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Children play ball in Dargout, Haiti. Throughout the world, poor children play with whatever toys they can find or make. (Photo by The Global Orphan Project) Photo used under CC BY

Kids around the world show their favorite toys

If you live in a place where people get X-Box Ones for Christmas, then spare a thought for the other 5 billion people on earth. Dollar Street, a new project from the Gapminder Foundation, lets you see favorite toys and other personal items in homes around the world.

Business Insider

Holiday Facebook browsing linked to misery

BBC

Philippines to investigate Duterte killings

The Philippines’ independent rights watchdog has said it will investigate President Rodrigo Duterte’s boasts he killed criminals years ago as mayor of the city of Davao.

Guardian

Russia calls for peace pact after Syria retakes Aleppo

Russian President Vladimir Putin is urging his Syrian counterpart Bashar al-Assad, a longtime ally, to seek a comprehensive agreement on resolving the Syrian conflict.

NEWS.com.au

Damascus declares complete victory over rebels in Aleppo

Al Jazeera

7-year-old Syrian girl meets Turkey’s president

CNN

Trump threatens to upend nuke arms policy

In impromptu statements about nuclear weapons, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is threatening to upend longstanding U.S. nonproliferation policy, even as his advisers contradict him and muddy his intentions.

Politico

Trump‘s call for ’arms race’ boggles nuclear experts

NBCNews.com

Sanders rips Trump as ‘Tweeter in Chief’ for nuke talk

The Hill

Berlin market attack suspect dies in shootout

Anis Amri, the lead suspect in the attack on a Berlin Christmas market this week, has died in a shootout with Italian police, according to the Italian interior minister. Germany has confirmed that the dead man is Amri.

Deutsche Welle

Why does Tunisia produce so many extremists?

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

NC rejects repeal of transgender bathroom law

North Carolina’s Senate on Wednesday voted against repeal of a law that restricts transgender restroom access and has put the state at the center of national debate over lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights.

Reuters

Trump seeks IDs of gender equality advocates

In an email, the Trump team asked the State Department’s bureaus to list any programs or activities that “promote gender equality, such as ending gender-based violence, promoting women’s participation in economic and political spheres, entrepreneurship, etc.”

NPR

Ohio gun law expands concealed carry liberty

Gov. John Kasich signed Ohio’s “campus carry” bill into law this week, making it legal to carry a concealed weapon at day care facilities and on college campuses. Kasich also signed a bill that bars cities and counties from setting their own minimum wage rates.

NPR

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

US allows UN to condemn Israeli settlements

In an unprecedented diplomatic rebuke of Israel, the United States abstained Friday on a United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an end to Israeli settlements, allowing the highly charged measure to pass.

USA TODAY

Palestinian envoy says Israel ‘not living in reality’

Reuters

Congress urged to block drug price hikes

Angered by skyrocketing drug prices, a pair of senators urged Congress to block companies from cornering the market on old drugs.

Associated Press

Report urges clearer guidance on phone tech

Associated Press

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study links blood pressure, familiarity with bias

The study, which involved 150 African-Americans, found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure.

NPR

Report questions cannabis’ help for anxiety

For those suffering depression or anxiety, using cannabis for relief may not be the long-term answer. That’s according to new research from a team at Colorado State University seeking scientific clarity on how chronic, heavy cannabis use affects neurological activity, including the processing of emotions.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

First ebola vaccine likely to stop next outbreak

When Ebola struck West Africa a few years ago, the world was defenseless. There was no cure. No vaccine. And the result was catastrophic: More than 11,000 people died. Nearly 30,000 were infected. Now it looks like such a large outbreak is unlikely to ever happen again. Ever.

NPR

Students help provide health care for refugees

Students and faculty at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio have teamed up to operate one of the only student-run refugee clinics in the country.

NPR

What’s behind the 2016 spike in mumps?

Increasing numbers of college students and others have started getting mumps again — and 2016 marks the biggest spike in a decade. Seven states have each reported more than 100 cases.

Scientific American

BUSINESS

US sues Barclays over toxic mortgages

A federal lawsuit accuses Barclays of defrauding investors who bought mortgage securities from the bank before they blew up during the financial crisis. The suit, filed by the U.S. prosecutor in Brooklyn, claims that the bank “caused billions of dollars of losses to investors.”

CNNMoney

U.S. economy grew strong 3.5% in third quarter

The U.S. economy grew 3.5% in the third quarter -- July to September -- compared to the same time a year ago, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. It’s the best quarter of growth in two years.

CNNMoney

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GOOD NEWS

Love or money: What makes world go ’round?

A post-growth society is a society that nurtures the ecological, economic and especially cultural foundations on which it is built. These value community cohesion over private property.

Positive News

Why kindness may be key to human survival

Research being done in Stanford and Edinburgh challenges the dominant view that humans are primarily selfishly motivated. According to these scientists, humans have two quite different biological drives – and one of these could be summed up as compassion.

The Herald

Dying people talk to chaplains about love, family

CNN

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Sweden gives $2.2M drought aid for Somalia

A new contribution of $2.2 million from the Government of Sweden to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund has immediately been allocated by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia to support humanitarian response to drought-affected families.

allAfrica.com

Economist’s guide to holiday charitable giving

There is a lot of variation in the cost of delivering services. This tells us that if we can grow the size of the smallest projects in our portfolio, we can take advantage of economies of scale and improve our efficiency.

Time

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Brazil disputes Canada’s bombardier funding

Brazil vowed to launch a trade challenge against Canada before the World Trade Organization over financial support for Bombardier, a move the Montreal-based company said was without merit.

CBC News

5 trends in international trade to watch in 2017

As 2016 draws to a close and businesses look to 2017, there are some interesting trends likely to pan out in 2017 that are important to look out for.

Daily Mirror

NGOs AND NPOs

Nonprofit helps youngsters learn tech skills

Hack the Hood, a not-for-profit organization that introduces young people of colour to careers in technology by training them to design and build free websites for small businesses. The participants, who range in age from 16 to 25, learn crucial skills for the 21st century economy.

Positive News

NGOs strike back at Malaysian government

A group of NGOs blasted the government for trying to discredit the good work done by civil society organizations by vilifying their acceptance of international funding.

FMT News

ENVIRONMENT

Clean Power Plan would raise crop yields

The Environmental Protection Agency developed the Clean Power Plan to target greenhouse gases. That’s not the only pollutant that is reduced by cutting emissions and moving away from coal for power generation.

Ars Technica

Norwegian oil company building NY wind farm

Winds off the coasts of the United States are so dependably strong, turbines built offshore could produce four times the amount of electricity that’s currently generated from all sources in the country.

Huffington Post

Photo of the Day

Christmas Eve is celebrated at Belur Math in West Bengal, India, in 2015. Belur Math is the headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math and Mission, founded by Swami Vivekananda, a chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa. The temple architecture fuses Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs. (Photo by Ramakrishna Math)

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