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In this Monday, Dec. 2, 2019, photo provided Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, by the North Korean government, people dance to celebrate the completion of Samjiyon city. On Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Samjiyon county at the foot of Mount Paektu to attend a ceremony marking the completion of work that has transformed the town to “an epitome of modern civilization,” KCNA said. It said the town has a museum on the Kim family, a ski slope, cultural centers, a school, a hospital and factories. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads:

US: NKorea missile tests are 'deeply counterproductive'

Biden campaign acknowledges 'pain' of Obama-era deportations
Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden speaks during town hall meeting at the Culinary Union, Local 226, headquarters in Las Vegas Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP)
Fears mount that New Jersey shooting was anti-Semitic attack
People board up the front of a kosher supermarket thats was the site of a gun battle in Jersey City, N.J., Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. The two gunmen in a furious firefight that left multiple people dead in Jersey City clearly targeted the Jewish market, the mayor said Wednesday, amid growing suspicions the bloodshed was an anti-Semitic attack. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Fed leaves low rates alone and sees no moves in near future
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell removes his glasses as he listens to a question during a news conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, in Washington. The Federal Reserve is leaving its benchmark interest rate alone and signaling that it expects to keep low rates unchanged through next year. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Pearl Harbor commemoration to go on after fresh tragedy
A security guard stands outside the main gate at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, in Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. A shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in Hawaii left at least one person injured Wednesday, military and hospital officials said. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam spokesman Charles Anthony confirmed that there was an active shooting at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
Ocasio-Cortez says Fox News airs 'unmitigated racism'
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Orthodox Jewish men pass New York City police guarding a Brooklyn synagogue prior to a funeral for Mosche Deutsch, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 in New York. Deutsch, a rabbinical student from Brooklyn, was killed Tuesday in the shooting inside a Jersey City, N.J. market. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Jersey City victims remembered as dedicated, charitable

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2017 file photo, Ryan Kiesel, right, Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma, speaks during a news conference in Oklahoma City. At left is Brady Henderson, Legal Director. The American Civil Liberties Union of Oklahoma has filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019, against court officials in Canadian County, alleging their bail system unconstitutionally discriminates against poor and disabled people. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Civil rights group sues over Oklahoma bail practices

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. More than three years after California voters approved broad legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if the potent high-inducing chemical THC found in pot should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings to consumers. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

California considers calling THC in pot a risk to moms-to-be

Tootsie Holland speaks to a crowd supporting he Equal Rights Amendment at a rally calling for South Carolina to become the critical 38th state to pass the amendment to the U.S. Constitution as proposal sponsors state Sen. Tom Davis and state Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter listen at a Statehouse gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019, in Columbia, South Carolina. Holland pushed for the amendment when it was first proposed back in 1972. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

GOP, Democrats push 1970's Equal Rights Amendment in SC

Harvey Weinstein, en el centro, llega a una audiencia en la corte el miércoles 11 de diciembre del 2019 en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Mark Lennihan)

Report: Weinstein reaches tentative $25M deal with accusers

Trader Sal Suarino works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street following news reports that US President Donald Trump might delay a tariff hike on Chinese goods set to go into effect this weekend. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

US stocks notch modest gains as Fed leaves rates unchanged

Europe

People stand in line to enter the Stockholm Globe Arena for a concert with American rap artist A$AP Rocky in Stockholm, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. The American rapper is set to perform in Stockholm, where he was convicted of assault in August for a street brawl. Concert promoter Live Nation said last month that the show was scheduled

A$AP Rocky to perform in Stockholm months after conviction

Protesters vent their anger as UN climate talks stutter
French government raises retirement age as strikes grind on
EU to offer billions to help poorer EU nations cut emissions
China reportedly threatens tiny Faeroe Islands over Huawei
Italy urges donor conference for quake-struck Albania
Nobel winner Handke not welcome in Sarajevo and Kosovo
Germany rejects Putin claim on Berlin slaying victim
Handke takes Nobel Literature Prize amid protest

Middle East

Riot policemen fire tear gas against the supporters of the Shiite Hezbollah and Amal Movement groups, who are trying to attack the anti-government protesters, in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Protesters are demanding a government made up of technocrats that would immediately get to work on the necessary reforms to address the economy. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Diplomats to Lebanon: Expect no aid before government formed

UN: Targeted killings continue against Iraq protesters
Gulf leaders meet in Saudi Arabia under looming Iran threat
Israeli lawmakers submit bill to dissolve parliament
Trump, Obama advisers say Russia, Iran remain threats to US
Algerian court convicts 2 ex-prime ministers of corruption
Syria's Assad: OPCW faked a report on attack near Damascus
Iran ready for more prisoner swaps with US, not negotiations
Palestinians in Bethlehem look beyond religious tourism

