A few highlights from headlines around the world this week:
North Korea nixes plans to secretly meet with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence.
Venezuela’s struggle to hold on to its real currency forces it to launch a digital one.
And humanitarian groups say they’ve simply run out of words to describe the horror being inflicted by the Syrian government on one rebel-held suburb.
We touch down on some of the biggest stories from the past few days in the global edition of the Friday News Roundup.
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Elise Labott, Global affairs correspondent, CNN; @eliselabottcnn
Nancy Youssef, National security reporter, The Wall Street Journal; @nancyayoussef
Shawn Donnan, World trade editor, covering international economics for Financial Times; @sdonnan
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