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- Influential Zen Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh dies at 95Arizona sues Biden over federal money being used for schools without mask rulesNews Wrap: Texas judge blocks Biden vaccine mandate for federal workersDespite warnings from U.S., Russia likely only weeks away from invading UkraineStarving Afghan kids sold, forced into labor amid dire economic and humanitarian crises
- German navy chief’s Crimea comments lead to diplomatic rowBoris Johnson’s Downing Street is government by stag doFriedrich Merz wins CDU leadership electionRacial gap in US Covid booster campaign concerns health officialsUS in talks with Qatar over gas supplies to Europe in event of Ukraine invasion
- EXCLUSIVE Vodafone and Iliad in talks to combine Italian units - sourcesGermany's Lufthansa is set to buy 40% stake in Alitalia's successor ITA - paperLebanon to start virtual talks with IMF next weekHong Kong warns of worsening COVID outbreak as leader defends hamster cullPolitical advisers to hold four-way talks on Ukraine in Paris
- ‘We are ready for whatever comes’: on the Ukraine frontlineBig Sur wildfire causes evacuations as Harris visits state to tout federal planUN condemns airstrike in Yemen that leaves more than 80 deadTwo Canadians killed after tourists shot at Mexican beach resort hotelAnoosheh Ashoori to start hunger strike in protest against Iran hostage-taking
- Analysis explains how Joe Rogan podcast controversy underscores the bigger problem driving the spread of misinformationWatch: Tucker Carlson compares COVID-19 vaccine mandates to Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan experiments'Mounting discord': Ron DeSantis is emerging as Тгuмр’s top adversary in MAGA WorldWatch: Peter Navarro torched by Ari Melber after claiming he only saw 'peaceful people' on Jan. 6Jan. 6 committee obtains executive order draft that called for voting machines to be seized after the 2020 election: report
- U.S. Bombed Syrian Dam in 2017 Despite Warning That Tens of Thousands Could DieAfghanistan Faces “Tsunami of Hunger” as U.S. Sanctions Crash Country's EconomyACLU Lawyer: Biden Is “Hiding Behind CDC” to Keep Pushing Тгuмр-Era Anti-Immigrant Title 42 PolicyHeadlines for January 21, 2022“Davos Man”: How Billionaires Devour the World & Fuel Global Inequality, Prolonging the Pandemic
- Buddhist Monk and Peace Activist Thích Nhất Hạnh Dead at 95Draft Order Shows Тгuмр Considered Using Military to Seize Voting MachinesGroups Warn US Lawmakers Against Fueling 'New Cold War' With ChinaDemocracy 'On the Line' Says Bowman After Protest ArrestTo 'Hold Her Accountable for What She Did,' Primary Sinema Project Gets Into Gear
- EPA Employees Are Livid Over Youngkin’s Pick for Virginia’s Top Climate PostA New Document Suggests Тгuмр Considered Ordering Soldiers to Seize Voting MachinesLeaked Messages Show Gettr in Crisis Mode Over Joe Rogan CriticismOath Keepers Anticipated “a Bloody and Desperate Fight” to Overturn the Election for Тгuмр“Pull Down the Pickets”: After a 10 Day Strike, Colorado Grocery Store Workers Make a Deal With King Soopers
- Timeline Of Joe Biden’s First Year In OfficeM&Ms Characters Redesigned For ‘More Dynamic, Progressive World’Adele Postpones Vegas Residency Rather Than Give Up Seat At Hot Slot MachineNestlé Announces Consumers Free To Sexualize Raisinets All They WantNFL Expands Super Bowl To Include 2 Additional Teams
- Gunman Kills 22-Year-Old N.Y.P.D. Officer and Wounds Another in HarlemThe gun that the police say was used highlights a persistent problem.How China's Xi Jinping Is Staging the Beijing Olympics on His TermsChina Holds the Line on ‘Zero Covid,’ but Some Wonder for How LongCovid Live Updates: Ireland Plans Biggest St. Patrick’s Day Since Pandemic
- Woman spits on Jewish boy, shouts antisemitic comments at children outside synagogue, police sayBig Sur wildfire burns near California’s Highway 1 and forces evacuations22-year-old NYPD officer dead and another critically injured in Harlem shootingMother of 11-year-old who died by suicide sues social media firms Meta and SnapBritish scientist visiting Atlanta suburb killed by stray bullet while lying in bed
- Analysis: How Steph Curry’s first career walk-off shot sealed Warriors’ comeback to beat RocketsPhotos: Wildfire rages near California’s famed Bixby Bridge and Big SurSaturday high school sports report: Girls basketball game called after one quarter ‘due to a COVID exposure’If playoff game vs. Packers comes to final frigid kick, 49ers are good as GouldSilicon Valley Reads theme turns out to be perfect for 2022
- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema faces blowback in Arizona for votes defying Democrats on voting rights legislationWeber Grills apologizes for ill-timed meatloaf recipe emailSen. Mitch McConnell responds to uproar over comment about Black votersFBI: Brian Laundrie admitted killing Gabby Petito in notebookStocks extend losses for third week; Netflix plunges
- Mom of Oxford shooting survivor shares details of daughter's recoveryZoom was big reason Hamtramck hearing drew international attentionFree Press launches 'Your Week in metro Detroit' newsletter for subscribersFreemason lodge in Detroit added to National Registry of Historic PlacesMichigan reports 33,551 new COVID-19 cases, 210 deaths over 2 days
- In eastern Ukraine, trench warfare grinds on against backdrop of invasion fearsRussia, U.S. fail to resolve differences in talks to avoid Moscow invasion of UkraineOmicron wave may be waning, according to the White HousePodcast: Standing up for Black lives at the borderCarnage escalates, options for U.S. diminish in new round of Yemeni civil war attacks
- C. Edward Hartman II, an Annapolis attorney and businessman, diesAmerican Jewish life | EDITORIAL CARTOONAs it creates new policies about bullying, intimidation and harassment, Carroll school board seeks community inputAnne Arundel officials look at going virtual for inclement weather days as school year gets pushed later into JuneMaryland’s motto for the new year: prevention and preparation | GUEST COMMENTARY
- Actress Regina King's son Ian Alexander Jr. has died at 26: "Our family is devastated at the deepest level"This week on "Sunday Morning" (January 23)School bus driver shortages affecting families across the countryFormer California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger involved in multi-car crash on Sunset Boulevard1 NYPD officer killed, another "fighting for his life" after shooting in Harlem
- 'I will bring every single gun loaded,' parent tells Virginia school officials during mask mandate meetingNew NCAA guidelines for trans athletes leave experts split after Lia Thomas debate‘A bright light’: Actor and director Regina King’s son dies by suicideSecretary of Labor Marty Walsh lays out new job initiativesTribute to fashion icon André Leon Talley
- Two months after Omicron emerged and ripped through South Africa -- the narrative has shifted for someFauci offers reality check on Covid-19 vaccine for kids under 5: 'We just don't know'Woman charged after threatening to bring 'every single gun loaded and ready' if her children had to wear masks at schoolAfter the Omicron wave, here's what experts say could come next'I'm living proof': West Virginia governor makes personal appeal to the unvaccinated as Covid-19 hospitalizations continue to rise
- POLITICO Playbook: A Saturday morning grab bag - POLITICOBiden's new Ukraine quandary: What if Russia is outsourcing cyberattacks? - POLITICOAn Oral History of When Politico Came to Capitol HillOpinion | Twitter's First Year Without Тгuмр Was a Lot Like Its Last With Him - POLITICOBig Weed is on the brink of scoring big political wins. So where are they? - POLITICO
- 90 tons of U.S. lethal aid arrives in Ukraine as border tensions with Russia riseBlack Mississippi senators walk out in protest over critical race theory banBrian Laundrie wrote that he killed Gabby Petito, the FBI saysArchitect behind Googleplex now says it's 'dangerous' to work at such a posh officeChina's Olympics aim to keep COVID at bay with armpit sensors, robots and more
- Russia talking to Iran about interim nuclear deal with U.S. knowledge, report saysU.S. calls for 'urgent de-escalation' as death toll from Yemen prison airstrike risesThe Mizrahi feminist who stopped asking for permission from Ashkenazi JewsDoctoral student at Israel's Technion arrested for contact with foreign agentThe Shin Bet doesn't seem to think a Palestinian rammed a soldier on purpose. He's still a 'terrorist' though
- U.S. supports Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania sending 'defensive equipment' to UkraineCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on SaturdayDeath toll from Yemen prison airstrike rises to 82, Houthis and aid group sayNo breakthrough, but U.S. and Russia pledge more talks on UkraineThich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk and peace activist, dead at 95
