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Newsline 12.10.2017 | 16:15 UTC
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US announces withdrawal from UN cultural agency UNESCO, cites anti-Israel bias
The United States will leave the UN cultural agency UNESCO due to what Washington sees as an anti-Israeli bias and need for reform. The withdrawal will go into effect at the end of 2018.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte threatens to eject EU ambassadors
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he will eject EU ambassadors out of Manilla if it turns out they are demanding his country be kicked out of the UN. EU countries denied any knowledge of the demand.
European Union
Brexit talks in 'deadlock' as divorce negotiations flounder
Not even the "EU Super Girl" was enough to keep Brexit talks in Brussels from stalling over lack of progress on the UK's divorce bill. She ended up getting tossed out of a press conference.
US-Canadian couple released from Taliban's Haqqani network
Canadian Joshua Boyle and his wife Caitlan Coleman, who is from the United States, have been set free by the Taliban in Pakistan. The couple's three children, who were born in captivity, were also released.
Far-right Reichsbürger movement much larger than initially estimated
The Reichsbürger scene could be much larger than first thought, according to German intelligence officials. Some 15,000 identify with the self-governing movement, around 1,000 of whom have a license to possess firearms.
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Russia unveils new Crimea-themed bank note
Russia's central bank has presented a new banknote showing the Crimean naval city of Sevastopol and the Greek and Roman ruins at Chersonesus. Images of the annexed peninsula were chosen by the public in an online poll.
World
No drug-related extrajudicial killings in the Philippines?
Human rights activists and family members of the victims of drug-related killings have expressed outrage and disappointment at Manila's denial of any wrongdoing in President Duterte's drug war. Ana P. Santos reports.
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