These have been sitting in my tabs for a few days until I got back to my laptop:

China vows to shut down the ivory trade by the end of 2017, removing one of the biggest markets:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-vows-to-shut-down-ivory-trade-by-end-of-2017-offering-hope-for-elephants/2016/12/30/9b26a330-ceae-11e6-85cd-e66532e35a44_story.html

Universal Basic Income trials being considered in Scotland: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/01/universal-basic-income-trials-being-considered-in-scotland

Lots of people have Opinions about whether a UBI of one kind or another is a good idea, or what the problems might be in implementing one, but a trial in a large city in a developed country is a good way to add to the evidence base.