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Journalist says U.S. air war against ISIS killed countless civilians in Syria

1:55pm January 13, 2022

by Dave Davies

New York Times reporter Dave Philipps says a top-secret special ops unit disregarded official protocols to pick targets for airstrikes, resulting in the death of thousands of farmers and families.

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A nurse prepares the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children for distribution in Montreal late last year.

Quebec's 'unvaxxed tax' has people rushing to get vaccinated

1:03pm January 13, 2022

by Bill Chappell

Quebec has reported the most COVID-19 deaths of any Canadian province. Only around 10% of its population is unvaccinated, but they make up 50% of all intensive care cases.

Defendant Anwar Raslan (right) and others involved in his trial stand in the Higher Regional Court in Koblenz, Germany, at the start of a trial session last month. Raslan was put on trial in April 2020 in a landmark case in Germany.

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In a landmark case, a German court convicts an ex-Syrian officer of torture

10:19am January 13, 2022

by Deborah Amos

The world's first criminal trial on torture in Syria's prisons ended Thursday in Koblenz, Germany — the first time a high-ranking ex-Syrian official faced Syrians in open court in a war crimes case.

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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, center, sits in a car as he leaves Parliament after attending the weekly Prime Ministers' Questions session in London, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

U.K. ministers are closing ranks around Boris Johnson amid calls for his resignation

6:13am January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Johnson apologized on Wednesday for attending a "bring your own booze" party in the garden of the prime minister's Downing Street office and residence in May 2020.

A volunteer receives daily necessities on behalf of residents under home quarantine in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 12, 2022.

China is doubling down on its 'zero-tolerance' COVID policy ahead of the Olympics

3:13am January 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

China is battling coronavirus outbreaks in six cities. More than 20 million people are in some form of lockdown.

This photo provided by the North Korean government shows what it says a test launch of a hypersonic missile on Tuesday in North Korea.

U.S. hits North Korean officials with sanctions after missile test

10:47pm January 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

The U.S. is also proposing U.N. sanctions in response to North Korea's six ballistic missile launches since September, each of which it says "were in violation of UN Security Council resolutions."

The Army is increasing its largest signing bonus to $50,000 for some new recruits

9:53pm January 12, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Until now, the Army has offered a maximum bonus of $40,000. The head of Recruiting Command said the pandemic has made attracting new talent much more of a challenge.

Military vehicles and tanks of Poland, Italy, Canada and United States roll during the NATO military exercises ''Namejs 2021'' at a training ground in Kadaga, Latvia, Sept. 13, 2021.

No breakthrough in Ukraine meeting, but NATO and Russia might talk more

5:31pm January 12, 2022

by The Associated Press

Russia's delegation remained open to the prospect of future discussions after having its main positions rebuffed by NATO and the U.S.

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Boris Johnson's attendance at a garden party prompts calls for his resignation

5:23pm January 12, 2022

by Willem Marx

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson apologized for a lockdown garden party that has many calling from him to resign.

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Talks between Russia and NATO don't seem to have defused tensions on Ukrainian border

5:10pm January 12, 2022

A Russian delegation was in Brussels Wednesday to meet with NATO officials, who are trying to head off an invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops massed on the border.