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Gunmen launch deadly attack on Coptic church At least 10 people have been killed in the attack, including two police officers who tried to stop the men. Islamist militants have increasingly targeted the Coptic Christian community, carrying out attacks on churches.

Two gunmen on Friday opened fire outside a church on the outskirts of Cairo before attempting to storm the building, leaving five people dead, including two police officers. Egypt has witnessed a massive spike in attacks against the countryʼs Coptic Christian community and its places of worship over the past year.

Russia vetoes last-ditch bid to save probe into gas attacks in Syria Russia used its veto twice in 24 hours to deny a new mandate to the UN team looking into chemical weapon attacks in Syria.

Moscow said it would not extend the mandate of the probe without fixing its "fundamental flaws."

Tensions were running high in the UN Security Council on Friday after Russia vetoed a lastditch motion by Japan to continue the UN-led investigation into chemical weapons use in Syria. The move comes only a day after Russiavetoed a separate US draft resolutionto extend the probe, and its own draft was in turn rejected by the US, UK, and France.

Moscow has repeatedly criticized the findings of the UN-backed investigative body, dubbed Joint Investigative Mechanism (JIM) as biased and inaccurate. Last week, JIM released a report blaming the Syrian regime for the chemical attack which killed around 100 people in the town of Khan Sheikhoun in April.

Russia rejected it as "invented" and insisted that the body needed to reform.

NATO chief predicts increased dialogue with Russia in 2018 Towards normalization?

Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance supports improvements to "political dialogue" and "military lines of communication." NATO-Russia relations reached a post-Cold War low after Moscowʼs illegal annexation of Crimea.

Ousted Venezuelan opposition leader escapes house arrest, flees to Spain Ousted Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma has likened his escape to a film. He plans to take the fight against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro abroad.

The ousted opposition mayor of Caracas arrived in Spain on Saturday after orchestrating a daring escape from house arrest in Venezuela. Antonio Ledezma landed in Madrid from Bogota, Colombia, where he arrived a day earlier after slipping across the border. He was greeted by his wife and two daughters who live in Spain.

Ledezma said he planned to organize resistance from abroad to President Nicolas Maduro, under whose rule

millions of Venezuelans have suffered from shortages of food and other basic supplies. "I am going to travel the world to spread the hope of all Venezuelans to escape this regime, this dictatorship," Ledezma said. The 62-year-old opposition figure was removed as mayor of Caracas and arrested in 2015 on allegations he sought to topple Maduro. He was later put under house arrest due to health issues. Ledezma was one of the opposition leaders who led protests against the government in 2014, which also resulted in the arrest of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez.

He remains under house arrest.

What does Mario Gomezʼs return mean to Stuttgart?

Stuttgart are desperate for goals as the team have failed to put the ball in the back of the net in their last four Bundesliga matches. Is the return of striker Mario Gomez what they have been missing?

Usually there isnʼt a dry season in Stuttgart as the city receives moderate precipitation year-round but when it comes to goals, this December has been the driest of months for the Swabians.

Zero goals in their last four games have amounted to zero points, leaving the team just two points away from the relegation zone. Last season the club re-

lied heavily on striker Simon Teroddeʼs nose for goal. The player had four assists and scored 25 goals in 32 games, becoming the top scorer in Germany’s second division. However, it has been a different story ever since Stuttgart’s promotion. Terodde, a striker with minimal top-flight experience, has only managed one assist and two goals in 15 matches this Bundesliga season. The club have announced Terodde is moving to Cologne, leaving a gap in Stuttgartʼs attack which they have quickly filled by signing their former striker Mario Gomez from Wolfsburg.

Deadly fire sweeps Bronx apartment building in New York A fire in a New York apartment building killed at least 12 people with many more seriously injured, US officials said. The fire broke out in a five-story story building in the Bronx. The death toll is expected to rise. At least 12 people were killed in the New York blaze that started on a cold Thursday night, marking the "worst fire in several decades" in the metropolis. The fire originated on the first floor of a fivefloor building in New York Cityʼs Bronx borough. A one-year-old child was among the victims.

Drunken Ukrainian truck driver rams German police car One German police officer has been killed and two of her colleagues injured after their car was rammed by a Ukrainian truck. The driver, who was drunk when the accident occurred, is in police custody. A 48year-old Ukrainian truck driver rammed a German police car that was waiting for him on the shoulder of the A61 freeway after being alerted by Dutch police, killing one officer and seriously injuring two more. The driver was later apprehended and is currently in police custody according to the Mönchengladbach police department in the German state of North RhineWestphalia.

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White rhino killed Sandro Wagner joins Bayern Munich Wagner, whose form under Julian by suspected Nagelsmann has put him in with a poachers at French shot of a World Cup spot, said: "Iʼm coming back home." zoo The break-in at the Thoiry wildlife park near Paris is suspected as poaching. Rhino horns fetch thousands on the black market.

