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The United Nations General Assembly this week is set to approve the Global Compact on Refugees, a week after a similar accord for migrants.  Nearly 170 countries have pledged help to nations that host those fleeing war and persecution.  The non-binding resolution was inspired by the 2015-2016 European Migration Crisis - it seeks to encourage ways to help refugees become self-reliant in their host countries, and to improve conditions in countries of origin to allow their safe and dignified return.  Last month, Australia vote in favor of the Global Compact on Refugees, but did not join the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (migration compact) at a conference in Morocco last week. 

Far-right hooligans and Flemish nationalists who are opposed to the Global Compact on Refugees clashed with police in Brussels, who fought back with tear gas and water cannons.  A counter demonstration organized Left-wing groups went off without a hitch.  The issue has stressed Belgium's political scene, leaving Prime Minister Charles Michel to lead a minority government as conservatives worry that the non-binding deal will encourage another massive migration wave.

More than 40 people are hurt after an izakaya restaurant exploded in Sapporo, Japan, the biggest city on the northernmost isle of Hokkaido. 
Sapporo, Japan
Sapporo, Japan
An official cause is yet to be determined, but witnesses reported the odor of gas in the area. 

Georgia first female President Salome Zurabishvili is promising to make "irreversible" the former SSR's turn from Moscow and to the West and the European Union:  "I will facilitate this process with the support of our strategic partner, the United States of America, and our European friends," said the Paris-born President at her inauguration.  Georgia fought a brief border war with Russia in 2008, and in 2014 signed an economic association agreement with the European Union.

The co-founder of the popular apps Vine and HQTrivia is dead at age 35.  Colin Kroll's girlfriend asked police to perform a well-being check at his Manhattan apartment, and officers reportedly found him deceased alongside "drug paraphenalia".

Two months after being ousted by the president, Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been returned to office.  President Maithripala Sirisena plunged the country into a political crisis two months ago by sacking Mr. Wickremesinghe and appointing a political ally.  Large protests and brawls in parliament followed, and then a supreme court ruling last week saying that Sirisena had acted illegally seemed to put a button on it.

Authorities in Cambodia confiscated more than 3.2 tons of African ivory stashed in a storage container from Mozambique.  "The elephant tusks were hidden among marble in a container that was abandoned," said customs official Sun Chhay.  increasing demand from China and Vietnam has turned the Port of Phnom Penh into a key transit point for the illicit wildlife trade from Africa.

Vladimir Putin wants to get more involved with Rap music, and not because he likes it.  He's asking his government - that pretty much does whatever he says - to "take charge" of rap.  Russia recently cancelled a number of concerts with a rapper named Husky whose songs are often critical of the government, and sent him to jail for twelve days when he tried to give an impromptu performance on the hood of a car.  The crackdown is already being compared to to Soviet-era censorship of the arts.