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12/03/2018

12/03/2018

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U.N. Convenes Climate Change Talks Amid Dire Warnings

Top News: Almost 200 nations are slated to meet in Poland for two weeks to negotiate agreements on cutting carbon emissions as a follow-on to the 2015 Paris climate change accords. The last four years were the hottest on record, and former world leaders have warned that the world is at a “crossroads.”

The World Bank announced it would invest $200 billion between 2021 and 2025 to help countries reduce pollution and carbon emissions. “We are clearly the last generation that can change the course of climate change, but we are also the first generation with its consequences,” said Kristalina Georgieva, the CEO of the World Bank.

A new U.S. government study warned of the disastrous consequences of a warming planet, including more extreme weather and hundreds of billions of dollars in economic damage and health issues for Americans, but U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the study’s findings and indicated he doesn’t believe the science.

China: President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to halt a trade war at the G-20 summit in Argentina over the weekend, stopping new tariffs for 90 days while the two countries negotiated specifics of their trade relationship.

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AFRICA

•  The African Union warned Burundi that its move to issue arrest warrants against former leader Pierre Buyoya and other officials will undermine peace efforts.

•  Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, who is running for re-election in February, denied dying and being replaced by an impostor.

•  The British government is facing criticism for wrongly deporting 49 people who had lived in the United Kingdom legally for decades. After they were deported to Ghana and Nigeria in 2017, the British government failed to contact them to inform them of their rights.

AMERICAS

•  George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, died at the age of 94.

•  The Pittsburgh synagogue that was the scene of a mass shooting in October held a ceremony to mark the beginning of Hanukkah and honor the victims of the attack.

•  Leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador was inaugurated as Mexico’s newest president on Saturday.

ASIA

•  South Korean President Moon Jae-in said President Donald Trump has a “very friendly” view of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and wants to help him get what he wants if Pyongyang denuclearizes.

•  Mullah Abdul Manan Akhund, one of the Taliban’s most senior commanders in Afghanistan, was killed in a U.S. airstrike.

•  Over 500 people were arrested in Indonesia in demonstrations for Papuan independence that turned violent.

EUROPE

•  Paris faced its worst riots in decades following backlash over increasing taxes and higher costs of living.

•  Britain’s opposition Labour Party said it will call a no-confidence vote on Prime Minister Theresa May’s leadership if Parliament rejects her Brexit deal with the EU.

•  Ukraine asked Germany and other European countries to boost their naval presence in the Black Sea following a standoff with Russian naval forces near Crimea.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Israeli police said they have enough evidence to bring fraud and bribery charges against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

•  The United Nations will evacuate wounded rebel Houthi fighters from Yemen for medical treatment ahead of peace talks with the Saudi-led coalition.

•  The Trump administration may close down all U.S. aid programs for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank.

- By Robbie Gramer

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