QUICK HITS

1 First living-donor lung-liver transplant successful: Kyoto University Hospital announced that it had succeeded in the world’s first combined lung-liver transplantation from living donors. In the surgery, performed Nov. 15, the lungs and part of the liver from a total of three relatives were transplanted into a boy under 10 years old. The boy, who suffered from the genetic disorder dyskeratosis congenita, has recovered well and was discharged from the hospital Friday. According to the hospital, the boy received his father’s right lung, his mother’s left lung and part of his grandfather’s liver in the surgery that lasted more than 18 hours.

2 Miami pitches bond to stem housing crisis: Miami-Dade County is seeking $2.5 billion to cope with one of the worst housing crises in the U.S. Mayor Daniella Levine Cava will propose the new, property tax-backed debt package to voters later this year, she said. The largest portion of the money — about $800 million — will go to a fund that will finance affordable housing projects, while the rest will be used to improve the county’s infrastructure, including parks, sewage and roads. Home prices in the Miami area have surged 82% over the past five years.

3 Strikes expected to cancel flights, trains: Thousands of flights and trains are expected to be canceled again this week in Germany after two unions called for more strikes over wages and working conditions. Negotiations continue for ground staff of German airline Lufthansa and German rail operator’s Deutsche Bahn train drivers; the unions called for the strikes Thursday and Friday. Coinciding contract negotiations have resulted in several recent walkouts in the rail, air and local transport sectors in Germany.

4 More snow expected even as blizzard moves out of California: A powerful blizzard that closed highways and ski resorts had moved through the Sierra Nevada by early Monday, but forecasters warned that more snow was on the way for the Northern California mountains. More than 7 feet of snow fell in some locations and fierce winds lashed the Sierra over the weekend. The last blizzard warnings expired before dawn Monday, but winter storm warnings were issued for a new, less powerful system due to arrive later in the day and last into tonight.

5 China axes premier’s news conference: China’s government said it is eliminating an annual news conference by the premier that was one of the rare times a top Chinese leader took media questions. The spokesperson for the National People’s Congress said on the eve of the opening of the legislature’s session that Premier Li Qiang would not hold a news conference at its conclusion, as the premier has every year since 1993.