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France on Dec. 22 inaugurated the world's first "solar highway," a road paved with solar panels providing enough energy to power the street lights of the small Normandy town of Tourouvre.

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Italian police shot dead the man believed to be responsible for this week's Berlin Christmas market truck attack, killing him after he pulled a gun on them during a routine check in the early hours of Dec. 23. 

The suspect - 24-year-old Tunisian Anis Amri - travelled to Italy from France, triggering a spate of criticism from eurosceptics over Europe's open-border Schengen pact. 

Interior minister Minniti says he has thanked the officer who was shot, Christian Movio, on behalf of the entire ministry and entire Italian police force.

He says Italy should be “very proud” of its security.

The incident took place at 3am local time.

Anis Amri, the suspect behind Monday night’s terror attack in Berlin, has been killed in a police shootout in Milan, according to an unconfirmed report by Panorama, an Italian news magazine.

Panorama reported that Amri pulled out a gun and began shooting at the officers.

Anis Amri, the Tunisian national suspected of crashing a lorry into a Berlin Christmas market on Monday, has been shot dead, FAZ quotes security sources as saying.

Italy's Interior Minister Marco Minniti has confirmed the news in a press conference.

Some media reports suggest he arrived in Milan by taking a train via France.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge on Wednesday rejected Brad Pitt’s request to seal details about custody arrangements in his divorce from Angelina Jolie Pitt.

Greece's Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) has asked its suppliers for increased quantities of liquefied natural gas in response to the growth in demand for the commodity in the local market and the reduction in the flow of gas from the country's northern borders.

Police forces on patrol pass under the closed Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2015. French President Francois Hollande vowed to attack the Islamic State group without mercy as the jihadist group claimed responsibility Saturday for orchestrating the deadliest attacks on France since World War II. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu)

Cyprus Energy Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis said on Wednesday that Italy's ENI, France's Total, and Qatar Petroleum with American ExxonMobil - headed by US president-elect Donald Trump's choice for secretary of state, Rex Tillerson - are the energy firms that will negotiate licenses to explore for oil and gas in three blocks within the island's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) on its southern coast