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Sunday December 31st, 2017 night edition

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As of December 31, China’s legal, government-sanctioned ivory trade will come to a close.

China is widely believed to be the world’s largest consumer of ivory, both legal and illegal, and it plays a major role in the yearly slaughter of some 30,000 African elephants by poachers.

An international ivory trade ban went into effect in 1990, but China continued to allow—and even promote—ivory sales within its borders.

Its legal ivory supply came primarily from a one-time sale of ivory from a handful of African countries in 2008.

But this legal domestic market has provided the opportunity for traffickers to slip illegally obtained ivory into China’s legal supply.

“But it has been observed that in China prices of ivory products have dropped considerably, and the market is already shrinking.”.

“It is critical that efforts to enact the ivory trade ban are accompanied by efforts to change consumer behavior in order to reduce demand.”. »

27 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Unsolved Mysteries

Authored by mentalfloss.com

So the game was, how many seconds of the sync sound takes could you get to play in the open?

"We were all used to real life," Vassar said, "and in the first couple of seasons, it shows.

Cosgrove told the Baltimore Sun that Unsolved Mysteries could be made for 25 to 40 percent of that cost. »

Self-injury more about coping than a cry for help

Authored by manchester.ac.uk

However, though self-injuring may work for short periods, the effect can be short lived, and make matters worse in the long term.

Studies say it is associated with a range of psychological difficulties including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder.

The study was carried out by researchers from The University of Manchester, University of Liverpool, Leeds Beckett University, and Edith Cowan University in Australia. »

Iran cuts off internet access in several cities as mass protests continue

Authored by english.alarabiya.net

Several reports indicate that telecoms providers in Iran have begun blocking internet access across several cities in the country as mass protests erupted for the third day in a row.

READ MORE: Three killed in shooting by Revolutionary Guards during protests in central Iran.

Iran’s two main internet and communications service providers are the Telecommunication Company of Iran (TCI) and Irancell. »

Owl hit and caught in SUV survives

Authored by cbc.ca

A driver was travelling south of Regina along the highway when she saw the owl fly into her SUV, and assumed the worst for the bird.

What she discovered instead was the bright white plumage of a snowy owl, caught within the grille of her Tahoe.

Salthaven West shared pictures of the snowy owl that was caught in the grille of a Tahoe, with people sending wishes for his speedy recovery. »