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South Korea to decide fate of first transgender soldier https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/south-korea-decide-fate-transgender-soldier-200118004203958.html

Rebecca Long-Bailey: replace House of Lords with elected senate https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/jan/17/rebecca-long-bailey-replace-house-of-lords-with-elected-senate #RebeccaLong-Bailey #JeremyCorbyn #HouseofLords #Politics #Labour

Spain's Magaluf and Ibiza crack down on alcohol-fuelled holidays https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51158258

Trump administration to roll back school lunch rules and allow more pizza https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/17/trump-administration-school-lunch-michelle-obama-rules-roll-back #Trumpadministration #MichelleObama #USeducation #USnews

Minnesota voters cast first ballots of 2020 election https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51156991

Are Asean’s big players about to get tough on Beijing’s South China Sea claims? https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3046622/are-aseans-big-players-about-get-tough-beijings-south-china-sea

Trump says Iran’s supreme leader Khamenei ‘should be very careful with his words’ after ‘American clowns’ insult https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3046652/trump-says-irans-supreme-leader-khamenei-should-be

Canada to give families of Iran plane tragedy victims US$19,000 each https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3046651/canada-give-families-iran-plane-tragedy-victims

Squash seeks recognition in famed NYC rail station https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51157491

US Supreme Court takes up presidential Electoral College dispute https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/supreme-court-takes-presidential-electoral-college-dispute-200117223457446.html

Paul Bocuse: Famed chef's restaurant loses three-star rating after 55 years https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-51156759

Australian mother of five stripped of citizenship, leaving two children potentially stateless https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/18/australian-mother-of-five-stripped-of-citizenship-leaving-two-children-potentially-stateless #Australianpolitics #UnitedNations #Australianews #Humanrights #Syria

Trump’s campaign against Huawei is a symptom of digital orientalism, ignoring similarities in Chinese and Western surveillance https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3046357/trumps-campaign-against-huawei-symptom-digital-orientalism-ignoring

As Iran and Iraq simmer, giants of Shiite world vie for influence https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2020/0117/As-Iran-and-Iraq-simmer-giants-of-Shiite-world-vie-for-influence?icid=rss

US State department report on Tibet a month overdue, congressional sources say https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3046650/us-state-department-report-tibet-month-overdue-congressional

New Chinese virus 'will have infected hundreds' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-51148303

Meng Wanzhou extradition battle could stretch past November, as Canada seeks to deny Huawei executive access to documents https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3046649/meng-wanzhou-extradition-battle-could-stretch-past-november-canada-seeks

US appeals court orders dismissal of youth climate change lawsuit https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/01/appeals-court-orders-dismissal-youth-climate-change-lawsuit-200117200549823.html

FBI arrests three more members of right wing extremist group 'The Base' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51144177

Putin and the Art of Stepping Down Gracefully While Keeping Grip on Power https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/world/europe/russia-putin-state-council.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #AppointmentsandExecutiveChanges #LegislaturesandParliaments #ImmunityfromProsecution #PoliticsandGovernment #Putin,VladimirV #Constitutions #Sechin,IgorI #Russia