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- China’s GDP growth slows as Covid restrictions and property woes hit demandMacau casino shares rally after gaming law offers reprieve to US companiesEU members diverge sharply over vaccine mandate approachesFirstFT: António Horta-Osório resigns as Credit Suisse chair over Covid breachesNet growth in ETF numbers almost doubles to a record 1,239 last year
- Stocks mixed as Beijing adds stimulus, Brent tops 2021 highU.S. FAA clears 45% of commercial plane fleet after 5G deployedCredit Suisse chairman quits over COVID-19 breaches in latest setbackSands China leads rally in gaming stocks after Macau keeps licences at sixGold steady as higher yields, dollar counter inflation risks
- Tonga volcano eruption: New Zealand and Australia send planes to assess tsunami damageNovak Djokovic deported for breach of Australia’s border rules, PM says, at odds with government’s legal caseTexas synagogue siege: teenagers arrested in UK as FBI names Briton as hostage-takerLego sued over leather jacket worn by toy Antoni in Queer Eye setChina’s birthrate falls to 61-year low despite moves to stave off demographic crisis
- Virginia’s Republican attorney general-elect fires dozens of lawyers including in civil rights division'Smoking guns all around': Conservative connects dots showing Тгuмр 'election fraud on a massive scale''Needs to resign or be removed from office': Sinema scorched for 'stupidest speech by a Democrat'DOJ believes it can prove insurrection was 'armed effort to overthrow our government': former federal prosecutor'Pharma Bro' Martin Shkreli ordered to return $64 million in profits gleaned from boosting price of life-saving drug
- Afghanistan in Freefall: Deadly U.S. Sanctions Blamed for Shocking Humanitarian Crisis“Who We Are”: New Film Chronicles History of Racism in America Amid Growing Attack on Voting RightsHeadlines for January 14, 2022New York Mayor Considering Virtual Learning Option as COVID-19 Cases Surge in ClassroomsHead of Oath Keepers Among 11 Charged with Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Insurrection
- Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Over 'Damning' FailuresAs Sinema Defends Filibuster, Progressives Say 'Vote Her the Hell Out'Poor People's Campaign Readies 'Massive, Nonviolent' Effort to Save DemocracyTsunami Triggered by Huge Volcanic Eruption Hits TongaSanders Says Manchin and Sinema Are Imperiling US Democracy
- Portland Releases Police Training Material That Encouraged Beating ProtestersOn Day One, Virginia’s New Republican Governor Ends Mask and Vaccine MandatesТгuмр’s First 2022 Rally Pushes Allies Who Could Help Him Steal the White HouseHow Explosives, a Robot, and a Sled Expose a “Doomsday” GlacierAn Undersea Volcano Erupted Near Tonga, and the World Is Still Feeling the Aftereffects
- Queen Strips Prince Andrew Of Royal And Military Titles Amid Sexual Assault LawsuitPGA Golfer Hoping To Hit The Office If Round Finishes EarlyThe Onion’s Guide To Web3Wayfair Shopper Who Didn’t Read Dimensions Would Never Have Bought Sofa If She Knew It Was 300 Feet TallNew Hanes Shapewear Compresses Woman Into Flattering Trapezoid
- Texas synagogue hostage-taker identified as 44-year-old British manApartment fire victims mourned in mass funeral: ‘People are dying because they lived in the Bronx’Who is Aafia Siddiqui? Texas synagogue hostage-taker allegedly sought release of ‘Lady al-Qaeda’New FEMA program would place homeless disaster survivors in apartments instead of trailer parksTexas synagogue standoff ends with hostages freed, suspect dead
- Snow, ice blast through South with powerful winter stormWarriors miss Draymond Green in double-digit loss to TimberwolvesMcDonald: 49ers good enough to survive reappearance of ‘Bad Jimmy’ and hold on against DallasKurtenbach: These Niners can be great — if they get out of their own wayCastro Valley: Robbers snatch French bulldog at gunpoint, steal car
- U-M investigating whether Schlissel misused university funds in support of relationshipRoseville woman to face careless use of a firearm charge in 3-year-old's nonfatal shootingFree Press launches 'Your Week in metro Detroit' newsletter for subscribersUniversity of Michigan President Mark Schlissel's firing stuns students, others1 dead, 1 injured after altercation at Prime + Proper restaurant
- Time to start over on voting rights and election securityOp-Ed: Here's how Biden can fix the Supreme Court's terrible mistake in the vax or mask caseGlendora man pleads guilty to felony in connection with Jan. 6 insurrection at CapitolU.S. says Russia preparing 'false flag' operation as pretext to invade UkraineFederal website to order free at-home coronavirus tests is launching next week
- Maryland weather: Rain falls across region after several inches of snow; icy conditions possible Monday morningNo. 8 Maryland women’s basketball sees nation’s longest home winning streak end with 69-49 loss to No. 11 MichiganBill Frese, the father of Maryland women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese, dies‘Fight of our lives’: Marilyn Mosby speaks at Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple on Sunday morning, days after federal indictmentThree takeaways from Maryland men’s basketball’s 70-59 loss to Rutgers
