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Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and director of research at the Center for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge. The photo was shot Aug. 26, 2012, in Cambridge, England. (Photo by Kosala Bandara) Photo used under CC BY

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Hawking: Humanity needs new home

Celebrated theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has warned that humanity will not survive another 1,000 years on Earth unless the human race finds another planet to live on. Hawking painted a grave picture of the future.

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The Independent

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Scientists discover potentially habitable planet

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Daily Caller

Baghdad, Kurds at odds over control of Mosul

Clear divisions have emerged between Iraqi and Kurdish leaders over territorial control after the recapture of Mosul, even though the battle for ISIL’s last stronghold in Iraq is far from over as it enters its second month.

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Al Jazeera

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A view of urban warfare in Mosul

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Time

Why are nations leaving world criminal court?

The International Criminal Court came under fire again when Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte became the latest leader to say he’s considering leaving the “useless” tribunal; hours earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was withdrawing his nation from ICC.

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USA TODAY

Post-election uncertainties rattle global talks

At a gathering in Washington, D.C., earlier this week, the mood among the diplomats, economists and policy-makers was somber. Brought together to discuss the merits of free trade and economic integration, the group confronted an apprehension brought by the U.S. presidential election a week earlier.

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U.S. News & World Report

Nigeria’s Chibok girls: How many got free?

Nigeria’s war with Boko Haram has been synonymous with the militant group’s highest-profile abductees. Boko Haram kidnapped more than 200 girls from a school in April 2014. Some have escaped; most have not.

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Newsweek

Central American migrants flow into Arizona

There has been a sharp rise in the number of Central American families and unaccompanied minors entering the country illegally along the border with Mexico in an area of southwestern Arizona that had been one of the quietest areas for crossings along the entire southern border.

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USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russian priests protest ban on religious insults

Two Russian Orthodox priests and a poet have protested in St. Petersburg against a provision in the country’s Criminal Code outlawing the “insulting of religious feelings.”

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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Student held for FB posts is released on bail

Dilip Roy, a 22-year-old student activist, has been granted bail after spending more than two months in jail without charge in Bangladesh. He was arrested in August for two Facebook posts criticizing Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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Amnesty International

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

6 things to know about AG pick Jeff Sessions

President-elect Donald Trump announced that Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions would be his nominee for attorney general. Sessions was one of Trump’s most loyal advisers throughout the campaign, but who is he?

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USA TODAY

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Ivanka’s role at meeting alarms ethics adviser

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Fortune

US intelligence chief James Clapper resigns

James Clapper, the U.S.’ top intelligence official, has submitted his letter of resignation, ensuring that President-elect Donald Trump will have the option to build his own network of intel leaders. The resignation was expected.

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The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Crop yield gets big boost with modified genes

Researchers have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent by increasing the expression of genes that result in more efficient use of light in photosynthesis. Their work could help address the world’s future food needs.

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ScienceDaily

FB grapples with hate speech, fake news

Facebook employees say there is a lot of internal turmoil about how the platform does and doesn’t censor content that users find offensive. Outside Facebook, the public is regularly confounded by the company’s decisions on controversial posts and fake news.

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NPR

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Facebook incorrectly displays memorial pages for living users

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CNBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Surgeon general report tackles addiction

The U.S. surgeon general has issued a call to action to end what he said was a public health crisis of drug and alcohol addiction that is both underappreciated and underrated. Dr. Vivek Murthy said he hopes the report will galvanize work on the issue.

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Scientific American

Manufacturing fear in the safest of times

The U.S. election reflects a society choked with fear. It‘s not just threats of terrorism, economic collapse, cyberwarfare and government corruption – each of which some 70 percent of our citizenry is afraid of, according to the Chapman University Survey on American Fears.

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BUSINESS

Tesla calls solar roof a cheaper alternative

Just after a majority of Tesla Motors shareholders approved plans for the all-electric automaker to acquire solar energy firm SolarCity, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell: The company’s new roof will cost less than traditional rooftop shingles to make and install.

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Fortune

United cuts overhead bin use for low-fare fliers

United Continental has announced a new wrinkle in its service that is brilliant from a business perspective and contemptuous of consumers. It is implementing a new kind of cheap fare that will include no advance seat selection and almost no room for carry-ons.

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Forbes

Columns And Op-Ed

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It’s time to diversity the Democratic Party leadership

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The Nation

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Trump’s CIA pick wants to return to a pre-Snowden world

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The Atlantic

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Trump’s business empire may present ‘most blatant conflicts of interest in history’

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Truthdig

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GOOD NEWS

Elephant advocates set origami world record

This week, a massive herd of elephants took over the Bronx Zoo in New York City. Clocking in at 78,564 origami beasts, the collection was just officially recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest display of origami elephants and stands as a part of a larger campaign to raise awareness about the fight against elephant poaching.

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Smithsonian Magazine

‘Secondhand first’: An antidote to fast fashion?

Clothes recycling charity Traid urges people to wear secondhand instead of buying new. Could instilling pride in wearing pre-owned clothes help avoid wasteful fast fashion?

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DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Developing countries brace for trade revamp

Donald Trump’s successful election platform called for a greater focus on economic interests on the home front. U.S. voters are looking to the president-elect to follow through on his promises to renegotiate or scrap key international trade agreements.

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Devex

Pacific Rim leaders debate future of trade

Leaders of Pacific rim nations gathered in Peru on Friday seeking to salvage hopes for regional trade as prospects of a Donald Trump presidency in the United States sounded a possible death knell for the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact.

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Reuters

NGOs AND NPOs

Nonprofits ponder future under Trump agenda

The incoming president has charities pondering the big changes that lie ahead in the new administration and what they mean for fundraising, tax policy, spending, immigration, regulation, advocacy efforts, and more.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

What to do about nonprofit wage ghettos?

There are whole fields of nonprofit endeavor that, as currently structured, are dependent on paying below a living wage. It should come as no surprise that the workforces that fall under this category consist predominantly of women and people of color.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

US election boosts ACLU giving more than 9/11

The American Civil Liberties Union has announced that since Election Day it has received the greatest outpouring of support in its nearly one-hundred-year history — including after the September 11 attacks.

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Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Making a case for wind-powered desalination

As a popular renewable energy, wind power has the potential to help lower the desalination carbon and energy footprint. Yet the coupling of the two industries, for direct wind powered desalination, has not progressed. Why?

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Waterworld

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Desalination expensive -- and necessary

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Newsy

China denies claim it invented climate change

Donald Trump, who‘s about to become the most powerful man in the world, is a climate change denier, having tweeted that global warming was “created by and for the Chinese.” This week, one of China’s foreign officials has called him out.

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AOL News

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2016 continues march toward setting heat record

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Salon

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A shot of a rainy day through streaked glass. Uploaded on Nov. 6, 2016. (Photo by Claudia Dea) Photo used under CC BY

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