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A fence separates the U.S., on the left, from Mexico at Nogales, New Mexico. President-elect Trump has vowed to build a wall between the countries and make Mexico pay for it. (Photo by Ryan Bavetta) Photo used under CC BY

How Mexico is bracing for Trump’s presidency

The president-elect has promised to rewrite the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, which allows cars to be imported tariff-free across the Rio Grande. He has promised to deport millions of undocumented migrants from the United States, to build a wall along the border and force Mexico to pay for it.

Time

Mexico again says there is ‘no way’ it will pay for Trump wall

AOL News

Smoking costs $1T; soon to kill 8M a year

Smoking costs the global economy more than $1 trillion a year, and will kill one third more people by 2030 than it does now, according to a study by the World Health Organization and the U.S. National Cancer Institute published.

Yahoo! News

Russia considers lifetime ban on selling cigarettes to young generations

BBC

More than 100 killed, hurt as blasts rock Afghanistan

Twin suicide blasts near the Afghan parliament killed dozens of people and wounded dozens more as a wave of violence rocked the country. The militant Afghan Taliban movement said it orchestrated the Kabul attack.

USA TODAY

Assad: ‘Everything’ up for discussion in talks

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said his delegation would approach the negotiating table with an open mind during upcoming peace talks in Kazakhstan, and that he was ready to discuss even his position as president.

Deutsche Welle

US troops kill dozens of ISIS fighters in Syria

Al Jazeera

Ghana president plagiarizes Clinton, Bush

Ghanian statesman Nana Akufo-Addo had barely claimed his nation’s presidency before becoming embroiled in a social media brush fire after swiping lines from two U.S. presidents for his own inaugural address.

USA TODAY

Videos of original speeches, knockoff speech

Al Jazeera

Intel chiefs: Trump’s rep in Russia’s crosshairs

Classified documents presented last week to President Obama and President-elect Trump included allegations that Russian operatives claim to have compromising personal and financial information about Trump, officials with knowledge of the briefings tell CNN.

CNN

Trump calls for quick Obamacare replacement

The Hill

HUMAN RIGHTS

Refugees brave subzero temperatures

Refugees stranded in Greece suffered subzero temperatures and heavy snowfall at camps not designed for winter weather and the government promised those on one island temporary warm accommodations aboard a navy ship.

Reuters

Video of Greek camp conditions in winter

Guardian

Pope stands up for public breast-feeding

Although the pope has repeatedly justified his position in the most traditional terms possible — harking back to the infancy of Christ himself, the stance on breast-feeding does challenge norms in some churches.

NPR

US high court to hear 1st Amendment cases

The First Amendment is being put to the test on multiple levels this term before the US Supreme Court. The high court will hear cases about the right to trademark offensive names and whether merchants have a right to inform customers that a credit-card surcharge is actually a surcharge.

Ars Technica

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Should Germany reregister refugees?

To guarantee domestic security, German Development Minister Gerd Müller would like to see all refugees who have entered Germany since 2015 requestioned, and reregistered. Is that necessary?

Deutsche Welle

Rights protesters disrupt Sessions hearing

As the president-elect’s attorney general nominee, Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions is facing a barrage of challenges to his record on civil rights enforcement and questions about racial tolerance during his confirmation hearing.

USA TODAY

IRS delays tax refunds for millions of poor

The IRS is delaying tax refunds for more than 40 million low-income families this year as the agency steps up efforts to fight identity theft and fraud.

Associated Press

Low pay in state legislatures deters candidacy

While a few big states have full-time legislatures with higher pay (California pays lawmakers $100,113 a year and Pennsylvania pays $85,339) but in most states, legislators are paid like it’s a part-time job.

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Data show how purchases affect species

The things we consume, from iPhones to cars to IKEA furniture, have costs that go well beyond their purchase price.

ScienceDaily

How to delay aging with good life habits

Along with a psychologist, molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn lays out a scientific case that may give readers motivation to keep their new year’s resolutions to not smoke, eat well, sleep enough, exercise regularly, and cut down on stress.

Scientific American

GLOBAL HEALTH

How exercise can help depression in kids

Exercise isn’t a cure for depression, but being active has been shown to alleviate some symptoms of depression in both teens and adults. Depending on the severity of the mood disorder, it could go a long way toward helping problems like negativity and rumination.

Time.com

Living near traffic tied to higher dementia risk

People who live close to high-traffic roadways face a higher risk of developing dementia than those who live further away, new research has found.

ScienceDaily

Why you don’t have to exercise every day

Health experts recommend about 150 minutes of moderate activity, or 75 minutes of vigorous, breath-sapping exercise, each week.

Time

How to break your 7 worst health habits

Time.com

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GOOD NEWS

Worker fired for attending birth gets job offers

The first day of the new year was pretty eventful for Lamar Austin. The 30-year-old welcomed a son and got fired on the very same day — Jan. 1. But thanks to a few good deeds, things are looking up for the faithful father.

Huffington Post

Solution-focused news can empower people

In the first of a regular series, positive psychology researcher Jodie Jackson explains how by studying the impact of Positive News upon its readers, she found that constructive journalism can empower people and engage them more in society.

Positive News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Development aid hit record high in 2015

Even as overall development aid reached a record high in 2015, some charities are concerned that donor governments are shifting development aid away from poor countries to deal with refugees at home, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports.

Philanthropy News Digest

The rising of the states in nonprofit oversight

A nonprofit legal and policy expert explains why, in terms of state-based regulation of nonprofits, we can anticipate seeing more rather than less activity in the near future and possibly far more in terms of coordinated enforcement across state boundaries.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Pipeline protest policing costs exceed $22M

The cost of policing the Dakota Access pipeline protests in North Dakota has surpassed $22 million — an amount that would fund the state Treasury Department for two decades and $5 million more than the state set aside last year.

ABC News

China ivory ban brings hope for elephants

China’s move is expected to curb demand for ivory tusks of the elephants. African elephants are classified as “vulnerable” on the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species, and are threatened by poaching and loss of habitat.

Deutsche Welle

US had 15 $1B weather disasters in 2016

Last year‘s 15 billion-dollar weather disasters count is second to 2011, when there were 16 in the United States. NOAA’s billion-dollar disaster calculations goes back to 1980. In addition to flooding, other billion dollar disasters included Hurricane Matthew, wildfires, drought, tornadoes and hail storms.

Associated Press

‘Clean energy transition is racing forward’

As fossil fuel diehards take over The White House, the evidence of a fast-moving global energy transition has never been clearer, says clean energy pioneer Jeremy Leggett

Positive News

Rich countries dominate climate research

Scientific American

BUSINESS

J&J to reveal average drug price increases

The health care giant will divulge its 2016 average increases in list price and net price, or what middlemen pay J&J.

Associated Press

Uber gives cities free travel-time data

Uber is going to make urban traffic and mobility data gleaned from its millions of drivers and riders using the Uber app freely available to all. The data, which shows anonymized travel times between points in cities, will be available on a public website, Uber Movement.

USA TODAY

Ridesharing could cut 75 percent of traffic in Manhattan

Marketplace

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Shot Jan. 6, 2017, in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. (Photo by Vladimir) Photo used under CC BY

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