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Ronda Rousey weighs in ahead of UFC return

Ronda Rousey weighs in ahead of UFC return

American Ronda Rousey makes weight on 29 December for her much-anticipated return to the octagon against Bantamweight champion Amanda Nunes at UFC 207. Both fighters weighed in at 135lbs, before they stared each other down in front of the Las Vegas audience. Rouseys loss to Holly Holm last year at UFC 193 was one of the more stunning upsets in mixed martial arts history and the 29-year-old has all but disappeared for the past year. Dec 30, 2016
Walruses spotted using sea birds as toys

Walruses spotted using sea birds as toys

It turns out that walruses enjoy playing with birds. They’ve been spotted swimming underneath them to give them a surprise or, failing that, throwing their dead bodies around for a game of catch. Dec 30, 2016
Meet Freddy - the worlds tallest dog

Meet Freddy - the worlds tallest dog

Great Dane Freddy has been crowned the world’s tallest dog by Guinness World Records. Almost eight foot tall on his hind legs and weighing 14 stones, this pooch costs almost £100 pound a week to feed. Dec 30, 2016
US expels 35 Russian diplomats over election hacking claims

US expels 35 Russian diplomats over election hacking claims

President Obama’s administration has declared 35 Russian diplomats persona non grata and given them 72 hours to leave the country for alleged interference in the presidential election. The retaliatory measures also include shutting down two Russian compounds in Maryland and New York. The measures are a new low in US-Russian relations, but President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on 20 January, has called for better relations with Russia. It was not clear if he will be able to immediately overturn the measures announced. Dec 30, 2016
Lightsaber vigils held for Carrie Fisher across the US

Lightsaber vigils held for Carrie Fisher across the US

Star Wars fans gathered across the US on 28 December in honour of Carrie Fisher and held lightsabers up. Fisher played Princess Leia in the extremely successful franchise. She died on 27 December aged 60 after suffering a heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles. Dec 30, 2016

A string of 100-ft-tall hydrothermal vents has just been discovered in the Pacific Ocean

A series of previously unknown hydrothermal vents have been revealed in the poorly-explored Mariana Back-Arc south of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. It’s thought that the animals found clustering around these remote vents could include a host of new species. The vents are bristling with hairy snails, shrimps, crabs, mussels, limpets, squat lobsters, anemones and polychaete worms. Dec 29, 2016
Automatic brakes on Berlin Christmas market attack truck saved lives

Automatic brakes on Berlin Christmas market attack truck saved lives

Automatic brakes installed in the truck used in the Berlin attack on 19 December prevented more deaths.12 people were killed and 48 others injured when Anis Amri drove a truck into a busy Christmas market. Swedish truck manufacturer Scania, the brand of truck used in the attack, had Advanced Emergency Braking (AEB) installed in its trucks in 2013, to coincide with EU regulations requiring all heavy goods vehicles to have the technology fitted. Dec 29, 2016
Sheep with cone stuck on head one of RSPCAs most bizarre 2016 callouts

Sheep with cone stuck on head one of RSPCAs most bizarre 2016 callouts

The RSPCA has released a list of its strangest callouts in 2016, including a sheep that managed to get a traffic cone stuck on his head. The sheep was spotted by walkers in a field in Hertfordshire on 4 December, but luckily wasnt injured and the cone was eventually prised off. Dec 29, 2016
Rare Rothschilds giraffe born at Chester Zoo

Rare Rothschilds giraffe born at Chester Zoo

Keepers at Chester Zoo got a really cute late present for Christmas as a rare Rothschild’s giraffe was born on 26 December. Sarah Roffe, team manager for giraffes at the zoo, said: “Rothschild’s giraffes are highly endangered and so the arrival of a new calf is a major cause for celebration. The six-feet-tall youngster arrived to first time mum Tula and dad Meru at around 7am. Dec 29, 2016
33 hurt in second Philippines mystery bombing

33 hurt in second Philippines mystery bombing

A bombing at a shopping mall during an amateur boxing match in Leyte province, the Philippines, wounded 33 people on 29 December. It is the second attack on a public place in less than a week where no one has claimed responsibility. A mortar round was remotely detonated by a mobile phone. It followed a Christmas Eve grenade explosion outside a Catholic church that wounded 16 people on the southern island of Mindanao, a Muslim-dominated region where a long-running insurgency is being fought. Police said there was no indication the two attacks were linked. Dec 29, 2016
John Kerry savages Israels settler agenda

John Kerry savages Israels settler agenda

US Secretary of State John Kerry laid out his plans for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on 28 December. In a speech just weeks before the Obama administration hands over power to President-elect Donald Trump, Kerry gave a strong speech criticising both Palestine and Israel in the conflict, especially Israels settlement expansion policy. The US Secretary of State also defended the decision to allow for the passage of a U.N. resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements. Dec 29, 2016
Debbie Reynolds dies aged 84 one day after daughter Carrie Fisher

Debbie Reynolds dies aged 84 one day after daughter Carrie Fisher

Debbie Reynolds, most famous for her film role in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’, died at age 84 on 28 December. Reynolds passed just one day after the death of daughter Carrie Fisher, aged 60. It is reported that Reynolds was planning Fisher’s funeral when she suffered a stroke. Her death was confirmed by Todd Fisher, The Associated Press reported, saying the stress of his sisters death was too much for their mother. Dec 29, 2016
Sir Bradley Wiggins retires aged 36

Sir Bradley Wiggins retires aged 36

Five-time Olympic Champion and the first British Tour de France winner Sir Bradley Wiggins announced his retirement on 28 December. Wiggins made the announcement via a Facebook post, and said he had fulfilled a childhood aspiration of making a career out of the sport. Dec 28, 2016
Cute-looking bat colonies are actually bristling with arguments about food and sex

Cute-looking bat colonies are actually bristling with arguments about food and sex

Egyptian bats may look cute but they never seem to stop squabbling over food, sex and sleeping arrangements. Bats are very sociable animals and often live in large colonies of thousands individuals in a single cave, and have a lifespan of up to about 30 years. It turns out that bat communication is often targeted at a particular individual and can lead to a predictable outcome, finds a study published in the journal Scientific Reports. Dec 28, 2016
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