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The leader of Greece's far-right Golden Dawn party was on Wednesday sentenced to 13 years in jail. The court also handed Giorgos Roupakias, a self-confessed Golden Dawn member, a life sentence for the 2013 murder of the anti-fascist campaigner and hip-hop artist, Pavlos Fyssas. Nikos Michaloliakos and six of the party's...

A NEW limited-edition 50p coin has been released – and here’s how you can get your hands on it. The Royal Mint launched the new comparative coins depicting the beloved children’s story monster, The Gruffalo. Known for his orange eyes, poisonous wart and purple prickles – the beast will be available...

Thousands of prefabricated rooms fill a vast field on the outskirts of China’s Shijiazhuang city as construction crews work around the clock to erect a large quarantine facility to curb the city’s growing Covid-19 outbreak. China has largely brought the virus under control even as the rest of the...

Cathay Pacific has promised to honour discounted first class and business class flights which were mistakenly sold at a fraction of their true value. The airline was offering Vietnam to New York tickets at £535 ($675). The price in September had been £12,700 ($16,000). Other flights from Vietnam to US airports...

U.S. Custom and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Miami International Airport (MIA) seized almost a half-million dollars being smuggled out of the United States in furniture. The shipment was destined to the Dominican Republic and was selected for examination during outbound enforcement operations. On Sept. 3, CBP officers...

A performance of John Cage's ORGAN/ASLSP at a German church just changed chords — for the first time in almost seven years. The organ will continue to play the piece for as long as the instrument survives. A new sound was heard in a medieval church in the German town...

Georgia will conduct a statewide recount of ballots cast in the election between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday. “With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by-hand recount in each county,” Raffensperger said at a press conference. Raffensperger, a...

Santander is to close 140 branches, putting 1,270 jobs at risk, the bank announced on Wednesday. The company is in talks with unions to try to find new roles for staff affected where possible and said it expects a third to be redeployed. Customers will be supported in finding alternative branches...

An equity market rally since the US election has provided a fillip for many hedge funds and other investors who had bet October's selloff was a buying opportunity. The S&P 500 dropped 7.5 per cent in the final three weeks of October, but has since bounced back 5 per cent,...

A Bosnian minister for veterans affairs died Wednesday after contracting the novel coronavirus, state television channel BHRT reported. Salko Bukvarevic, 53, held the cabinet post in Bosnia's Muslim-Croat entity, one of the country's two main administrative regions. He had been hospitalised for health complications from the virus and was placed Monday...