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Mario Goetze volleyed in the winning goal in extra time to give Germany its fourth World Cup title with a 1-0 victory over Argentina this morning.

Robin van Persie and Daley Blind scored early goals to help give the Netherlands a 3-0 win over host Brazil in the third-place match at the World Cup this morning.

Germany handed Brazil its heaviest World Cup loss ever this morning with an astounding 7-1 rout in the semifinals that stunned the host nation.

Late substitute Tim Krul made two saves in a 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Costa Rica this morning to give the Netherlands a spot in the FIFA World Cup semifinals following a 0-0 draw.

Northern Chile has been hit by a magnitude 7.6 earthquake and tsunami just a day after the country was rattled by a magnitude 8.2.

A US soldier being treated for mental health problems shot dead three people and injured at least 16 more at an Army base in Fort Hood, Texas, that was the site of another deadly rampage in 2009.

A powerful magnitude-8.2 earthquake has struck off Chile's northern coast, killing at least five people and setting off a small tsunami that forced evacuations along the country's entire Pacific coast.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak has confirmed that flight MH370 ended its flight in a remote part of the Southern Indian Ocean west of Perth, Australia.

Malaysia's civil aviation chief says no signs of the missing Malaysian jetliner have been found at a location where Chinese satellite images showed what could have been plane debris.

The two New Zealanders on board the missing Mayalsian Airlines jetliner have been named.