Nigeria Boko Haram: 75,000 children ‘risk dying of hunger’
Some 75,000 children in insurgency-hit northern Nigeria could die of hunger within months, UN says.
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Barack Obama warns of rise of ‘crude nationalism’
On his final foreign trip, President Obama warns of a “rise in a crude sort of nationalism”.
Donald Trump gives carbon price foes a new line of attack
Donald Trump will likely have serious consequences for climate policy in the United States. But at least American voters had some say in the matter. That Trump would also be able to dictate Canadian, or even global, climate policy seems more unjust.
Paul Ryan again nominated for Speaker of the House
Speaker Paul Ryan unanimously won his Republican colleagues’ votes for another term at the helm of the House on Tuesday. He told fellow Republicans he had president-elect Donald Trump’s support, and heralded “the dawn of a new, unified Republican government.”
Iraqi commander: Could take months to take control of Mosul from ISIL – USA TODAY
USA TODAYIraqi commander: Could take months to take control of Mosul from ISILUSA TODAYBAGHDAD — Iraqi forces face a dilemma as they push farther into Mosul: How to draw out entrenched Islamic State fighters while protecting residents who've been hunkered in their homes for weeks. “We are advancing steadily,…