Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Feb. 5-11 include singer Roberta Flack, author Alice Walker who wrote “The Color Purple” and comedian Chris Rock
Croatia’s president criticizes tank deliveries to Ukraine
Croatia’s president has criticized Western nations for supplying Ukraine with heavy tanks and other weapons in its campaign against invading Russian forces, saying those arms deliveries will only prolong the war
WHO decides the COVID-19 global emergency isn’t over
By Laura Osman in Ottawa The World Health Organization…
Fyodor Lukyanov: Berlin has abandoned its post-Hitler pacifism, the ‘German question’ has returned
The remilitarization of its second most-populous country has profound consequences for Europe
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Turkey Raises Fresh Objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO Bids
As he faces a tough fight for re-election, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey has been raising fresh objections to Sweden and Finland’s NATO membership bids.
Wife of Islamic State leader jailed for 8 years in Somalia
A military tribunal in Somalia has sentenced the wife of the head of a terrorist organization linked to the Islamic State group to eight years in prison for passing on information and organizing financial transactions for the group
5 dead, police freed in Mexican rural confrontation
Officials in southern Mexico say police and civilians engaged in a strange confrontation over the weekend that left two officers and three civilians dead
Indonesian Muslims protest Qur’an burning in Sweden
Hundreds of Indonesian Muslims marched to the heavily guarded Swedish Embassy in the country’s capital on Monday to denounce the recent desecration of Islam’s holy book by far-right activists in Sweden and the Netherlands.