Haley touts reduced UN budget
(CNN)US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Sunday touted a quarter billion dollar cut to the UN's annual budget, capping off a contentious year between the Trump administration and the international body
Big league 2018 goal: Trump hopes for bipartisan infrastructure deal
West Palm Beach, Florida (CNN)President Donald Trump, looking ahead to a critical election year where his record will be on the ballot alongside Republican lawmakers, plans a major push on infrastructure in January, aides said this week.
Medical evacuations begin from rebel-held Damascus suburb
(CNN)Evacuations of the first critical medical cases from a rebel-held region east of Damascus have begun, aid agencies say.The Syrian Red Crescent and International Committee of the Red Cross announced, on their official Twitter accounts Tuesday, that the first patients were to be taken out of the rebel-controlled area of Eastern Ghouta.
British tourist gets 3-year sentence in Egypt on drug smuggling charge
(CNN)A British woman who says she was carrying painkillers for her ailing partner was sentenced Tuesday to three years in prison and fined the equivalent of $5,611 by an Egyptian court.
Even for a place that gets a ton of snow, this was a record-breaking two days for Erie
(CNN)There's White Christmas. And then there's Whiteout Christmas. Erie, Pennsylvania, experienced the latter on Monday, when a total of 34 inches of snow fell on Christmas Day, blanketing the city and shattering the city's previous records for snowfall in a single day
Why Trump isn't getting the credit he thinks he deserves
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump is probably right: he doesn't get due credit for the volume of achievements he's stacked up during a tumultuous political year.
The Boxing Day questions you've probably Googled
(CNN)Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, and it has absolutely nothing to do with your empty gift boxes.Here's what you need to know about the holiday.
Uproar continues in Peru after ex-president is pardoned
(CNN)Peruvians, angered at the pardoning of ailing former President Alberto Fujimori, took to the streets of the capital, Lima, for a second night to protest the decision to release him from prison.
South Korean forces to create North Korea nuclear monitoring team
Seoul, South Korea (CNN)The South Korean Defense Ministry is creating a new bureau dedicated to monitoring and countering the threat from North Korea, according to a government news release.
Chinese firm clones gene-edited dog in bid to treat cardiovascular disease
Beijing (CNN)With his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting disorder since birth — exactly what scientists in China had wanted.
