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This Japanese town pays couples to have children https://cnn.it/2CFyzWE pic.twitter.com/JqWDrMMIFr

Germany will soon become the first country in the European Union to offer a "third gender" option on birth certificates. Some hail the step as a "small revolution," others say it does not go far enough. https://cnn.it/2EXHFzX pic.twitter.com/VhGnBZPApU

An Oregon hotel fires two employees after they asked a black guest to leave while he was taking a phone call with his mother in the lobby https://cnn.it/2ETnMd7 pic.twitter.com/5czPzABp7S

2-year-old on life support, whose mother was granted a visa after being barred from traveling to the US under the White House travel ban, has died https://cnn.it/2ETNiir pic.twitter.com/iwl45xVBdr

Russia and Turkey "reach an understanding" on Syria after President Trump made the surprise announcement that US troops were withdrawing https://cnn.it/2CFucec pic.twitter.com/6Q0I5NCjUG

President Trump pulled out of a massive trade deal. Now 11 countries are going ahead without the US https://cnn.it/2EXBFap pic.twitter.com/VQi8ZCRr6H

$415 million jackpot drawing set for New Year's Day https://cnn.it/2EVpwm1 pic.twitter.com/odB0SECBDv

The State Department, DoD and national security adviser John Bolton all issued public statements that collectively outlined a road map for implementing President Trump's decision to pull US troops out of Syria https://cnn.it/2CFBgaP pic.twitter.com/TpqyXDsAym

Goose shot with an arrow in the same park where birds overdosed on pills last week https://cnn.it/2CDNQay pic.twitter.com/Y3y7L0vcbr

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday freezing federal workers' pay for 2019, following through on a proposal he announced earlier in the year https://cnn.it/2EU1wQf pic.twitter.com/OlS6strrJl

Watch these cats play with tiny robots -- for science. Household pets have been difficult for this technology to "see," so the mission here is to learn to better detect the felines that live in people's homes. https://cnn.it/2LtaTaU pic.twitter.com/C75wQOyM5M

157 new species have been discovered in Southeast Asia, according to a World Wildlife Fund report. Three mammal, 23 fish, 14 amphibian, 26 reptile and 91 plant species were found in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. https://cnn.it/2ESooQg pic.twitter.com/9DRvFQa0Tq

2-year-old on life support, whose mother was granted a visa after being barred from traveling to the US under the White House travel ban, has died https://cnn.it/2ERrkwm pic.twitter.com/pBtvPVyQzl

This driverless vehicle could soon be delivering your groceries http://cnn.it/2SdVPk7 pic.twitter.com/Tem2YUIoGm

The two sailors had been stranded on their boat for nearly three weeks. They were adrift and out of fuel, low on fresh water, hoping for an early Christmas miracle. Then, a rerouted cruise ship unexpectedly appeared: https://cnn.it/2ERnJym pic.twitter.com/LWCFAhNPxo

Saturn's rings make it one of the most striking planets in the solar system. But scientists warn they could disappear sooner than we thought https://cnn.it/2PKzsRb pic.twitter.com/WDmIeBC9Pb

California authorities arrest suspect and 7 others in officer's shooting death https://cnn.it/2EV5zfd pic.twitter.com/GhxSdl5Brw