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Sunday, January 15, 2017
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90% of rural Australians say their lives are already affected by changing climate, 46% favor phasing out coal power (theguardian.com)
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Beijing, one of the most polluted cities of the world, will spend $2.6 billion to curb deadly air pollution. (newsheads.in)
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Human Rights Watch lists Trump as threat to human rights: "Donald Trump’s election as US president after a campaign fomenting hatred and intolerance, and the rising influence of political parties in Europe that reject universal rights, have put the postwar human rights system at risk,”(thehill.com)
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Sea Shepherd finds Japanese ship 'with slaughtered whale' - The conservationist organisation -- whose two vessels departed Australia last month for the Southern Ocean to disrupt the hunt -- said it spotted the Nisshin Maru in the Australian whale sanctuary around the nation's Antarctic territory (france24.com)
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The world’s largest fund manager is threatening to unleash a fresh wave of shareholder rebellions in the UK unless Britain’s largest companies rein in excessive boardroom pay. (theguardian.com)
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Philippines President Duterte says navy will 'bomb' all militants – even if they are holding hostages - Addressing victims, he says ‘So, really, don't allow yourselves to be kidnapped’ (independent.co.uk)
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France says Trump’s proposal to move US embassy to Jerusalem would be a provocation (independent.co.uk)
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Poland holds ceremony to welcome 4,000 US troops, largest deployment to Europe in decades (dailymail.co.uk)
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China, Europe drive shift to electric cars as U.S. lags - Electric cars will pick up critical momentum in 2017, many in the auto industry believe - just not in North America. (uk.reuters.com)
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Former CIA officer in Moscow says claims in Trump dossier are ‘exactly how the Russians operate’ (yahoo.com)
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With only days until Donald Trump takes office, the Obama announced new rules that will let the NSA share vast amounts of private data gathered without warrant, court orders or congressional authorization with 16 other agencies, including the FBI, DEA and DHS. (theintercept.com)
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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told The Times of London (reuters.com)
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Head of MI6 used information from Trump dossier in first public speech - Warnings on cyberattacks show ex-spy’s work is respected(independent.co.uk)
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Iran says the nuclear deal between the Islamic Republic and world powers "will not be renegotiated" ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump taking office (abcnews.go.com)
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