This holiday season, there’s a list you need to know about, and I’m not talking about the naughty or nice one. Nathan Rousseau Smith has the details.
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Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the U.S., affecting almost 85 of every 100,000 Americans, according to data from the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer.
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In China, Bill Gates Encourages the World to Build a Better Toilet
The Microsoft co-founder’s Reinvented Toilet Expo featured innovative approaches to a global problem — the fact that billions have no access to safe sanitation.
What Do North Korean Gymnastics Say About Kim Jong-un’s Politics?
North Korea included something new, a giant image of China’s leader, Xi Jinping, at a mass gymnastics performance on Sunday, and excluded something old: missiles.
After Man-Eating Tiger Is Killed in India, a Backlash Against the Hunters
Villagers were relieved when T-1, a tigress believed to have killed 13 people, met her end. But animal rights advocates, and some politicians, reacted with fury.
Suicides Among Japanese Children Reach Highest Level in 3 Decades
A total of 250 children in elementary, middle and high schools committed suicide last year, the highest number since 1986, Japan’s Education Ministry said.
Fight Against Last Vestige of ISIS in Syria Stalls, to Dismay of U.S.
The American-backed offensive has encountered unanticipated problems, and the terrorist group remains potent around the world.
Crashed Lion Air Plane Was Cleared to Fly Four Times Despite Problems
Investigators are focusing on both malfunctioning airspeed indicators and institutional failures at the company.
Marseille Buildings Collapse, and Rescuers Comb Ruins
Two buildings, one vacant, the other inhabited, gave way in the French city Monday morning. It was unclear if anyone had been inside.
Grenfell Tower Fire Victims Are Mocked in ‘Sickening Video’
As Britain celebrated Guy Fawkes Night on Monday, a video showed a group burning an effigy of the apartment complex where dozens died last year.