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December 07, 2017

UNESCO announced that the art of Neapolitan pizza makers will be part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

North Korea says war with the US is 'unavoidable' as major military exercises kick off

December 07, 2017

The annual US-South Korean "Vigilant Ace" exercises feature 230 aircraft, including a range of the US military's most advanced stealth warplanes, and come a week after North Korea tested its most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to date which it says can reach the mainland United States.

Conflict

Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising in response to Trump's Jerusalem plan

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December 07, 2017

The Islamist group Hamas urged Palestinians on Thursday to abandon peace efforts and launch a new uprising against Israel in response to US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as its capital.

Conflict

Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but commits to peace in face of backlash

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December 06, 2017

A Palestinian envoy said the Trump decision was a declaration of war in the Middle East. Pope Francis called for Jerusalem's status quo to be respected, saying new tension would further inflame world conflicts. China and Russia expressed concern the plans could aggravate Middle East hostilities.

Global Politics

Germans see Trump as a bigger problem than North Korea or Russia

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December 05, 2017

Germans see US President Donald Trump as a bigger challenge for German foreign policy than authoritarian leaders in North Korea, Russia or Turkey, according to a survey by the Koerber Foundation.

Economics

Venezuela looks to cyber currency to circumvent US financial sanctions

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December 04, 2017

The leftist leader offered few specifics about the currency launch or how the struggling OPEC member would pull off such a feat, but he declared to cheers that "the 21st century has arrived!"

Global Politics

Trump son, former business partner due before House panel this week

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December 04, 2017

Donald Trump Jr. and Felix Sater, a Russian American who was a former Trump business associate who claimed deep ties to Moscow, are both scheduled to appear before the panel this week.

Environment

Trump cuts federal protection for two national monuments

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December 04, 2017

Trump shrunk the size of Bears Ears National Monument by more than 80 percent and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by roughly 45 percent by signing two presidential proclamations.

Conflict

The UN is trying to evacuate aid workers from Yemen, but the airport road may be unsafe, source says

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December 03, 2017

Shells were falling near the UN compound in Sanaa on Siteen Street on Sunday, with one source on the scene saying stray bullets had hit the compound. The compound is empty as staff had been told to stay at home and not report to work.

Global Politics

There's not going to be a US government shutdown over DACA, US Senate Republican leader says

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December 03, 2017

As tensions rise between the two parties over the spending bill, McConnell called the Democrats' position "untenable," saying Congress has until March to address the status of so-called Dreamers, young immigrants brought to the United States illegally as children.

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Latest Stories

Neapolitan pizza making wins world heritage status

North Korea says war with the US is 'unavoidable' as major military exercises kick off

Hamas calls for Palestinian uprising in response to Trump's Jerusalem plan

Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, but commits to peace in face of backlash

Germans see Trump as a bigger problem than North Korea or Russia

Venezuela looks to cyber currency to circumvent US financial sanctions

Trump son, former business partner due before House panel this week

Trump cuts federal protection for two national monuments

The UN is trying to evacuate aid workers from Yemen, but the airport road may be unsafe, source says

There's not going to be a US government shutdown over DACA, US Senate Republican leader says

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