- Afghanistan: UN pressures Taliban over missing women's activistsGermany rejects arms deliveries to Ukraine, but will send field hospitalIndia: Fire at Mumbai building kills several residentsTonga eruption: Government says over 80% of population affectedChile president-elect names female-majority Cabinet
- Scientists scrutinise characteristics of new Omicron sub-variant BA.2Douala academy nurtures Cameroon’s next generation of Indomitable LionsGermany's CDU elects longtime Merkel rival Friedrich Merz as leaderBurkina police fire tear gas at protesters angry over mounting jihadist violence'The Predator' Vs 'Bon Gamin': Ngannou takes on Gane in heavyweight UFC event
- ‘Novak is like Christ’: Belgrade’s poster boy still adored back homeUN chief condemns deadly Saudi-led coalition strike in YemenThich Nhat Hanh, who brought mindfulness to the West, approached death in that same spiritUS halts dozens of flights by Chinese airlinesPre-teens can get vaxxed without parent’s permission under California bill
- 'Flu-ization': Why Omicron is causing some countries to treat COVID like the fluCharity sector worth $300B per year, but CRA audits have dropped four-fold since 2010Canada pausing intake of highly skilled immigrant workers amid heavy backlog'No dissent is allowed': School board bars teacher from raising concerns over transgender books'Very nice spring, very nice summer': Omicron will bring us closer to normal, experts say
- First snow in Beijing brings city closer to highly anticipated Winter GamesChina cuts benchmark lending rate to bolster economyChina urges US to cancel tariffs, after Biden says he is not readyChina, Morocco's joint BRI implementation plan injects new energy into Global South cooperation frameworkChinese solar firms eye chances to fill African infrastructure
- Malaysia’s antisemitic ex-PM hospitalized but stable, says daughterNYPD officer killed, another severely hurt in Harlem shootingCouple in north dies of apparent CO poisoning from grill used to heat homeAnticipating heavy snowfall, Mt. Hermon ski resort to close after busy weekendOmicron sub-variant throws up fresh questions about virus
- Japan’s threats to Russia in Ukrainian context unacceptable, counterproductive - EmbassyRussian Foreign Ministry called a provocation US publication on Russian policy in UkrainePutin, Armenian PM discuss prospects of further interaction within CSTO, Kremlin saysUS visa denial to cosmonaut Chub puts his safety on ISS at risk during scheduled flightNumber of COVID-19 infections in Russia surpasses 11 mln since pandemic began
- 'Our new homeland': Syrian refugee family granted visas in Italy after photo goes global1.3-metre missile finally removed from Aboriginal heritage site after SBS investigationPharmacists concerned about government's RAT scheme for concession card holdersThe federal government wants to close a child support loophole. Here's what it would meanGlobal tributes for Vietnamese Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh after his death at 95
- Armed forces, LEAs alerted after terrorism incidents: Sheikh RashidDawn Media Group partners with Peshawar Zalmi for PSL season 7Resolve Kashmir dispute on urgent basis, Pakistan tells UNSouthern Japan earthquake injures 13, no tsunami warningConvicted murderer at Karachi jail tops HSC exams, wins Rs1m scholarship from ICAP
- 9-seconds-apart transmission at Hong Kong MTR station sparks debate on masksOmicron: testing ordered for 35,000 public housing residents in Hong KongAmerican lawyer turned writer on Beijing’s Muslims, Taiwan’s perfectionZero-Covid is still the best choice for China now, top adviser saysWhy India’s worried about China, Myanmar as conflict flares up in northeast
- COVID-19 update for Jan. 22-23: B.C. sees first glimmer of "flu-ization" of COVID | Omicron may be peaking in Canada: Tam | Care home providers concerned about vulnerable seniorsVaughn Palmer: Health agencies fumble COVID announcements despite need for clarityCOVID-19 update for Jan. 21: 924 hospitalized, nine deaths | Shorter isolation period part of managing COVID-19 in B.C | Kids exposed to COVID-19 can go to daycare if symptom-freeVancouver weather: Sun, clouds, no rainTent city residents promised shelter at a B.C. hotel evicted for not paying rent