News Headlines - 09 December 2016

▽Dutch politician Wilders convicted of discrimination against Moroccans | Reuters

Judges on Friday convicted Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders of discrimination against Moroccans but levied no punishment in a ruling that could influence elections just three months away.

▽SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT IMPEACHED

South Korea's parliament has endorsed an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye with overwhelming support of opposition lawmakers and defiant members of Park's ruling Saenuri Party.

▽Merkel re-elected as CDU party leader with big majority - The Local

Chancellor Angela Merkel was re-elected as leader of the CDU at the party conference on Tuesday, meaning she will be their Chancellor candidate at next year's election.

▽McDonald’s to Move Non-U.S. Tax Base to the U.K. - WSJ

McDonald’s Corp. on Thursday said a large portion of its non-U.S. income would be taxed in the U.K. following a restructuring that shifts operations away from Luxembourg amid a probe by the European Union competition authority over its tax arrangements.

▽Fukushima radiation has reached U.S. shores

Cesium-134, the so-called fingerprint of Fukushima, was measured in seawater samples taken from Tillamook Bay and Gold Beach in Oregon, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution are reporting.