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Authorities trying to piece together the final days before Stephen Paddock unleashed his arsenal of powerful firearms on country music fans at a Las Vegas show have at least one potential trove of information: his gambling habits. CBC | World News

AT LEAST two people are in a critical condition following an explosion as air ambulance crews were scrambled after neighbours reported hearing a “massive bang”. Daily Express :: News Feed

LEFT-WING French MPs have launched an ambitious bid to remove all European Union flags from their parliament building in Paris, asking: “Do we have to bear it anymore?” Daily Express :: News Feed

THE mystery of the Baltic Sea Anomaly may have finally been solved following frenzied speculation over the origins of the mysterious object. Daily Express :: News Feed

A deadly outbreak of the plague is spreading across Madagascar, a country that already had the highest number of cases in the world of a disease long forgotten about in the West. CBC | World News

THESE are the 26 British MEPs who this week sided with the European Union and voted against Brussels opening post-Brexit trade talks with the UK. Daily Express :: News Feed

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are going to have their third royal baby, and Meghan Markle and Prince Harry made their first public appearances at the Invictus Games. Could 2018 be the biggest year ever for fans of the British Royal Family? What sorts of events should royal watchers be looking for this next year? Kate And William’s Royal ...

FORMER Conservative prime minister Sir Edward Heath would be questioned over allegations that he raped and indecently assaulted boys as young as 10 were he alive today, a controversial police report has said. Daily Express :: News Feed

U.S. Republican Congressman Tim Murphy of Pennsylvania has announced plans to retire at the end of this term — amid revelations of an extramarital affair. CBC | World News

Controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte vowed to impeach the head of the government’s anti-graft agency after she launched an investigation into claims he failed to declare billions of pesos in a mandatory asset disclosure before his election. CBC | World News