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US and France clash at UN

Geopolitics·High·Reported 21h 30m ago·Updated 1h 41m ago
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    US and France clash at UN

    Compare the US to North Korea during a UN meeting, prompting a walkout by American diplomats in protest of the inflammatory rhetoric.

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