Around 50 MPs, led by Mark Francois of the hardline anti-EU European Research Group, are backing the request.