North Korea to reopen hotline to South to discuss Olympics
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Today's Headlines January 3
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North Korea to reopen hotline to South to discuss Olympics
Restoring the phone line will allow discussion on whether North Korea will attend the Winter Olympics.
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Trump threatens stop to Palestinian aid over Jerusalem row
"We pay the Palestinians hundred of millions of dollars a year and get no appreciation or respect."
Freed hostage Joshua Boyle faces 15 criminal charges
Canadian Joshua Boyle and his family were held for five years by a Taliban-linked insurgent group.
Logan Paul: YouTuber apologises over Japan dead man video
Six million people watched the film showing Logan Paul finding an apparent suicide victim in Japan.
 
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Trump to Kim: My nuclear button is 'bigger and more powerful'
The president's tweet is the latest in the war of words between the two nuclear-armed leaders.
Sport
Premier League leaders Man City 15 points clear after victory over Watford
Runaway leaders Manchester City show no ill-effects from the end of their 18-game Premier League winning run with victory over Watford.
Moyes has sympathy for Pardew after West Ham stun West Brom
Andy Carroll's first two goals of the season earn West Ham a dramatic victory over West Brom at London Stadium.
England must learn from off-field mistakes - Root
Captain Joe Root says England must be "very, very careful" in future after off-field headlines marred their failed defence of the Ashes in Australia.
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McMafia: The scale of human trafficking in numbers
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China's uphill struggle fighting extreme poverty
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Eric Garner death inspires an unlikely police experiment
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Weather: What to expect in 2018
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I had it all - now I create a new world in a single room
Since Michael Van Huffel developed ME, he has discovered ways of making art without leaving his one-room apartment.
Business
US blocks sale of Moneygram to China's Ant Financial
It is the highest profile Chinese deal to be rejected by Washington since Donald Trump came to power.
2017 safest year for air travel as fatalities fall
A fatal accident occurred once in every 16 million flights, according to an aviation consultancy
 
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Technology
Logan Paul: Outrage over YouTuber's Japan dead man video
Six million people watched the film showing Logan Paul finding an apparent suicide victim in Japan.
Ripple becomes second most valuable crypto-coin
Deals with banks and credit card firms drive a rise in the value of the Ripple crypto-currency
Capital
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Is this the best time for productivity?
When’s the best time, day, month and season for work?
 
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Taking 'snowflakes' seriously
Yes, you should listen to younger workers
Culture
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The most beautiful British bike designs
The nation’s most loved cycles
 
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The world’s tiniest homes
Could you live in one?
Earth
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BBC Earth nominated for Lovie Awards
A finalist in three categories ‘honouring the best of the European internet'
 
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New BBC Earth film coming soon
Earth: One Amazing Day, the long awaited sequel to box-office hit Earth
Future
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The university with its own airfield
A small fleet of aircraft are being used to chart the future of aviation
 
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Who will be remembered in 1,000 years?
David Beckham? Donald Trump? The Queen?
Travel
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Europe’s sausage-obsessed language
It was all but inevitable that pork would become baked into the German psyche
 
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Is this where Santa is really from?
He is a man of many names, and many nations claim him as their own
 
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