Portal:Current events/2017 December 24

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;Disasters and accidents

• Typhoon Tembin
• Officials raise the death total from this storm to 182, with at least 153 people missing and more than 70,000 displaced. [http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/philippines-storm-leaves-182-dead-tens-of-thousands-displaced (Malay Mail)]

;International relations

• Positions on Jerusalem
• Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales says he will move his country's Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-israel-guatemala/guatemala-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem-backing-trump-idUSKBN1EI0LJ (Reuters)]
• Transport in Tunisia
• Tunisia's Transport Ministry suspends Emirates Airlines flights to Tunis. [http://www.dw.com/en/tunisia-suspends-emirates-flights-over-women-security-measures/a-41924088 (Deutsche Welle)]
• Sanctions against North Korea
• North Korea’s foreign ministry, in an official statement, says the latest United Nations sanctions are an act of war and are, in effect, a complete economic blockade. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-missiles/north-korea-says-new-u-n-sanctions-an-act-of-war-idUSKBN1EI03D (Reuters)]

;Law and crime

• Pardon of Alberto Fujimori
• Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski pardons Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and human rights violations. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-42476027 (BBC)]

;Politics and elections

• 2016–17 purges in Turkey
• The Turkish government dismisses 2,756 public servants for alleged links to organizations involved in the July 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt. [http://www.france24.com/en/20171224-turkey-sacks-2700-workers-public-institutions-alleged-terror-erdogan-purge (France 24)]

;Science and technology

• China's AVIC AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft, makes its maiden flight. State-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC) has spent almost eight years developing the aircraft, which is designed to carry out marine rescues and battle wildfires. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42471045 (BBC)]

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