Daily Brief

South Korea’s central bank meets amid turmoil 0
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- January 13, 2017
South Korea’s central bank will meet on Friday to reassess monetary policy. Read this briefing
Palestinians react to US plans to relocate the embassy 0
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- January 13, 2017
Palestinians have called on mosques around the Middle East to recite special prayers on Thursday to protest the planned movement of America’s Israeli embassy to Jerusalem – a city claimed as the future capital by both Israeli and Palestinians. Read this briefing
Friday, January 13 0
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- January 12, 2017
Palestinians call for support amid embassy relocation row, South Korea's central bank meets and a Haitian rebel leader appears before a US court.
Japan’s PM visits the Philippines 0
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- January 12, 2017
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe will arrive in the Philippines on Thursday for a two-day visit to Manila and President Duterte’s hometown, Davao City. Read this briefing
Cypriot and world leaders seek peace in Geneva 0
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- January 12, 2017
Negotiations on reunifying Cyprus continue in Geneva on Thursday, as disagreements over the island’s governance continue to frustrate attempts at settlement. Read this briefing
Russia accused of hacking Trump’s secrets 0
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- January 12, 2017
As inauguration day fast approaches reports have emerged that Russian hackers have obtained compromising information about President-elect Donald Trump. Read this briefing

Thursday, January 12 0
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- January 11, 2017
Reports emerge that Russia hacked Trump secrets, Cypriot peace talks and Japan's PM visits the Philippines.
Iran mourns Rafsanjani 0
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- January 11, 2017
Hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets on Tuesday to mourn the death of former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who died of a heart attack on Sunday. Read this briefing
Italian court rules on another referendum 0
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- January 11, 2017
On Wednesday, Italy’s Constitutional Court will rule on a challenge to labour reforms brought by the country’s largest trade union – the CGIL – which want the laws put to a referendum. Read this briefing
Trump’s secretary of state faces Senate 0
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- January 11, 2017
On Wednesday, the US Senate will review Donald Trump’s controversial pick for secretary of state – former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson. Read this briefing
Wednesday, January 11 0
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- January 10, 2017
Trump's secretary of state faces the Senate, an Italian court rules on another referendum and Iran mourns a former president.
Obama gives farewell speech 0
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- January 10, 2017
US President Barack Obama will give his farewell speech in Chicago on Tuesday, wrapping up 8 years in office. Read this briefing