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Reuters News Agency
Stumbling Intel, seeing AMD gain ground, says it will recover balance

The Associated Press
Body-camera footage released of hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband

The Associated Press
FDA’s advisers back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

The Associated Press
Jay Leno hurt in motorcycle accident, months after suffering serious burns

Reuters News Agency
U.S. indicts three for plotting to kill Iranian American journalist

Reuters News Agency
'Trump fatigue' in New Hampshire complicates 2024 White House bid

The Guardian
Trump’s return to Facebook will ‘fan the flames of hatred’, say experts and politicians

The Guardian
Florida teachers forced to remove or cover up books to avoid felony charges - More

BBC News
Tyre Nichols: Biden urges calm ahead of police beating video release - More

The Associated Press
Five women, immense power: Can they keep US from fiscal brink?

The Guardian
World’s oldest person on the keys to longevity: ‘stay away from toxic people’

The Guardian
Troops may be called into Northern Ireland if firefighters strike

The Guardian
Department of Health wasted £15bn on unused Covid supplies, NAO finds

The Guardian
Worst London air pollution in six years as home fires burn

Reuters News Agency
Ex-Wagner commander witnessed comrades shot for fleeing, says his Norwegian lawyer

The Guardian
German critics pan Oscar-nominated All Quiet On the Western Front

The Guardian
Madrid exhibition tells story of Spaniards sent to Nazi concentration camp - More

The Guardian
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 338 of the invasion

The Washington Post
Ukraine faces logistics hurdles ahead of tank deliveries

Reuters News Agency
Fighting intensifies in east Ukraine, Kyiv seeks more weapons - More

The Guardian
Ukraine ‘cannot be broken’ says its top general after Russian missile attack

BBC News
Zelensky's government launches anti-corruption drive

The Guardian
Ukrainian security service ‘needs cleanout’ after arrest of accused spy

Agence France-Presse
Putin blasts 'neo-Nazis' in Ukraine on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Reuters News Agency
Turkey says it is ‘meaningless’ to restore NATO dialogue with Sweden, Finland

The Associated Press
Jerusalem, West Bank on edge after outbreak of violence - More - More

The Associated Press
Palestinian gunman kills seven near East Jerusalem synagogue

BBC News
Israel hits militant sites in Gaza after rockets fired following deadly raid

Reuters News Agency
Guard killed in shooting at Azerbaijan's embassy in Iran

Reuters News Agency
India expects more clashes with Chinese troops in Himalayas - document

Reuters News Agency
Japan, Netherlands to join U.S. in restricting chip equipment exports to China

BBC News
Australia Day: Thousands protest in ‘Invasion Day' rallies - More

BBC News
Auckland declares emergency after torrential rain

Reuters News Agency
Mexico finds over 50 unaccompanied children from Guatemala in migrant truck

Agence France-Presse
Un astéroïde de la taille d'un camion a frôlé la Terre

Agence France-Presse
La vidéo de la violente agression du mari de Nancy Pelosi rendue publique

TVA Nouvelles
Possibles risques accrus d’AVC à recevoir ces deux vaccins le même jour, selon la FDA

Radio-Canada
Vives tensions après la diffusion de la vidéo de l’arrestation de Tyre Nichols - Plus

Agence France-Presse
L'Album d'Auschwitz sous la loupe des historiens

Radio-Canada
La vie reprend dans Irpin, ville fantôme

Agence France-Presse
« L'indifférence et la haine tuent », dit Zelensky, en commémorant l'Holocauste

Agence France-Presse
Sept morts dans une attaque près d’une synagogue à Jérusalem-Est

Agence France-Presse
Israël frappe Gaza après des tirs de roquettes

Agence France-Presse
L'Azerbaïdjan annonce l'évacuation de son ambassade en Iran, après une attaque « terroriste »

Agence France-Presse
Pérou : le gouvernement ordonne le déblocage des routes par la police et l’armée

Radio-Canada
Haïti toujours plongé dans la violence

International Commentary

Phillips Payson O’Brien | The Atlantic
Tanks for Ukraine Have Shifted the Balance of Power in Europe

Fareed Zakaria | The Washington Post
Yes, everyone has classified documents. The system is out of control.

Heather Long | The Washington Post
What the mass tech layoffs mean for the U.S. economy

David Ignatius | The Washington Post
The U.S.-Israel military simulation is a show of force to Iran

Jan-Philipp Hein | The Guardian
Don’t be fooled: Germany’s U-turn on sending tanks to Ukraine is a reluctant one

Martin Kettle | The Guardian
Sending tanks to Ukraine makes one thing clear: this is now a western war against Russia.

Pat McFadden | The Guardian
Why would the UK Treasury help Putin’s brutal ally?

George Monbiot | The Guardian
We are all playing Covid roulette. Without clean air, the next infection could permanently disable you

David A. Graham | The Atlantic
The Incoherence of Facebook’s Trump Decision

Katherine J. Wu | The Atlantic
The Flu-ification of COVID Policy Is Almost Complete

Marina Koren | The Atlantic
Asteroid Measurements Make No Sense

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