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Vaccine maker targets dengue

The Mexican government has given Swiftwater vaccine maker Sanofi Pasteur the go ahead to market the first vaccine to prevent dengue fever. Dengue is the fastest growing mosquito-borne disease in the world today

Pocono Record

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Dengue fever spreads around the world

Business Recorder

Groups donate food, other items to displaced persons in Nigerian capital

Several groups and organizations have, in the spirit of Christmas, donated items to people living in the displaced persons’ camp in Abuja.

Premium Times Nigeria

Chinese lawmakers approve two-child policy

Starting in 2016 China will allow two children for every couple. Chinese lawmakers rubber-stamped the new legislation during a session of the National People‘s Congress Standing Committee, which governs the country’s laws.

CNN

Mall mayhem: Over 1,000 teens shut down Kentucky mall

A mall in Louisville, Kentucky, reopened this morning after over 1,000 teens loitering, fighting and refusing to leave businesses forced the shopping center to shut down Saturday night, police said.

ABC News

Kentucky mall reopens a day after disturbances

Toledo Blade

Texas under siege: Tornadoes, flooding, snow and ice

The death toll from a swath of tornadoes that roared through the Dallas area rose to 11 as the state struggled to combat heavy rains, floods and what could be an “epic” snowstorm.

USA TODAY

At least 11 die from Texas tornadoes, 13 in Midwest flooding

Denver Post

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

In a global refugee crisis, America’s values must overcome fear and politics

The Syrian refugee crisis has reached a breaking point. More than 4 million men, women, and children have fled war-torn Syria to seek shelter in other countries.

The Hill

A million refugees fled to Europe in 2015

The wars stoked up by American and European imperialism in Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq have contributed to what could possibly be the largest refugee crisis in human history.

Global Research Center

HUMAN RIGHTS

NYC human rights commission releases new rules against gender discrimination

The NYC Commission Human Rights Commission has released new rules against gender discrimination in school, the workplace, public institutions, and businesses.

Good magazine

Human Rights groups accuse Russia of targeting Syria’s civilians

The three missiles fired on a public market in the northern Syrian town of Ariha took the morning shoppers by surprise.

CBS News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Inside politics: Outsiders seeking US House seats

Democratic congressional candidate Adam Coker of western North Carolina wants people in the 2nd District to know that he has roots and family in the district and will soon move to this area.

Fayetteville Observer

China human rights lawyer convicted, but avoids jail

One of China’s most famous rights lawyers was given a suspended three-year term for inciting ethnic hatred and disrupting public order

Newsweek

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Put FB’s Free Basics service on hold, TRAI tells Reliance Communications

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has asked Reliance Communications to stop the Free Basics service of Facebook, at least for some time.

Times of India

US stock futures waver in choppy pre-Christmas trade ahead of GDP data

Wall Street was set for a another choppy trading session, with stock futures struggling for direction ahead of economic growth data, which could throw the potential Santa Rally further off course.

Morningstar

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Star Wars-like bots far, far away from reality

Perhaps in the far distant future, when all spaceship maintenance will be performed by droids, the real R2 unit will replace the humanoid form.

New Zealand Herald

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Machines, lost in translation: The dream of universal understanding

NPR

SpaceX’s next challenge: Relaunch booster

SpaceX has successfully landed a massive rocket booster after sending a payload into space — now what? They will need to launch, land, refuel, and then launch the same rocket to make sure this isn’t just a false positive.

Morning Ticker

SpaceX launches satellites, lands rocket and makes history

TIME

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritans rescue pastor, daughter in fiery crash

The Brugger family was opening Christmas gifts when they heard the sound of a crash on the road in front of their home. Several family members and others rescued a father and his daughter from the burning vehicle.

Rochester Democrat & Chronicle

German navy ‘rescued over 10,000 migrants’ in 2015

Germany’s navy said it rescued over 10,000 migrants at sea this year, including more than 500 people off the coast of Libya on Christmas day.

Yahoo! News

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Some nonprofits bank on year-end generosity

Keith Schnider recently stood outside of Scheels ringing a bell to collect money for a Salvation Army red kettle.

Great Falls Tribune

Breaking the Silence tour bus pelted with stones in Hebron

A bus carrying Israeli students on a tour of the West Bank city of Hebron, organized by the left-wing Breaking the Silence NGO, was pelted with stones by Palestinians.

Times of Israel

ENVIRONMENT

UK military helps combat flooding as it spreads to cities

Weeks of persistent rainfall has left entire swathes of northern England, and parts of Wales and Scotland, vulnerable. Several hundred flood warnings remain in effect.

Christian Science Monitor

UK floods: Misery for York, Leeds and Manchester as thousands of homes

Telegraph.co.uk

UK floods: Homes evacuated amid heavy rain

BBC

Severe flooding spawned by El Niño forces more than 150,000 to flee in Latin America

Heavy summer rains linked to El Niño have raised river levels in Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. The Paraguay river is close to overtopping its banks in the capital, Asuncion.

BBC

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