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Dr. Raj Panjabi, a TIME 100 Most Influential People honoree for his work on Ebola in rural Liberia, is the 2017 winner of the coveted TED Prize. (Photo by Kris Krüg) Photo used under CC BY

TED honors doctor who trains care providers

Dr. Raj Panjabi, a physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and the founder of Last Mile Health, which trains people from the community to provide health care in isolated parts of Liberia, has received the 2017 TED Prize “for delivering world-class care in some of the most remote areas of the planet.”

NPR

Trump praised deadly drug war, Duterte says

US President-elect Donald Trump has praised Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte for his controversial war on drugs in which thousands have died, Duterte said following a phone call between the leaders.

Guardian

Trump reportedly praises Pakistan‘s ’terrific’ PM

CNN

Russia seeks full rebel pullout from Aleppo

Russia says it is ready for talks with the United States about a withdrawal of all Syrian rebels from eastern Aleppo where the Russian-backed Syrian army and its allies threaten to deal a crushing blow to the rebellion.

Al Jazeera

Syrian forces tighten grip on besieged Aleppo

Reuters

Obama fights to instate blocked OT pay rule

The Obama administration is challenging a federal judge’s decision to block the implementation of a new rule that would have made 4 million more Americans eligible for overtime pay.

NPR

Italians weigh in on high-stakes referendum

Italians go to the polls this weekend to answer a high-stakes referendum question that has huge implications. Not only Italy, but the entire Eurozone, could be destabilised if voters decide to reject constitutional change.

ABC News

Castro’s ashes transported to revolution site

Havana may be the political, economic and tourism capital of Cuba, but the mountainous region around Santiago de Cuba was where Castro‘s revolution, and others throughout the county’s history, first got started.

USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

Court divided on rights pending deportation

President-elect Donald Trump wants to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, but the Supreme Court appeared potentially deadlocked over how long immigrants facing deportation can be detained without court hearings.

USA TODAY

Americas’ rights body hears LGBT torture case

An eight-year legal battle by a gay Peruvian man who accused police of raping him went before the Americas’ leading human rights organization in a landmark case to determine whether the alleged crime was torture.

NBCNews.com

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Gambian election heralds hope, victor says

Property developer Adama Barrow says his shock win of the Gambian election heralds new hope for the country. Yahya Jammeh, an authoritarian president who ruled for 22 years, has confirmed he will step down.

BBC

S. Koreans march, demand Park resign

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans rallied in Seoul on Saturday in the sixth straight weekend of protests demanding the resignation of scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye that took them closer than ever to the presidential Blue House.

Yahoo! News

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

Portions of brain fall asleep, wake back up

When we are in a deep slumber our brain‘s activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a tide of human bodies rise up and sit down around a sports stadium. It’s hard to miss. Now, researchers have found, those same cycles exist in wake as in sleep.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

UN apologizes for role in Haiti cholera outbreak

Outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized for the UN’s role in the spread of cholera in Haiti. But Ban stopped short of asserting the UN bears responsibility for starting the outbreak.

Deutsche Welle

Gut microbe mix may spark Parkinson’s

For clues to Parkinson’s brain symptoms, a gut check is in order. Intestinal microbes send signals that set off the disease’s characteristic brain inflammation and motor problems in mice, researchers report in Cell. Doctors might someday be able to treat Parkinson’s by fixing this bacterial imbalance.

Science News

BUSINESS

Summers slams Trump’s Carrier move

Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers blasted Donald Trump’s deal with United Technologies Corp. to keep factory jobs in Indianapolis, labeling the president-elect’s intervention as a dangerous shift away from American capitalism.

Bloomberg

Palin, too, warns of ‘crony capitalism’

Fortune

For-profit colleges hope to rebound with Trump

After nearing collapse under the Obama administration, the for-profit college industry is celebrating Donald Trump’s election as a chance for a rebound.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Christmas trains keep holiday spirit on track

Forget sleighs. The ultimate Christmas ride requires a train, with tourist railways across the country adding more specially themed holiday excursions every year.

USA TODAY

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Chinese money, migrants flowing into Rwanda

This small, landlocked country is aiming to position itself as a hub for Chinese investment in Africa.

Huffington Post

In Africa, disability brings poverty, struggle

December 3 is the International Day for Persons with Disabilities. Disabled people in Africa often cannot get an education or even a job to survive. Can development aid make a difference?

Deutsche Welle

Buying groceries in Venezuela? Stop at 6 ATMs

Lines are nothing new in Venezuela, where the economy is shattered. Now added to the indignities of daily life in a country desperately short on most everything except crime is the ATM hustle, as banks crack down on what customers can take out.

Bloomberg

NGOs AND NPOs

Poland’s government wants to control NGOs

The national conservative government in Warsaw wants to decide in the future which NGOs will receive state funding. The outrage among activists has been immense. They feel their independence is under threat.

Deutsche Welle

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

Smithsonian exhibit highlights American giving

Philanthropy has long worked backstage at the Smithsonian Institution, but it stepped into the spotlight Tuesday at the opening of the Giving in America exhibit at the National Museum of American History.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Tech industry is reshaping philanthropy

Philanthropists are giving larger charitable donations than ever before, their grant-making process has become increasingly data-driven and their aspirations ever more ambitious.

Recode

ENVIRONMENT

Showdown looms at pipeline protest site

There may be a looming showdown in the coming days in the already contentious demonstrations in North Dakota against the Dakota Access Pipeline. Local authorities have issued a mandatory evacuation order.

ABC News

Federal civil rights watchdog will travel to Standing Rock

Buzzfeed

Investigating environmental racism

In Nova Scotia, minority and low-income communities are disproportionately located near degraded environments. An ongoing research project raises awareness of the issue and mobilizes affected residents to action.

Deutsche Welle

Amazon deforestation shoots up 29%

It’s the second year in a row that deforestation in the Amazon quickened; last year, the pace rose by about 24 percent.

NPR

China’s climate revolution could stop warming

Deutsche Welle

Climate change in pictures

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

Pedestrians cross at Shibuya Scramble Crossing in Tokyo. Shot Dec. 2, 2016. (Photo by Yoshikazu Takada) Photo used under CC BY

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