China said Monday it will reduce tariffs Jan. 1 on more than 850 foreign products including frozen pork, asthma medications and some high-tech components to spur economic development.
The announcement followed an interim trade agreement with Washington in a tariff war that has rattled financial markets.

Official news reports from Syria report that on Sunday night at 11:00PM, Syrian anti-aircraft systems fired at missiles originating in Israel. The missiles were directed towards sites identified with the Syrian regime and Iranian militiamen.
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The FDNY has transmitted a second alarm for a working structure fire in Boro Park at 1166 59 Street near 12th Avenue.
The FDNY told YWN is a short statement:
“FDNY has transmitted a second alarm assignment for fire extension to the third floor and cockloft of a three-story private dwelling.
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A small fire broke out in a home on Norwood Avenue in Manchester (UK) on the second night of Chanukah, and it was caused by a menorah left unattended.
Sources tell YWN that the family had left the menorah burning and left the home.
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The Russian government has vowed to retaliate against U.S. sanctions on a new Russia-Germany pipeline, work on which was suspended on Saturday.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed legislation last week that provides for sanctions against individuals and companies involved with the vessels laying the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany.

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An armed Gazan carrying a knife crossed the Gaza border into southern Israel on Monday and was shot by IDF troops. Operational level in that area along the border was increased following the incident.
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In a back corner of the swank H Bar in Houston, near a huge photo of Brigitte Bardot with a dangling cigarette and a deck of cards, two Russian-speaking men offered a Ukrainian gas executive what seemed like an outrageous business proposal.
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For some, it began in a hotel lobby. For others, it began at the Veitzener Cheder. 
 
That’s right – Shas for Shidduchim is back!
 
Shas for Shidduchim is a campaign created by Chicago Chesed Fund to give relatives, friends and singles themselves, a meaningful way to bring about shidduchim.
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A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced five people to death Monday for the killing of Washington Post columnist and royal family critic Jamal Khashoggi, whose grisly slaying in the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.