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London Zoo has named a new-born Okapi after Meghan Markle, the American actress who is engaged to Britain’s Prince Harry.

The world’s largest cryptocurrency was trading at $9,958.31 at about 6:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday. The last time bitcoin fell below the $10,000 mark was November 30.

South Korea said it and its northern neighboragreed to form their first joint Olympic team.

Car sales in Europe topped the 15-million mark for the first time in a decade in 2017, the fourth straight year of higher registrations.

According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report, Nuclear War, cyber attacks and environmental disasters lead the record of man-made threats to international stability. Veuer’s Chandra Lanier has the story.

A British kayaker took a record setting plunge down a waterfall in Mexico.

“They can lock up our body, but they can’t lock up our mind,” Wong told reporters.

Hong Kong’s High Court sentenced Joshua Wong, a student activist who became the face of the city’s pro-democracy protests in 2014, to three months in prison.

It’s almost the same size as Vatican City.

The tapestry is a both a treasured work of medieval art and a valuable historical document.