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AMMAN (Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed when a residential building collapsed in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday and rescue workers were searching for people believed still buried under the rubble, state media said.

MOGADISHU (Reuters) – Islamist fighters set off a bomb then stormed a government building in Somalia’s capital on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, the ministry of information said.

JERUSALEM, (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed a senior cabinet member with a criminal record today, complying with to a Supreme Court ruling even as he pursues contested judicial reforms that would curb its powers.

(Reuters) – Ten people were killed in a mass shooting in Monterey Park, California, at a ballroom dance venue late on Saturday as residents in the predominantly Asian American city were celebrating the Chinese Lunar New Year, police said.

TEL AVIV, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of Israelis joined demonstrations yesterday against judicial reform plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government that protesters say will threaten democratic checks and balances on ministers by the courts.

LIMA,  (Reuters) – Peruvian police arrested over 200 people accused of illegally entering the campus of a major Lima university, while authorities in Cusco shut the Incan citadel of Machu Picchu and the Inca trail as deadly anti-government protests spread nationwide.

FRANKFURT,  (Reuters) – Germany’s new defence minister Boris Pistorius plans to visit Ukraine soon, he told a German newspaper, as Berlin faces pressure to allow the shipment of German-made tanks to Ukraine.

KEUR BABACAR MBAYE, Senegal,  (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen yesterday helped kick off a new rural electrification project in Senegal that will bring reliable power to 350,000 people, while supporting some 500 jobs in 14 U.S.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – A Venezuelan court yesterday released former Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres from jail after he was imprisoned for nearly five years, allowing him to travel to Spain, relatives of the former official said.

BRASILIA,  (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired the army commander, General Julio Cesar de Arruda, on Saturday, a source with knowledge of the matter said.

GOREE ISLAND, Senegal,  (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today spoke of the “unspeakable cruelty” and enduring consequences of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, but said she was heartened by signs of progress and renewal in both the United States and Africa.

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany/KYIV,  (Reuters) – Western allies yesterday dampened Ukraine’s hopes for a rapid shipment of battle tanks to boost its firepower for a spring offensive against Russian forces, with the United States urging Kyiv to hold off from mounting such an operation.

(Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O is cutting about 12,000 jobs as it faces “a different economic reality”, it said in a staff memo, doubling down on artificial intelligence (AI) and axing staff who support experimental projects.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The western Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.)

FREETOWN,  (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s president has signed into law a bill guaranteeing women at least 30% of positions in government and the private sector, with equal pay – a policy hailed as a watershed moment for gender equality in the African country of 8 million.

 (Reuters) – Google’s parent Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O said today it is cutting about 12,000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, as the technology sector reels from layoffs and companies stake their futures on artificial intelligence (AI).

KYIV/BERLIN,  (Reuters) – Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy said his government was expecting “strong decisions” from defence leaders of NATO and other countries meeting today to discuss boosting Ukraine’s ability to confront Russian forces with modern battle tanks.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Groups of Americans will be able to directly sponsor refugees for resettlement in the United States under a new program announced yesterday, a major shift that could bolster admissions and reduce government costs.

NEW DELHI,  (Reuters) – Senior officials in India’s government have said they want to have a bigger role in choosing judges, a demand several lawyers and judges say threatens the independence of the judiciary.

(Reuters) – Antigua and Barbuda’s ruling party held on to power in the Caribbean nation’s general elections, according to results released yesterday, securing a third term for Prime Minister Gaston Browne.