Asia

Security personnel arrive near the site of an attack near the Bagram Air Base In Parwan province of Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019.A powerful suicide bombing Wednesday targeted an under-construction medical facility near the Bagram Air Base, the main American base north of the capital Kabul, the U.S. military said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)

Afghan bomber hits medical facility near US base, 2 killed

Chinese minister of propaganda Huang Kunming speaks during a forum on human rights in Beijing on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Chinese officials lashed out at the U.S. on Wednesday over recent legislation passed by Congress criticizing Beijing for its policies in Hong Kong and the Xinjiang region in western China, as well as ongoing trade disputes. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese officials lash out at US over new legislation

Pro-democracy supporters and office workers protest in Causeway Bay in Hong Kong, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday again ruled out further concessions to protesters who marched peacefully in their hundreds of thousands this past weekend, days before she is to travel to Beijing for regularly scheduled meetings with Communist Party leaders. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Experts quit police probe in blow to Hong Kong government

Plumes of steam rise above White Island off the coast of Whakatane, New Zealand, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019. Survivors of a powerful volcanic eruption in New Zealand on Monday Dec. 9 ran into the sea to escape the scalding steam and ash and emerged covered in burns, say those who first helped them.(AP Photo/Mark Baker)

New Zealand volcano vents steam, delays recovery of bodies

FILE - In this Nov. 29, 2019, file photo, the Upe members vote at a men-only voting booth in the Bougainville referendum in Teau, Bougainville, Papua New Guinea. The South Pacific region of Bougainville has voted for independence from Papua New Guinea. The referendum is nonbinding, and independence would need to be negotiated between leaders from Bougainville and Papua New Guinea. (Jeremy Miller, Bougainville Referendum Commission via AP, File)

Bougainville vote favors independence from Papua New Guinea

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu gestures while speaking during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press at his ministry in Taipei, Taiwan, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Wu was careful to say his government has no desire to intervene in Hong Kong’s internal affairs, and that existing legislation is sufficient to deal with a relatively small number of Hong Kong students or others who seek to reside in Taiwan. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

AP Interview: Taiwan may help if Hong Kong violence expands

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California considers calling THC in pot a risk to moms-to-be
FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, marijuana grows at an indoor cannabis farm in Gardena, Calif. More than three years after California voters approved broad legalized marijuana, a state panel is considering if the potent high-inducing chemical THC found in pot should be declared a risk to pregnant women and require warnings to consumers. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Protesters vent their anger as UN climate talks stutter
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Officials want $100M for reef restoration in Florida Keys
FILE - In this June 8, 2015 file photo provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, volunteers with the Coral Restoration Foundation swim to a coral reef planting site with staghorn coral clippings in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary off Key Largo, Fla. On Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, sanctuary officials announced plans to raise $100 million to spearhead a multi-decade restoration program for seven iconic reef sites off the Florida Keys. (Bob Care/Florida Keys News Bureau via AP)
Arctic habitats and cultures on thin ice as region warms
FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2019, file photo, large icebergs float away as the sun rises near Kulusuk, Greenland. Rising temperatures and diminished snow and ice cover in the Arctic are imperiling ecosystems, fisheries and local cultures, according to a report issued Tuesday, Dec. 10 by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg, centre, stands with other young activists at the COP25 Climate summit in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Thunberg is in Madrid where a global U.N. sponsored climate change conference is taking place. (AP Photo/Andrea Comas)

Technology

Meet the scholar who diagnosed 'surveillance capitalism'
In this March 27, 2019, photo, author Shoshana Zuboff pauses while walking her dog near her home in Maine. Zuboff is the author of
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China reportedly threatens tiny Faeroe Islands over Huawei
In this Oct. 31, 2019, photo, attendees walk past a display for 5G services from Chinese technology firm Huawei at the PT Expo in Beijing. Chinese tech giant Huawei is asking a U.S. federal court to throw out a rule that bars rural phone carriers from using government money to purchase its equipment on security grounds, announced Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
UK authorities give Amazon 5 days for new Deliveroo plan
FILE - This Sept. 6, 2012 file photo shows the Amazon logo in Santa Monica, Calif. Amazon has signed a lease for a new office space in Manhattan that will house more than 1,500 employees, less than a year after pulling out of a deal for a larger headquarters in the borough of Queens after politicians and activists objected to nearly $3 billion in incentives. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
Testing tech ideas in public? San Francisco says get permit
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