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* Thousands of protesters took to the streets of French cities on December 15 in the fifth weekend of demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron's government, ignoring calls to hold off after a gun attack in Strasbourg this week. * Moscow has not received any response from Washington to Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu's proposal to discuss disagreements concerning the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on December 15. * Britain's exit from the European Union was heading for an impasse, one senior minister said on December 15, after a week in which Prime Minister Theresa May failed to win EU assurances on her deal and pulled a vote because UK lawmakers would defeat it. * Australia formally recognises west Jerusalem as Israel's capital, reversing decades of Middle East policy, but will not move its embassy there immediately, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on December 15. * The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) condemned in a … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: December 16

* Britain can still hold a second Brexit referendum, France's European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said on December 20. * Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte told an Italian newspaper on December 20 he was not ready to give up his job in favour of Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini after a European election in May. * Tens of thousands of the Republic of Korea taxi drivers walked off the job and held a rally on December 20 to protest against a carpooling service that they say would destroy their jobs and threaten their livelihoods. * The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced on December 19 that its Board of Governors has approved the membership applications of six more countries, bringing AIIB's total approved members to 93. The new group of approved members is comprised of Algeria, Ghana, Libya, Morocco, Serbia and Togo. * Thailand has announced the arrival of the 10 millionth Chinese visitor in 2018 in Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport, a milestone for the … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: December 20

* China will temporarily suspend additional 25 percent tariffs on U.S.-made vehicles and auto parts starting January 1, 2019, the finance ministry said on December 14, following a truce in a trade war between the world's two largest economies. * French government planned tough security measures by mobilizing thousands of officers and using armored vehicles to handle more threats of violence as "Yellow Vests" are set to stage a fresh round of nationwide protests on Saturday (December 15), despite President Emmanuel Macron's measures seeking to quell public anger over poor revenue and soaring living costs. * Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte expressed hope on December 14 of reaching a deal with Brussels this weekend over his government's revised 2019 budget to avoid an EU disciplinary procedure, but offered few new concessions. * Cypriot lawmakers on December 14 passed by a majority vote the 2019 state budget after the highly partisan parliament put a block on reforms of the state … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: December 15

* China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on December 6 that the ultimate goal of Sino-US trade talks was to remove all additional tariffs, adding that China will hold consultation with the US on issues of common concern and strive to reach consensus. * As France is bracing for fresh country-wide social action this weekend, the government has planned tough security measures to handle "great violence" on Saturday's demonstrations, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe said on December 6. * US President Donald Trump will pick State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert as the next US ambassador to the United Nations (UN), US media reported Thursday, citing sources. * Russia's national economy can be mainly boosted by domestic investment, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on December 6. * The Ukrainian parliament on December 6 approved a bill on ending the Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia on April 1, 2019, the parliament's press service … [Read more...] about World News in Brief: December 7