Zookeepers at the Thoiry zoo and wildlife park made the grisly discovery on Tuesday after an overnight attack. "Staff left the rhino enclosure on Monday. When they returned on Tuesday, an animal had been killed and its two horns had been sawn off," a police spokeswoman told news agency AFP. The 4-year-old white male rhinoceros named Vince had been shot three times in the head. His main horn was stolen, the policewoman said. The second horn was partially cut, leading the zoo to believe the poacher or poachers may have been disturbed or suffered equipment failure. The zoo said the intruders broke through a gate and forced through two doors to reach the animal, without disturbing the five staff members who live on site. The wildlife park is also equipped with security cameras.

Serena Williams to return to tennis in Abu Dhabi

After weeks of rumors, Bayern Munich have finally confirmed the signing of Hoffenheim striker Sandro Wagner for a reported fee of €12 million ($14.25 million). The Germany international joins the Bundesliga champions after two successful years at Hoffenheim, in which he scored 18 goals, and played a key part in the team qualifying for Europe last season.

Wagner started his professional career at Bayern in the 2007/8 season. He made his Bundesliga debut with the club, before moving elsewhere in or-

der to secure more game time. The Munich-born striker then went on to play for Duisburg, Werder Bremen, Hertha Berlin and Darmstadt, before joining Hoffenheim. "A long journey has come to an end for me, Iʼm coming back home to my club," said Wagner after the deal was confirmed. "Bayern is one of the worldʼs biggest clubs."

Wagner is expected to join the clubas a backup for prolific Polish striker Robert Lewandowski; unusually for a front man, he will play with the number 2 on the back of his jersey.

What to do when you break a tooth Accidents can happen suddenly, and a tooth can be chipped or broken off.

In most cases, itʼs the upper incisors that are chipped, broken or knocked out. A dentist can try to reattach a chipped-off fragment of a tooth if it still exists, but it has to be intact. If nothing is done, broken-off fragments of teeth dry out within a few minutes.

Their cells die off. After only a short time, the tooth becomes unsalvageable and canʼt be repaired. Broken-off tooth fragments can be preserved for

about 30 minutes in saliva, plastic foil or long-life milk. Then go as soon as possible to your dentist or a dental clinic. If youʼve lost the fragment that has broken off and the damage to whatʼs left of the tooth in your mouth is not too great, the dentist can replace the fragment with a filling.

More severely damaged incisors may be repaired with dental veneers, wafer-thin shells of porcelain bonded to the teeth. If the tooth has been lost or destroyed completely, it will have to be replaced by a denture, a bridge or an implant.

The former world number one will make her comeback this month after birth of her first child. The 36-yearold will take on the reigning French Open champion. American tennis star and former world number one Serena Williams is set to make her comeback on December 30 after birth of her first child. The 36-year-old will play her first competitive match in 11 months in the United Arab Emirates. Serena Williams will play an exhibition match on the final day of the Mubadala event on December 30, tournament organizers announced Sunday.

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Mourning geckos donʼt need males Some animal species can do very well without male partners. Mourning geckos are just one of many examples. Their reproduction method — known as parthenogenesis — is our natural phenomenon of the week.

More or less once every two to four weeks over her five-year lifespan, the female mourning gecko goes through the same ritual: The reptile begins the search for a well-protected place to hide one or two of her eggs. Fifty to 75 days later, new geckos hatch from these eggs. Not very spectacular, right? But the nocturnal climbers look exactly like their mother. And if they lay egg, once they reach maturity after eight months, their offspring will look exactly like them. Thatʼs because mourning geckos clone themselves — and all of them are female.

No males are required to reproduce.

That reptiles do not need males is not totally unusual in nature and various other species do the same. Some crabs, snails, and plants as well as komodo dragons and single-celled organisms — all of them come into the world alive and well without a male.

The process behind this is called parthenogenesis which means something like "virgin birth."

Cambodia charges 2 journalists with espionage The arrests are the latest in a widening crackdown on media and the opposition in Cambodia ahead of elections next year. The move further strains ties between the United States and Cambodia.

Two Cambodian journalists who worked for a US-funded radio station were charged with espionage on Saturday, the latest move in a widening crackdown on critics of authoritarian Prime Minister Hun Sen. Uon Chhin and Yeang Socheameta, former journalists of the Washingtonbased Radio Free Asia, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly providing information to a foreign power. The offense carries up to 15-years in prison. Radio Free Asiaʼs Phnom Penh bureau closed its office in September, citing "intimidation" and threats that it was violating tax and registration regulations. The Cambodia Daily newspaper reported the two journalists were accused of setting up broadcasting equipment in the capital and sending news reports to Radio Free Asiaʼs Washington bureau.