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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Smacking, Aer Lingus (still), and a nifty smartphone had everyone talking today.

NEED TO CATCH up? TheJournal.ie brings you a round up of today’s

IRISH

Tayto Park Corsac Foxes 4 Tayto Park is celebrating the arrival of a brand new litter of eight Corsac Foxes in Ashbourne, Co. Meath. Patrick Bolger Patrick Bolger

WORLD

Russia Border Guards Day Russian border guard veterans with Russian Border guard flags gesture while bathing in a fountain in Moscow's Gorky Park as they celebrate Border Guards Day. Pavel Golovkin / AP/Press Association Images Pavel Golovkin / AP/Press Association Images / AP/Press Association Images

#BURUNDI: The EU has withdrawn its election monitoring mission. [BBC News]

#FIFA: The association’s president, Sepp Blatter said corruption has no place in the sport. A range of sponsors threatened to pull their ads.

#RUSSIA: Vladimir Putin signed a decree making certain peacetime deaths of soldiers top secret. [The Washington Post]

#SOUTH KOREA: There are fears the Mers virus may be spreading. [The Korean Herald]

#SYRIA: The so-called Islamic State group hasn’t destroyed Palmyra – instead they’re using its ancient amphitheatre as an execution site.

INNOVATION

PARTING SHOT

This alarm clock wakes you up with the smell of coffee and money. [Geek]