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Kurdish Peshmerga fighters replace an ISIS flag with a Kurdish flag after securing a victory in a battle near Mosul, Iraq, in September 2014. (Photo by Kurdishstruggle) Photo used under CC BY

Islamic State in shaky shape

President Trump says he wants a swift and complete victory over the Islamic State, and he inherits the battle at a moment when the extremist group is losing ground in Iraq and Syria. The group’s self-declared caliphate is looking increasingly fragile.

NPR

750,000 trapped in western half of Mosul

NBCNews.com

President Barrow arrives in Gambia, at last

Jubilant Gambians have welcomed home President Adama Barrow. Elected almost two months ago, he was forced to flee to Senegal when his predecessor refused to step aside.

Al Jazeera

Walled off: Mexico president cancels DC trip

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto called off a scheduled meeting after Trump warned him it would be better to cancel the visit if Mexico won’t pay for the border wall he aims to build.

Politico

White House floats 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for border wall

NBCNews.com

‘Sanctuary cities’ vow to resist Trump order despite funding threat

NBCNews.com

Doomsday Clock moves closer to midnight

The minute hand on the Doomsday Clock ticked closer to midnight, as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said it’s seeing an increase in dangers to humanity, from climate change to nuclear warfare.

NPR

Museveni marks 31 years in power in Uganda

Uganda is marking 31 years since the NRM/NRA took power, led by President Yoweri Museveni. Celebrations have been held in Masindi, western Uganda. The theme for the national celebrations is: “Uganda’s success story under NRM leadership, a shared victory.”

allAfrica.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Panama Papers deepened sense of corruption

Revelations of tax-evasion and money-laundering networks on a global scale in the so-called Panama Papers helped make the world appear more corrupt last year, according to graft watchdog Transparency International.

Bloomberg

These are the world’s most corrupt countries

CNBC

China ditching rule of law, rights lawyers say

Top human rights lawyers say Xi Jinping’s China is moving farther and farther away from the rule of law amid new claims about torture of Chinese attorneys. In a letter to the Guardian, a group of leading lawyers and judges expressed “grave concern” over the detention and treatment of legal professionals.

Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Defector: N. Korean elite is turning against Kim

North Korea’s elite are outwardly expressing their discontent towards Kim Jong-un and his government as more outside information trickles into the isolated nation, the country’s former deputy ambassador to London has said.

Guardian

The many challenges facing Trump’s wall

President Donald Trump is following through on his pledge to build a wall along the southern border. But the reality of building the wall could be more difficult than the rallying cries suggest.

CNN

Construction of wall to begin in ‘months,’ Trump says

ABC News

Facts aside, Trump seeks voter fraud probe

President Donald Trump continued to perpetuate unsubstantiated and debunked claims of election irregularities, promising a “major investigation” into what he termed “voter fraud.”

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study: Fake news didn’t swing election

The long list of reasons why Donald Trump beat Hillary Clinton last November should not include the rash of false stories spread largely through social media, commonly referred to as “fake news,” according to a just-released study.

New York Magazine

Pope asks media to spotlight hopeful news

National Catholic Register

New Rx: Clinics that resemble Apple stores

Forward, a health-management service, plans to deploy body scanners, sensors, giant touch-screen monitors, infrared devices and other high-tech gizmos that could make a doctor’s appointment feel like a trip to an Apple store.

Sci-Tech Today

Using CO to treat tissue damage?

Just a few early-stage clinical trials are underway in patients. But the data look promising enough that several companies are jumping into the field, developing ways to deliver small amounts of carbon monoxide to damaged tissues.

Scientific American

GLOBAL HEALTH

Can eating breakfast help keep us thin?

To investigate the long-held idea that breakfast can prevent weight gain, researchers in 2013 reviewed dozens of studies examining the premise. Their conclusion: Popular opinion outweighed the scientific evidence.

Sci-Tech Today

1 in 4 men have genital HPV infections

The study is the first to look at the prevalence of HPV among American men. For this reason, health experts have been recommending since 2006 that girls and young women get vaccinated against HPV.

Ars Technica

Cervical cancer death rates higher than thought

Time

Autism–vaccine panel could spread disease

Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., who suggests inoculations are linked to autism, met last week with Trump to discuss a panel to examine what Kennedy called “vaccine safety and scientific integrity.”

Scientific American

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GOOD NEWS

FB request spurs gifts for autistic boy

A Georgia woman turned to social media in hopes of helping her son with autism, and the response brought her to tears. Renee Britt of Bethlehem, Georgia, posted on Facebook, asking if Target, her son’s favorite store, or some of her friends would be able to help her.

Austin Statesman

’Robin Hood’ eatery charges rich, feeds poor

Spain’s economy may be out of recession, but its effects are lingering. Unemployment still hovers near 20 percent. The Robin Hood Restaurant feeds more than 100 needy people each night, in two shifts.

NPR

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

UK’s Cameron heads up Alzheimer’s research

Former Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that “dementia is not inevitable” as he became the new President of Alzheimer’s Research UK. Cameron made dementia a focus of his time in office, and in 2012 launched Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge which aimed to find a treatment or cure by 2025.

Telegraph.co.uk

Global aid groups urged to be brave, honest

International aid charities need to be more honest in how they communicate and be braver and more disruptive in their approaches, sector leaders said at the launch of Disberse, an organization that plans to use blockchain technology to help international development charities to transfer funds between countries.

Civil Society

ENVIRONMENT

DAPL: The push and pull of Standing Rock

“Water is life - it’s simple,” said Heather as she stood outside her teepee on the north side of Oceti Sakowin, in a pocket known as the Navajo camp. First and foremost, the Dakota Access Pipeline needed to be blocked from directly polluting her water supply.

Al Jazeera

EPA told to remove climate change web page

U.S. President Donald Trump‘s administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly minted leadership to erase ex-President Barack Obama’s climate change initiatives.

Forbes

Consequences of US TPP withdrawal

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was supposed to provide a counter-balance to Chinese economic power in the fast-developing Asia-Pacific region. Ironically, US President Trump’s withdrawal from the pact may open up a gap that China can fill.

Deutsche Welle

How agencies’ media blackouts hurt public

Popular Science

Trump‘s ’control-alt-delete’ on climate change

BBC

Five ways to improve air quality in our cities

Air pollution poses a serious health risk in many European cities. But specific solutions are within reach.

Deutsche Welle

BUSINESS

Big businesses vow to tackle plastics problem

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, major corporations have signed on to an initiative to better reuse and recycle plastic packaging - to reap economic benefits, and in hopes of stemming an environmental crisis.

Deutsche Welle

5 startups tackling biggest urban problems

The Future Cities Accelerator challenge drew more than 300 entries from startups around the country. Ten finalists received $100,000 each to invest in their startups.

CNNMoney

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A ceramic artist works in his studio in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. (Photo by Denis Carrascosa) Photo used under CC BY

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