Liputan6.com, Jakarta - Holiday vibe is becoming sounder than ever with Christmas and New Years Eve just a few days away from now. Excitement and sorrow are felt throughout the world as events have taken place in the last seven days with each carrying its own importance at varying level: national, regional and global.
Let's have a look at those carefully selected stories that have made it through into our ‘Weekly Highlights’ headline.
In the ‘International Affairs’ section, we have two good news and one sad news.
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The sad news comes from the southern city of Shenzhen, China where a deadly landslide has reportedly caused for the overturning of buildings and left dozens missing hitherto.
As for the good news, the United States President Barack Obama has just recently expressed his generous gesture of yielding clemency for 95 federal prisoners with varying charges. The other highlight of the end of this year is that Greece is finally set to recognize state of Palestine following parliamentary vote where President Mahmoud Abbas reportedly present.
In our ‘Trending Topic’ section, our eyes are all focused on the recently mistaken crowning of 2015 Miss Universe where the host Steve Harvey wrongly announced the winner for the first couple of minutes before correcting it.
In our ‘What’s on Indonesia’ section, we have our concentration fixed on the recent drug bust of three Lion Air airline cabin crews who were caught dosing up on crystal meth.
In the ‘Embassy Corner’ section, a photo exhibition was held by the Russian Embassy in Jakarta where masterpieces of winners from photojournalism contest were put up to honor the prominent Russian photojournalist who was reportedly murdered by the Ukrainian Government armies in 2014.
Stay informed this holiday, and learn more of the stories and keep yourself updated by watching the video below:
