Portal:Current events/2017 December 24

December 24, 2017 (Sunday)

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. (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. (Reuters)
Transport in Tunisia
- Tunisia's Transport Ministry suspends Emirates Airlines flights to Tunis. (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. (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. (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. (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. (BBC)

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