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Iowa Governor Branstad tapped as China envoy

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, a longtime friend of Chinese President Xi Jinping, for Ambassador to China, the U.S.’s most important trade partner and its largest economic rival.

Bloomberg

48 die in Pakistan commercial plane crash

A Pakistan International Airlines flight with 48 people aboard crashed in a mountainous area of the country, leaving no survivors, airline officials said. The commercial flight, with 42 passengers, five crew members and one ground engineer, went missing shortly after taking off from the Pakistani city of Chitral.

USA TODAY

Pakistani pop star among victims

CNN

21st Century Cures Act boosts mental health care

The 21st Century Cures Act that gained congressional approval is the most significant piece of mental health legislation since the 2008 law requiring equal insurance coverage for mental and physical health.

NPR

U.S. Senate joins House to pass sweeping new health bill

Reuters

Iraq wrongly bombs civilians in ISIS-held city

At least 52 people - including many women and children - have been killed when airstrikes by Iraqi forces mistakenly targeted civilians gathering in the ISIS-held western city of al-Qaim, military officials told Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria grapples with starvation amid battle

The United Nations warns of the ‘largest crisis in Africa’ as the offensive against Boko Haram moves at a snail’s pace.

Al Jazeera

Kenyan doctors, nurses urged to end strike

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged striking medical workers to return to the job, saying nearly 20 people have died three days into the strike because of lack of treatment. All doctors and nurses from public hospitals across Kenya have gone on strike, leading to a crisis.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Investigating Malaysia’s underground baby trade

In this Southeast Asian nation, where legal adoption can take years, people are handing over thousands of dollars to baby sellers and turning to corrupt officials to help register the children they buy as their own. A baby’s price can range from about $400 to $7,500.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh children working 64 hours a week

Researchers from the Development Institute surveyed nearly 3,000 households in the slums of Dhaka and found children as young as 6 employed full-time and others working up to 100 to 110 hours a week. On average the working children earned less than $2 a day.

NPR

War drags on in Yemen, suffering abounds

The crisis in Yemen has been overshadowed by the wars in Syria and Iraq. Barely 50% of the funding promised by donors has actually been delivered.

BBC

Merkel endorses burka ban where possible

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the wearing of full-faced veils should be prohibited in the country “wherever it is legally possible.” It is widely accepted that a total ban would violate Germany’s constitution.

BBC

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Egypt busts organ trafficking racket

Doctors at prestigious universities are accused of working in the smuggling network. Investigators said they seized large sums of money and gold.

Deutsche Welle

Federal judge halts Michigan election recount

After a lawyer urged him not to stick taxpayers with a $5 million recount tab, a federal judge on Wednesday dissolved his earlier decision and halted the hand recount of 4.8 million ballots that were cast for president in Michigan.

USA TODAY

Libyan forces clear last ISIS holdout in Sirte

Libyan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes finished clearing the last Islamic State holdout in Sirte after a near seven-month battle for the militant group‘s former North African stronghold. The forces gained full control over a final patch of ground in Sirte’s Ghiza Bahriya district.

Reuters

Russia seeks to influence in Libya

Moscow last week hosted Libyan warlord Khalifa Hifter, who has requested military aid and political support. What are Russia’s political and economic interests in the Libyan conflict?

Deutsche Welle

U.S. court grapples with racial gerrymandering

The U.S. Supreme Court wrestled with whether Republican lawmakers in Virginia and North Carolina unconstitutionally packed racial minorities into a handful of legislative districts in order to reduce their influence elsewhere.

Bloomberg

U.S., state courts issue conflicting rulings on Michigan vote recount

Reuters

Americas’ rights body hears LGBT torture case

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Ethiopian ant colony set to invade globe

The forests of Ethiopia are teeming with a supercharged ant that is poised to invade the globe, new research suggests.

LiveScience

Largest all-women expedition heads to Antartica

The largest ever all-female expedition to Antarctica is setting sail, hoping to increase the number of women in important scientific roles around the world, writes Ben Collins.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccine prolongs leukemia remission in trial

A new vaccine helped leukemia patients fight their cancer and stay in remission for an average of almost five years, according to new study.

CNN

ACA repeal would spur crisis, hospitals say

The nation’s hospital industry warned President-elect Trump and congressional leaders that repealing the Affordable Care Act could cost hospitals $165 billion and trigger “an unprecedented public health crisis.”

MSNBC

Texas wary of rising vaccinations exemptions

Texas could be the epicenter for the nation‘s next major fight over stricter requirements for immunizations as rates of schoolchildren who refuse shots for non-medical reasons climb in America’s second-largest state.

Associated Press

Gaza doctors launch appeal to save kids’ lives

The intensive care unit at Al Dura, a children’s hospital in Gaza, is the ward most affected by the severe fuel shortages in Gaza, which has been besieged by Israel since 2007.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

The Russian app that has destroyed privacy

Imagine a smartphone app that lets anyone take a picture of anyone and then find that person on social networks. Now stop imagining.

Bloomberg

Social media giants curb terrorist propaganda

Four major internet companies have agreed to create a common database to identify terrorist propaganda. German government officials have claimed that social media operators are “too slow” in removing illicit content.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

A brighter outlook could extend longevity

Research published Wednesday in the American Journal of Epidemiology, is the latest to find an association between a positive sense of well-being and better health, though it’s not yet clear whether one causes the other.

NPR

Paris selling lovers’ locks to help refugees

Up to 10 ton of “love locks” recently removed from bridges in the French capital will be sold to raise funds for refugee groups

Positive News

Mini-houses shelter Cologne’s homeless

In the western Gemany city of Cologne one local has taken it upon himself to build mini houses for the homeless.

Deutsche Welle

Why now is the time for serious optimism

Recent political events have shown that the ‘doom and gloom’ news narrative no longer serves society. A more inspiring lens on the world is needed in order to heal division and empower people to bring about change

Positive News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

U.S. jobless rate falls to nine-year low

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low of 4.6 percent in November, as employers added another 178,000 jobs, making it almost certain that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month.

Reuters

Singapore tops global education ratings

While the “American dream” of social mobility seems nothing more than a dream for many American students, it is emerging as a new reality in much of east Asia.

Reuters

NGOs AND NPOs

NGOs mixed on impact of US-Philippine strain

A souring of diplomatic relations between the governments of the Philippines and the United States has raised uncertainties over the future of U.S. foreign aid in the country.

Devex

HIV awareness drives hit amid NGO shutdowns

Eight out of nine NGOs involved in raising awareness about HIV/AIDS in Gurugram, India, have been shut down. The sole NGO currently working with the MSM (men who have sex with men) population is involved in a number of programs, but others say not enough is being done to cover a large migrant population.

Times of India

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

To help the poorest of the poor, first find them

A computer program determines the economic wellbeing of neighborhoods by analyzing daytime satellite images to determine differences in electricity use, roads, houses and features of the terrain.

NPR

Tech industry is reshaping philanthropy

Recode

ENVIRONMENT

An ‘inevitable’ force halted at Standing Rock

The US Army Corps of Engineers announced at the weekend that it would not grant a permit for the Dakota Access pipeline to drill under the Missouri river, a victory for Native American people and for peaceful protest

Positive News

Al Gore meets Trumps for climate talks

The meeting “was a sincere search for areas of common ground,” said Mr. Gore, a climate change activist.

BBC

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Shot in Tokyo and uploaded on Nov. 30, 2016. (Photo by Toomore Chiang) Photo used under CC BY

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