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Plunging temperatures bring greater perils for refugees

Refugees have endured ruthless smugglers, hunger, exhaustion, and dangerous sea crossings. Now the hundreds of thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe have a new adversary – the onset of winter weather.

Telegraph.co.uk

Migrating to a more empathetic reality

The Hindu

How China’s One-Child Policy backfired disastrously

China‘s one-child policy was aimed at slashing the nation’s population to boost economic growth. It resulted in millions of forced sterilizations, abortions, infanticide, and marital misery.

National Geographic

China’s brutal one-child policy shaped how millions lived, loved and died

Guardian

From only child to older sister to adoptee, under China’s One-Child policy

NPR

Coal sector in ‘terminal structural decline’, argues new report

The coal industry is in “terminal structural decline” with ever cheaper renewable energy attracting the majority of new energy investment, according to a new report.

Business Green

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Coal producers blame Obama for industry’s decline, admit it was declining anyway

Esquire

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

White House-backed kickstarter campaign raises refugee aid

At the request of the Obama administration, crowdfunding site Kickstarter is hosting its first humanitarian campaign, aimed at raising money to help Syrian refugees.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

European Commission to give €28 million in humanitarian aid to Jordan

New Europe

The rocket fuel for your philanthropy is technology

Employees are also seeking to create a deep and meaningful connection with their supported charities. They want to track their impact, not just dollars raised.

Business 2 Community

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN wants North Korea to refer to International Criminal Court

A draft UN resolution was circulated by the European Union and Japan, condemning human rights violations in North Korea and asking the U.N. Security Council to refer the country to the International Criminal Court.

International Business Times

Azerbaijan election marred by crackdown on human rights

Azerbaijan will vote in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a merciless crackdown on human rights in the oil-rich former Soviet country. The ruling party, Yeni Azerbaijan, is expected to retain its majority in parliament.

Irish Times

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Free will of Azerbaijani people to determine outcome of election

Trend Azerbaijan

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Congress backs two-year budget deal in boost for incoming House speaker

The US Congress has reached a two-year budget agreement in a rare bipartisan breakthrough that would avoid both a looming debt crisis and a potential shutdown of the federal government.

Guardian

A gender sensitive approach to ending discrimination in politics and governance

Youth and community representatives participated in a series of recently concluded training workshops on ‘Promoting Effective Women’s Leadership and Participation in Governance.’

allAfrica.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New Horizons spots a mysterious crater on Pluto’s largest moon

Scientists combing through data collected during New Horizons‘ flyby of Pluto and its moons have found a very young crater awash in ammonia ice on the dwarf planet’s largest moon Charon.

Mashable

Boeing says it created lightest metal ever

Boeing says it’s created the lightest metal ever, a microlattice material which it describes as 99.99% air.

CNN

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Pacific trade deal needs to harmonize with sustainable development goals

Transpacific Partnership boosts UN Sustainable Development Goals in some ways and undermines them in others.

YaleGlobal Online

Belgium’s Princess Astrid leads trade mission to Calgary

A Belgian trade delegation touring Western Canada has the potential to grow economic ties between the European country and Alberta.

Calgary Herald

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Keira Knightley: Motherhood puts everything in perspective

Keira Knightley feels having a child has changed the way she approaches her career — for the better. That’s one of the reasons the actress felt comfortable making her Broadway debut in the title role of “Therese Raquin.”

ABC News

Woman Gets High School Diploma 80 Years After Dropping Out To Help Family

A 97-year-old woman has received an honorary diploma from a Michigan high school, eight decades after she was forced to drop out to help her family.

Huffington Post

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Indian NGO attempting to honestly account for every garment

Shailini Sheth Amin from Gujarat grew so disillusioned with the throwaway culture of fashion that she decided to set up her own company to produce textiles ethically.

The National

Nonprofits come up short with donors on social media, study says

Nonprofits are using social-media platforms like billboards rather than as tools for reciprocal communication, according to the study, which examined 161 nonprofits’ use of social media.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Using brands’ ad dollars to support nonprofits

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Accidental discovery: orange peels could suck mercury out of oceans

Scientists in Australia accidentally stumbled on a substance that can remove toxic mercury from the sea. It’s called limonene, and can be found in any orange peel.

Good News Network

Will hacking nature protect us from climate change?

One way to keep global average temperatures from warming beyond a catastrophic 2-degree-celsius tipping point is to suck carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

CNN

Photo of the Day

A pellet of “dry ice” floats on a shallow bed of water shooting off gaseous of carbon dioxide as it warms. The dry ice is solid CO2 which sublimates directly to gas as it warms up (skipping the liquid phase altogether). (Photo by Steve Jurvetson) Photo used under CC BY

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