- A 6.9 magnitude quake off Japan's east coast late Monday triggered tsunami warnings as officials are closely monitoring the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.
- President-elect Donald Trump reiterated in an interview that he plans to withdraw the US from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal on "day one" of his presidency.
- The crackdown on Kurds by Turkey's government continues as Ankara has issued an arrest warrant for the head of the Syrian Kurdish opposition party, a key US-backed rebel leader.
- Steven Mnuchin, the presumptive pick for Treasury Secretary, could face a brutal nomination hearing as Democrats attack him as one of the chief architects of the 2007 mortgage crisis.
- Canada has announced plans to require all the country's coal power plants to capture and store all carbon emissions or face being phased out by 2030.
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. -- Benjamin Franklin
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