There is indirect contact and channels between the two sides – but a deal may still be a long way off. Source link

Mikaela Shiffrin has won a record-equalling sixth overall women’s World Cup title. Needing a top-15 finish in the final race of the season, the American was 11th in the giant slalom in Lillehammer, Norway. Shiffrin, who won her third Olympic title with slalom gold last month, is the most successful skier in World Cup history…

When they read the DNA, they found that some of the earliest European dogs – slightly younger than the Gough’s cave find – are clearly the same kind of dog as those seen in Siberia, East Asia and beyond, all tracing back to a shared ancestor, rather than a separate European domestication that later vanished….

Europol said more than 450 officers from the UK, Germany and Belgium were involved in the operation. Source link

A public inquiry into the attacks heard killer Valdo Calocane refused toxicology samples in custody. Source link