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Month: December 2019

Izamal: Mexico’s magical ‘Yellow City’

No matter which direction you travel from, there’s a ramp-up of vivid blue, yellow and even orange hues on buildings and structures before you actually enter the town of Izamal, Mexico. But you will know that you have arrived when you’re surrounded with golden-yellow walls on every building on every street. Nicknamed “La Ciudad Amarilla”

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National security adviser says US is prepared to take action if North Korea delivers its ‘Christmas gift’

National security adviser Robert O’Brien said Sunday the US is prepared to take action if North Korea fulfills its promise to deliver a “Christmas gift,” including a potential long-range missile test. “If Kim Jong Un takes that approach, we’ll be extraordinarily disappointed and we’ll express that disappointment,” O’Brien said on ABC’s “This Week” when asked

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After a week of violent attacks, some New York schools will teach students about hate crime awareness

Following a string of potentially anti-Semitic incidents in New York, schools in historically Jewish neighborhoods will launch hate crime awareness programming when classes resume in January. New York Mayor Bill de Blasio announced plans to teach hate crime prevention in schools in three Brooklyn neighborhoods. At least eight possibly anti-Semitic attacks occurred in the city

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Putin and Trump spoke by phone to discuss counter-terrorism efforts

Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with President Donald Trump by phone Sunday, discussing counter-terrorism efforts and “matters of mutual interest,” according to a Kremlin readout of the call. “Vladimir Putin thanked Donald Trump for the information shared via the special services that helped prevent terrorist acts in Russia,” the Kremlin-provided statement said. “Several matters of

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