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Iraq has made Christmas Day a national holiday, its government confirmed this morning. Previously, Christmas Day had been designated as a religious break only for the Iraqi Christian community, but the amendment extends the holiday to everyone. ‘Happy Christmas to our Christian citizens, all Iraqis and to all who are celebrating around the world,’ the Iraqi government wrote on Twitter. ...

Microsoft is trying to make it even easier to use its Office apps. On Wednesday, Microsoft announced its new Office app for Windows 10. The app will act as a central hub for all your Microsoft Office needs, replacing the current My Office app. Open it up and you’ll get access to all the Microsoft Office productivity apps at the top of the window, making it easy ...

After a nine-month hiatus, Uber says, its autonomous vehicles are now safer. Uber took its self-driving cars off the road last March, after a fatal accident, the first known pedestrian death caused by a vehicle in full autonomous mode. After that, Uber’s self-driving program fell under the scrutiny of local police, lawmakers and federal investigators. Now the company says it’s ready to put its self-driving fleet back ...

Facebook is building a cryptocurrency designed to make it easier to transfer money on WhatsApp, according to Bloomberg. The currency will reportedly be focused on India and allowing Indian workers abroad to send money back home, something that other Bitcoin startups have already been working to solve given the difficult and expensive process for international transfers. Facebook has been looking to develop its own ...

ARSENAL star Mesut Ozil is happy in London amid reports Unai Emery wants to offload him in the January transfer market. Arsenal star Ozil has been tipped to leave the club on loan in January amid his struggles under Emery. Emery has regularly dropped the Germany international this season, making a decision that Arsene Wenger was always reluctant to make. As ...

MANCHESTER UNITED star Fred will NOT be leaving Old Trafford in the wake of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s arrival, according to agent Gilberto Silva. Manchester United signed Fred from Shakhtar Donetsk in the summer, paying £52million to make him their fourth most-expensive player of all time. His Old Trafford career has struggled for lift-off, however, with Jose Mourinho regularly leaving him out. ...

MANCHESTER UNITED caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has divulged details of his private conversation with Sir Alex Ferguson. Solskjaer, who has been handed the reins at Old Trafford until the end of the season, spoke to his former manager this week after news of his appointment broke. Sir Alex, who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013, gave his advice on how ...

MANCHESTER UNITED sacked Jose Mourinho because they feared a squad mutiny against the manager. Four players were ready to QUIT the club unless executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward wielded the axe. It is understood Woodward was concerned a mass exodus would be triggered if he remained loyal to the floundering Mourinho. The January transfer window is just a matter of days ...

Moroccan police are questioning four suspects in connection with the killing of two female tourists from Norway and Denmark in what Moroccan Government Spokesperson Mustapha El Khalfi says was a suspected militant attack in the Atlas Mountains. The police on Thursday arrested three people it had sought in a manhunt over the killing of two female tourists from Norway and ...

The interim manager at Old Trafford is not ruling out a busy month of spending in the new year as he plans for his first match in charge at Cardiff Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has hinted that Manchester United will be making moves in the January window and has vowed he will “have an input” over the club’s transfer dealings. The ...