The choice for national security adviser, retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, an outspoken critic of political Islam, has described China, North Korea, Russia, Cuba and Venezuela[1] as pro-jihadist anti-Western conspirators.
Here's a list[2] of those picked for cabinet positions and other candidates — including Sarah Palin for Veterans Affairs. And here's the latest on the transition[3].
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• Iraqi security forces retaking territory from the Islamic State are uncovering mass graves[4] on a despairingly regular basis. Most of the dead were executed recently, after the campaign for Mosul began.
In Syria, thousands of desperate p[5]eople are fleeing eastern Aleppo[6] following grim warnings of being "annihilated" as forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad gain ground.
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• America's uncertain policy has given China a leading role in addressing climate change.
But worries about power supplies are pushing China to mine and burn more coal[7].
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• The United Nations capped North Korea's coal exports, stiffening sanctions[8] that have so far failed to throttle the country's nuclear program.
The penalty required the approval of China, North Korea's principle patron and coal customer, which wants to express its displeasure without upending the country's economy or creating flows of refugees across its borders.
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Business
• OPEC reached a deal to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day[9], its first cut in eight years, sending oil prices soaring.
• China releases its purchasing managers index, or P.M.I., data for November, providing some insight into how the country's manufacturing sector is faring.
• Samsung Electronic's stock reached its highest in 40 years[10] after it announced it was looking into a plan to convert itself into a holding company.
• Valeant shares dropped more than 7 percent on reports that talks to sell its Salix [11]gastrointestinal-drugs division to Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.[12] had fallen apart.
• An outbreak of bird flu has hit South Korea hardest, forcing the cull of millions of poultry[13].
• Banks across India are preparing for the worst[14] as 20 million people are expected to line up for payday next week amid cash shortages.
• American drug regulators approved large-scale clinical trials[15] to study MDMA, the illegal party drug better known as Ecstasy, as treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
• U.S. markets were mixed as energy prices rose and technology and health care shares fell[16]. Here's a snapshot of global markets[17].
In the News
• China's 30 million "missing girls" may simply have not been registered, not aborted or killed after birth, American and Chinese researchers say. [The Washington Post[18]]
• The United States and China overtook Russia in space launches this year. [Moscow Times[19]]
• Three Chinese rights activists have disappeared in what appears to be a crackdown. [The New York Times[20]]
• Australia's leading rabbis called on leaders at Yeshivah institutions to step down after a ro yal commission found sweeping child sexual abuse at two branches. [The Sydney Morning Herald[21]]
• Sitting for the last day in session for the year, Australia's Senate is expected to pass a law allowing convicted terrorists to be kept in prison up to three years after the completion of their sentence.
• Nancy Pelosi retained leadership of Democrats in the House of Representatives, fending off a challenge driven by the party's election losses. [The New York Times[22]]
• South Korean lawmakers are considering whether to allow the embattled president, Park Geun-hye, to step down in April. [The New York Times[23]]
• India's highest court ruled that national anthem must play before films in all movie theaters, to inspire "a sense of committed patriotism and nationalism." [The New York Times[24]]
• Another high court ruling allows women to pray in Mumbai's Haji Ali Dargah mosque for the first time sin ce 2011. [Thomson Reuters Foundation[25]]
Noteworthy
On Castro's Old Campus, Students Pay Tribute
Hundreds of students joined a memorial service at the University of Havana, where Fidel Castro had immersed himself in radical politics in the 1940s.
By HANNAH BERKELEY COHEN, TIM CHAFFEE and VEDA SHASTRI on Publish Date November 30, 2016. Photo by Mauricio Lima for The New York Times. Technology by Samsung.. Watch in Times Video »[26]• The Times first wrote Fidel Castro's obituary in 1959, and it required more work hours[27] over the years than any other we've published. Sixteen Times journalists recount their work on the historic article.
"The years of preparation paid off," one said.
Separately, our latest 360 video[28] shows students paying tribute to Mr. Castro at the University of Havana, where he immersed himself in radical politics in the 1940s.
• A few months ago, our reporter Diaa Hadid chronicled her first hajj[29] for readers. This week, she shares her experience of returning to Alexandria, Egypt, where her mother was raised.
"As the country has plunged into a downward spiral, Alexandria is even more diminished," she writes[30]. "Once Egypt's exuberant gateway to Europe, the city has been neglected for decades."
• And at a moment when technology has made cultivating relationships easier, but also shallower, one writer considers the importance of true friendships[31].
Back Story
More than 30 years ago, a cow set a record for the most milk produced in 24 hours[32].
Ubre Blanca (White Udder) was said to yield more than 100 liters that day. Her master was Fidel Castro.
The supercow is one of many tales Cubans will remember as they say goodbye[33] to their longtime leader this weekend.
Ubre Blanca was part of Mr. Castro's effort to solve a milk shortage. Long before Dolly the sheep[34] or goats engineered to produce silk[35], Mr. Castro used artificial insemination to combine the Asian Zebu's hardiness with a Holstein's[36] high yield.
Ubre Blanca was born in 1972 to instant stardom. Daily reports of her progress became news, though in the end, she was more or less the only success from the breeding experiment.
Mr. Castro had a love for all things dairy, which included "Cuban Camembert[37]" and a quest to build an ice cream parlor, Coppelia, to rival the American restaurant chain Howard Johnson's.
His ice cream obsession was also the closest the United States got to a successful assassination attempt – poison was to be slipped into Mr. Castro's milkshake, but froze[38] to the side of the freezer instead.
As for Ubre Blanca, she died in 1985. At the time of her death, a government official commended[39] her.
"She gave her all for the people," he said.
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