Colorado Springs shooting: Police officers injured

At least six people, four of them police officers, are injured in an exchange of fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic in US city of Colorado Springs.
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Japan Pledges $10.6 bn for Climate Policies in Developing Nations

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday promised to give $10.6 billion to developing nations by 2020 to help them implement policies against global warming, ahead of the U.N. climate talks in Paris next week. The decision to offer 1.3-trillion yen ($10.6 billion) came after Japan gave a roughly combined 2.0 trillion yen for the same purpose in 2013 and 2014.
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Georgia sheriff installs 'politically incorrect' welcome sign

A sheriff in western Georgia said he is getting a big reaction from a "politically incorrect" sign. According to WLTZ-TV, Sheriff Mike Jolley of Harris County, Ga., put up the new welcome sign outside the sheriff's office in Hamilton, Ga. The sign reads: "Welcome to Harris County, Georgia! WARNING: Harris County is politically incorrect. We say: Merry Christmas, God Bless America and In God We Trust; We salute our troops and our flag. If this offends you… LEAVE!"
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Chief Coca-Cola scientist leaves amid criticism over obesity research

Rhona Applebaum, Coca-Cola’s chief scientist and health officer, is stepping down from the company. The news follows reports that Applebaum helped set up a nonprofit research group tasked with downplaying the role of sugary drinks in the obesity epidemic and highlighting the benefits of exercise. In August, The New York Times reported that the company had financial ties to the research group—the Global Energy Balance Network...
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Coming to a monitor near you: A defect-free, molecule-thick film

An emerging class of atomically thin materials known as monolayer semiconductors has generated a great deal of buzz in the world of materials science. Monolayers hold promise in the development of transparent LED displays, ultra-high efficiency solar cells, photo detectors and nanoscale transistors. Their downside? The films are notoriously riddled with defects, killing their performance.
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Anthony Trollope tops Hatchards poll to find best novel of past 200 years

London’s oldest bookshop has chosen the first instalment of Trollope’s Barsetshire Chronicles, "The Warden," as the best novel published since the shop’s opening in 1797.
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Glenn Greenwald: Why the CIA is smearing Edward Snowden after the Paris attacks

Decent people see tragedy and barbarism when viewing a terrorism attack. American politicians and intelligence officials see something else: opportunity.
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