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Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists U.S. support for Israel has not left it isolated, despite anger over Israel's offensive in Gaza. It's just one of the crises he's looking at as the year ends.

After the deal was announced, Sharp's stock fell more than 14 percent. And Foxconn now says it will postpone finalizing the sale due to late-arriving information.

Also: French troops move north in Mali; explosions rock Kabul; two Japanese airlines ground their Boeing 787 Dreamliners; many New York City parents face turmoil as school bus drivers go on strike.

Also: Martin Luther King Jr.'s daughter has a no violence plea; the U.N. says Iran begins suspending certain nuclear enrichment work; a European space probe will "awaken"; famed Italian conductor Claudio Abbado dies; and Denver and Seattle are going to the Super Bowl.

German leaders made the same decision last week, without an explanation. In the lead up to the Winter Games, Russia has been criticized for its anti-gay laws.

Three Decades after the original Top Gun, Tom Cruise returns to lead a fresh squadron of Navy fighter pilots in Top Gun: Maverick.

Steve Inskeep talks to Russell Vought, acting director of the Office of Management and Budget, about President Trump's proposed budget for 2020. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in on the conversation.

President Bush arrives at the G-8 summit in Germany on Wednesday with a new plan on climate change as leaders of major industrialized countries gather for three days. But a bitter debate over missile defense looms over the talks.

Also: Some senators continue talks ahead of the looming federal debt ceiling crisis; South Dakota ranchers lose thousands of cattle to this month's blizzard; two tropical storms churn just off Mexico's Pacific coast; and the Nobel Prize in Economics goes to three Americans.

Also: A Congressional staffer takes the rostrum for a bizarre rant; Caroline Kennedy is confirmed as the next U.S. Ambassador to Japan; a trial on Michigan's ban on gay marriage is set for next February; and it's earthquake drill day.