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The world voted overwhelmingly to reject Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, as 128 members states in the United Nations General Assembly voted for a non-binding resolution calling on countries to avoid moving their embassies to Jerusalem.  It's a major blow to the orange clown's already pathetic standing in the international community, as well as to US Ambassador Nikki Haley who threatened the rest of the world a day earlier by saying it would "take names" of which countries defied Trump.  Only nine countries including the US and Israel voted against it, mostly tiny Pacific Island nations wholly dependent on US aid.  Most US allies and trading partners voted to pass the resolution, although Australia and Canada led a small pack of 35 abstentions, joining such mega-powerhouses as Lesotho, Equatorial Guinea, and Vanuatu is totally failing to take a stand. 

Palestinians mocked Nikki Haley threat to stress that most of the world supports its position:  "History records names," said Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki, "It remembers names - the names of those who stand by what is right and the names of those who speak falsehood.  Today we are seekers of rights and peace."  After losing a free and democratic vote, Haley questioned the legitimacy of international cooperation:  "I've often wondered why, in the face of such hostility, Israel has chosen to remain a member of this body," she said.  For its part, Israel's conservative government simply rejected the results of the non-binding vote:  "Jerusalem is our capital, always was and always will be," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, "But I do appreciate the fact that a growing number of countries refuse to participate in this theater of the absurd," he added, apparently referring to the abstentions.

All this is because of Trump's declaration recognizing the disputed city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and intention to move the US Embassy to the disputed city.  Israel maintains all of Jerusalem is Israeli, while Palestinians hold that East Jerusalem is the capital of its future state.  Pretty much all of the rest of the world maintains that the status of Jerusalem is a matter to be negotiated between Israel and the Palestinians, and should be the last item to be decided in the peace process.  Most other countries regarded Trump's declaration as unhelpful to the peace process at best, and possibly a provocation. 

Moving along...

Authorities say there is no increased threat after yesterday's automobile rampage on Flinders Street in Melbourne's CBD, but "hundreds more police" will be on duty over Christmas and Boxing Day to keep the peace.  Four people are still in a critical condition, and 15 are in a stable condition.  "They did not deserve this," said VIC Premier Daniel Andrews , "Our city did not deserve this."  The 19 people injured include a four-year old boy with head injuries and the 32-year alleged driver of the white 4WD that plowed into a crowd of holiday shoppers.  That driver is described as an Australian citizen of Afghan descent; he has a past with drug use and mental health issues, and police are still working out his motive. 

At least 29 people are dead in a fire that raced through a sports building in Jecheon, South Korea.  It was apparently caused by a car fire in the basement parking lot, and quickly spread.  Most of the victims were using the public baths and sauna on the upper floors, making it more difficult to escape.  The Pyeongchang Winter Olympic Torch Run was to pass through Jecheon today; it will now be rerouted.

It's feared at least four people are dead after a ferry carrying 250 people capsized and sank in rough seas off the northeastern Philippine province of Quezon.  Dozens are still missing.

Spain's Catalonia region is awaiting the results of snap elections called by Madrid because of its separatist crisis.  Pro-independence parties appear to be running close with those loyal to Madrid.  Turnout was about 68 percent, slightly higher than the 2015 election which put the separatists in power.  If it is a close election, it will do pretty much nothing to resolve the semi-autonomous Catalonia's political divide.