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Saudi women score first election wins in historic vote

Saudi women have won seats on municipal councils in a landmark election that allowed them to run for office and vote for the first time.

Bloomberg

First women elected to office in Saudi Arabia

CNN

Visas for travel to the US get new scrutiny after California, Paris attacks

Visas for foreigners to travel to the U.S. are getting new scrutiny in the wake of shooting massacres in California and France. House lawmakers passed legislation tightening controls on visa-fre travel .

U.S. News & World Report

Nations approve landmark climate accord in Paris

With the sudden bang of a gavel, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions.

New York Times

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Paris agreement ushers in end of the fossil fuel era

Slate

Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses; Geneva remains on alert

Swiss police have arrested two people with Syrian passports and found traces of potential bomb-making chemicals in a car as security remains high around Geneva amid a terrorism alert and a hunt for suspects.

CNN

Far-right fails to make big gains in French local elections

France’s far-right National Front failed to repeat its strong showing in a second round of voting in local elections, three exit polls showed.

USA TODAY

France election results will play into three major issues

NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Migrant crisis draws wave of volunteers to Greek island

Hundreds of volunteers are flocking to the Greek island of Lesbos, a major arrival point for Syrians fleeing their country’s bloody civil conflict, to provide services and comfort to the refugees.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Islamic charity volunteers join Cumbria aid effort

Islamic charities have joined soldiers to provide aid and assistance to the flooded towns and villages of Cumbria. Volunteers and military personnel worked side by side in freezing temperatures and heavy rain.

The Star

HUMAN RIGHTS

Civilian harm, human rights concerns in Kunduz during Taliban occupation

A special report was released today by the United Nations mission in Afghanistan and the UN rights office, which documented civilian harm and human rights concerns in Kunduz

UN News Center

Indonesia posts dismal human rights record

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has issued a report detailing the government’s failure to protect basic human freedoms across the country in 2015.

Jakarta Post

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Why swing voters are vanishing from US politics

People no longer switch allegiances between parties from election to election, adding to the rise of more-extreme candidates and changing the nature of campaigns.

Christian Science Monitor

Thai park exposes corruption claims and murky politics

Rajabhakti Park has become a symbol of how the government’s efforts to promote the monarchy - at an awkward moment as Thailand faces its first royal succession in nearly 70 years - can go wrong.

BBC

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Whatever happened to “Cap and Trade”?

Some environmentalists claim the system is a failure and is based on an unhealthy and outdated reverence for free markets. Ten years later, Kronick argues that the system has proved inflexible and counter-productive.

Market Place

National policies on trade and agriculture key to tackling food security

The rules governing global trade of food and agricultural products should aim to improve countries’ food security and other development objectives.

UN News Center

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Gift this, not that: coloring the universe vs. the Hubble cosmos

There’s nothing quite like the beautiful color images returned by the Hubble Space Telescope, or any of the other great observatories of our time. They take us far beyond what we can see with our naked eye.

Forbes

This stormy star is unlike anything we’ve seen before

Astronomers are comparing it to Jupiter’s red spot: a forever storm large enough to swallow three Earths. Except this monster tempest appears to be raging on a star.

Gizmodo

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GOOD NEWS

Alexander Hamilton safe for now as Treasury delays replacement for $10 bill

Since announcing that an American woman would grace the $10 bill for the first time in a century, the U.S. Treasury has been swamped with public feedback.

Christian Science Monitor

Amid flood of public input, Lew delays decision on putting woman on $10

USA TODAY

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GOP candidates, asked to name iconic American women

Slate

Retiring later is good for you and the economy

Baroness Altmann, the Pensions Minister, said if everyone postponed retirement the economy would grow one per cent and retirees would benefit financially, physically and mentally.

Express.co.uk

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

White powder in mail prompts evacuation at Muslim nonprofit in D.C.

The Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a prominent advocacy and anti-discrimination group, was evacuated Thursday after the receipt of a letter containing white powder.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

NGOs calls for action to curb dementia

Presidential candidates need to face up to the impact brought on by a swelling tide of dementia in the population, warned an NGO alliance.

China Post

ENVIRONMENT

Six ways scientists know climate change is happening

The Paris climate conference has kicked off huge arguments over economic policies, green regulations and even personal lifestyle choices. But one thing isn’t up for debate: the evidence for climate change is unequivocal.

ScienceAlert

How China is using surveillance and big data to cut down on pollution

In Beijing‘s environmental bureau, a team of engineers tend to giant mainframe computers that keep a watchful eye on the city’s pollution.

Times of India

Surveillance secret weapon in China pollution struggle

Phys. Org. News

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