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JACKSON, MISS. -- A federal appeals court declared Friday that Mississippi's ban on abortion at 15 weeks is unconstitutional, dealing a blow to those seeking to overturn the landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that legalized abortion nationwide. Source

BRASILIA, BRAZIL -- A song protesting sexual violence that has become an anthem for women across Latin America was the focus of a demonstration Friday in the capital of Brazil, where women are increasingly willing to denounce aggressors. Source

BEIJING -- China is ramping up a global campaign to promote its own vision of human rights, inviting the likes of North Korea and Syria to a forum on the topic and drafting other countries to back its policies at the U.N. Source

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA -- South African rangers killed two suspected rhino poachers in a shooting at the famous Kruger Park, the South African National Parks said Friday. The incident on Thursday night occurred when an anti-poaching patrol came across three people, carrying a loaded heavy gun and poaching equipment, SANParks said in a statement. Source

Canadian Blood Services says tissue programs are prepared to send skin to New Zealand to treat the severely burned survivors of a volcanic eruption. International tissue banks have mobilized to help New Zealand meet its need for an estimated 1.2 million square centimetres of skin to be grafted onto victims of Monday's eruption on White Island, which killed 16 people. Source

TORONTO -- The birth of a baby boy is being hailed as a “lunar coincidence” after he was delivered at 12:12 a.m. on Dec. 12 – the same time the last full moon of the decade rose in the sky. Source

A UN human rights report released Friday accused Chilean security forces of serious human rights violations against protesters over the past two months, including deaths, torture, sexual abuse and the use of excessive force. The report was released by the UN Human Rights Office, which is headed by former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet — a domestic political rival of current President Sebastian Pinera. Source

TORONTO -- Touting his leadership role as an asset for Middle America, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell filed for reelection Friday as the Kentucky Republican seeks a seventh term next year. McConnell, the longest-serving U.S. Source

A man convicted of hitting a police officer with a car and later running down four pedestrians in downtown Edmonton was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif was given an 18-year sentence for attempted murder for slamming into the police officer with his car, then stabbing him multiple times. Source

HOUSTON -- A whistleblower report provided to BuzzFeed News alleges U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has "systematically provided inadequate medical and mental health care" to detained migrants, leading to complications that included the removal of part of an 8-year-old boy's forehead. Source