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A cement factory about 4,000 feet above see level in Wushan, Chongqing, China. (Photo by Jonathan Kos-Read) Photo used under CC BY

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China’s heartland struggles as Beijing fights smog

Severe natural gas shortages are hitting businesses and residents across China’s industrial heartland as the government’s effort to clean up an environment devastated by decades of unbridled growth backfires.

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Reuters

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China‘s war on smog unleashes collateral damage on world’s farms

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Bloomberg

Aung San Suu Kyi could face genocide charges

Myanmar’s civilian leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, and the head of the armed forces, Gen. Aung Min Hlaing, could potentially face genocide charges in the future, said the United Nations human rights chief, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein.

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NPR

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Myanmar urged to free Reuters journalists

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Al Jazeera

Inequality rising globally, skyrocketing in US

Since 1980, the richest 0.1 percent of the world’s population increased its collective wealth by as much as the poorest 50 percent, according to the 2018 World Inequality Report.

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New York Magazine

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A journey through a land of extreme poverty: Welcome to America

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Guardian

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US becoming ‘world champion of extreme inequality’ says UN poverty envoy

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The Independent

US outnumbered 14 to 1 on UN Jerusalem vote

A UN security council resolution calling for the withdrawal of Donald Trump‘s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital has been backed by every council member except the U.S., which used its veto.

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Guardian

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Violence continues after Jerusalem’s recognition

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CNN

Colombia’s rebels willing to extend ceasefire

Colombia’s leftist ELN rebels have said that they are willing to extend a ceasefire set to expire next month if there is sufficient progress at peace talks with the government.

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Reuters

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The last of the cold warriors are oiling their weapons in Colombia

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Bloomberg

HUMAN RIGHTS

Philippine president supports gay marriage

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday expressed his support for same-sex unions, after previously declaring his opposition to gay marriage, in an about-face that may displease bishops in the mainly Roman Catholic country.

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NBCNews.com

36,000 migrant children in Libya need help

UNICEF and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) have said that 36,000 migrant children in Libya need assistance. Out of an estimated 400,000 migrants, nine percent are children and, shockingly, more than 14,000 children are unaccompanied.

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Xinhua

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Indian ruling party narrowly wins state election

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has retained power in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat —but only by a whisker.

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CNN

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India: Economic woes are key factor in Gujarat election

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Al Jazeera

Austrians protest far-right Freedom Party

The last time the anti-immigration Freedom Party entered government in Austria, protests were so big that the cabinet took a tunnel from the chancellery to the swearing-in ceremony at the president’s office across the street.

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NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Oldest known fossil is 3.5 billion years old

The fossil was discovered in The Apex Chert, a rock formation in Western Australia, which has the best-preserved rock deposits in the world.

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The Independent

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Scientists finally confirm there was life on Earth 3.5 billion years ago

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Quartz

The icy secrets of an interstellar visitor

To telescopes, ‘Oumuamua, the interstellar asteroid that made itself known to Earth in October, looks like a point of light in the dark, much like a star in the night sky.

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The Atlantic

GLOBAL HEALTH

How health experts stay healthy during holidays

The Christmas season is often full of hazards for those wanting to stay healthy. A panel of health professionals share their insider secrets on staying well all party season.

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Mirror

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Meditation could be your answer to holiday anxiety

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K5 News

NIH lifts ban on making lethal viruses

Scientists could soon resume controversial experiments on germs with the potential to cause pandemics, as government officials have decided to finally lift an unusual three-year moratorium on federal funding for the work.

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NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Boy who gave up Xbox to help others gets gift

When Mikah Frye, 11, learned his grandmother wanted to buy him an Xbox for Christmas, he told her to spend the $300 that would have paid for the game console on blankets for the homeless instead.

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ABC News

Secret Santa visits Harvey-ravaged Texas

An anonymous businessman who travels the country each year giving out hundred-dollar bills to random strangers - made Beaumont his first stop this year.

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CBC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Gates Foundation to give $15M for vaccines

UNICEF has announced a $15 million commitment from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in support of an initiative designed to help low-income countries secure a sustainable supply of vaccines.

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Philanthropy News Digest

Foundation commits $98.5M for Haiti

Caris Foundation has announced that its subsidiary, Caris Foundation International, has entered a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Agency for International Development to bolster health care in Haiti through a $98.5 million investment over four years.

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Business Insider

ENVIRONMENT

China close to becoming world’s climate leader

China has unveiled plans to create the world’s largest carbon market as the country continues to position itself as the world leader in the fight against climate change.

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TIME

Floating rig promises zero-emission fuel

A Columbia Engineering assistant professor and his team have created a floating device capable of producing hydrogen gas for fuel using sunlight and seawater, minus the CO2 emissions usually produced by this process.

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NBCNews.com

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Venezuela’s oil purge cripples company

An alleged crackdown on graft in Venezuela, seen by critics as an effort by President Nicolas Maduro to consolidate power, has sown panic across the country’s energy industry and all but paralyzed state-run Petroleos de Venezuela SA.

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Reuters

Mining giant to leave coal group over climate

Mining giant BHP Billiton Ltd., one of the world’s largest coal companies, has said it would leave an international coal association over the group’s positions on climate change. BHP said its climate policies are more progressive than the association’s policies.

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The Hill

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Women marching into the Ngmayem festival, a celebration of the abundant harvest of ngma (millet) in Ghana. (Photo by Jasmine Nears) Photo used under CC BY

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