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• COP24: Nationalism and the challenge of climate change
• To keep youth from gambling, ask those who abstain
• Why President Trump may want a 'good shutdown'

COP24: Nationalism and the challenge of climate change Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:58 PM PST Two major international meetings are about to take place, and the first – the G20 summit of the world's leading economic powers – is likely to grab the lion's share of the headlines. At issue is climate change. The task at COP24 is to draw up a rulebook to implement the 2015 Paris Agreement's aim of dramatically slowing it down, and averting what scientists increasingly agree is the alternative: hugely damaging natural, economic, and human costs across the globe.

To keep youth from gambling, ask those who abstain Posted: 27 Nov 2018 12:18 PM PST Like many countries lately worried about young people being drawn to gambling, Britain has just issued an in-depth survey of the problem. Yes, more youths ages 11 to 16 are placing bets on gaming activities. More than half said they simply are not interested in waging bets or they consider themselves too young under the law.

Why President Trump may want a 'good shutdown' Posted: 27 Nov 2018 10:46 AM PST Since the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump has been talking about shutting down the very institution he campaigned to lead: the federal government. The goal of a "good shutdown," President Trump tweeted last year, was to fix the "mess" in Washington. Since then, the federal government has shut down twice, as congressional funding has lapsed, but so briefly as to be hardly noticeable.

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