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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday

Dublin Fire Brigade, Meath County Council and Aleppo had people talking today.

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

IRELAND

17/12/2016. Eight More Days To Christmas. There is Last night some people reported Santa had been spotted checking out a house in Galtymore Road in Drimnagh in Dublin. Others said some people were confused by the magical lights on some of the houses in the area. But one photographer is insisting he photographed the real Santa. Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie Eamonn Farrell / RollingNews.ie / RollingNews.ie

INTERNATIONAL

New born Elephant calf at Chester Zoo A female Asian elephant calf, as yet unnamed, which was born at Chester Zoo last night. PA Wire / PA Images PA Wire / PA Images / PA Images

#ALEPPO: Desperate civilians awaited the beginning of an evacuation from Aleppo.

#NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand was put on tsunami alert as a major 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea.

#TRUMP: Donald Trump continued on his collision course with China, accusing them of ripping a US drone out of international waters.

PARTING SHOT

Would you attempt to eat a chicken wing made with the hottest pepper on earth? These people did. It went about as well as you would expect.

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