- Tsunami advisory lifted for U.S. West Coast after volcanic eruption in Pacific"I'm good at being me on guitar": Chris Stapleton on his life and career - 60 MinutesAnne Frank's betrayal: Investigating other suspects - 60 Minutes10 richest billionaires doubled their wealth during pandemic, Oxfam saysSnow and ice blast through the South in powerful winter storm
- North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 4th launch this yearCelebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102Russia and NATO ‘on different tracks’ in negotiations, Putin spokesperson saysCarville: Dems ‘whine too much,’ need to highlight accomplishments ahead of midtermsBritish national ID'd as hostage-taker at Texas synagogue
- "Hazardous" conditions alert from Mid-South to Northeast: Tens of thousands without powerVolcanic eruption in Tonga caused "significant" damageNorth Korea launches 4th suspected missile test this monthTexas synagogue siege: British man named in Colleyville standoffТгuмр slams “dull” DeSantis ahead of potential 2024 matchup
- Pacific volcano: New Zealand sends flight to assess Tonga damageTexas synagogue siege: Teens held in UK as Briton named as hostage-takerDjokovic three-year visa ban could end early - Australian PMThousands without power as US and Canada hit by winter stormWealth of world's 10 richest men doubled in pandemic, Oxfam says
- Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102Illinois judge is reassigned after overturning sexual assault convictionNetanyahu in talks to reach plea bargain in corruption trialThe FBI has identified the British man it says took hostages at a Texas synagogueUniversity of Michigan fires its president after investigation into an alleged affair
- Israel conquered the Negev, againGaining insight through COVID: Time to change the rules of the human gameThe mayor of Tel Aviv vandalized Rothschild BoulevardIsrael’s Health Minister pushes for shorter isolation for COVID carriersAs omicron infections skyrocket, should Israel rethink its isolation policy?
- It's up to Russia to prevent war in Ukraine, NATO chief saysPolice in U.K. detain 2 teens in connection with Texas synagogue hostage-takingNorth Korea fires projectiles into sea for 4th time this month, South saysNew Zealand's military sends flight to Tonga to assess volcano damageHow the flouting of COVID-19 restrictions by leaders damages credibility and trust
- Two teens arrested in UK in connection with Texas hostage-takingPfizer announces €520 million investment in France to fight Covid-19China on Covid-19 high alert for Lunar New Year as Omicron reaches BeijingNorth Korea fires two suspected ballistic missiles in fourth test this yearWorld’s 10 richest men doubled their wealth during pandemic, Oxfam reports
- NASA attempts to clear rock samples obstructing Perseverance rover's robotic armWe must deter Russian aggression against Ukraine, says Canada's foreign minister Mélanie JolyHow COVID-19 made Canada comfortable with marginalizing 3.7 million peopleIs it time to end vaccine passports? Experts divided over whether they are still usefulOntario homeowner allowed to keep flying anti-Trudeau flag after town backs down
- With info scarce, US authorities, Jewish groups differ on Texas attacker’s motivesMan stabbed to death outside home in northern Arab town; 16-year-old arrestedInvasive species, protests, fires: How Negev tree planting became so controversialNetanyahu said leaning toward accepting plea deal after talks with lawyersNew bill seeks to replace British mandate law on protection, planting of trees
- Russia to inspect UK military unit January 18 under international treaty - reportNo Russian troops in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman vowsUS sanctions against Russian leadership risk breaking off ties between countries - KremlinAustralia recognizes Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19Germany wants stable relations with Russia, many issues arguable, top diplomat says
- What caused the volcanic blast near Tonga and what might happen nextWorld's billionaires doubled their wealth during COVID-19 pandemic, Oxfam saysNilesh employs people from 23 different countries. Many struggled to find workNovak Djokovic's travel ban could be eased in the ‘right circumstances'Retailers could face huge fines for price gouging rapid antigen tests, watchdog warns
- ‘Shocking’ fall in China’s national growth rate as population ageing intensifiesUS and China, in separate corners, wrestle with cryptomania’s excessesChina's Wang Qiang brushes past Gauff, wins for Nadal, Osaka, at Australian OpenHow well can Hong Kong’s affluent lawmakers represent ordinary residents?Mystery Delta variant Covid-19 case ‘strange’, says Hong Kong health chief
- Over a million COVID-19 rapid tests to be distributed across B.C. over the next weekOne-bedroom apartment rents jump more in Vancouver than any other major Canadian cityCOVID-19: Community mourns as pandemic restrictions put Vancouver dance studio underCOVID-19 update for Jan. 15-16: Over a million rapid tests to be distributed in B.C. this week | Hospitalizations in B.C. kids rising with Omicron, but rate remains low | Quebec sets another hospitalization recordB.C. dancing duo Funkanometry racks up millions of views on TikTok