The U.S. is cutting off tens of millions of dollars in funding to UNESCO, the U.N.’s cultural and scientific body, after it voted to admit Palestine as a full member. State Department official Victoria Nuland says the U.S. will withhold a $60 million payment that was to be delivered later this month.
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