A Nor'easter slams the United States' East Coast with extreme snow and wind. / The Washington Post Jane Mayer's big read for the weekend: Is Ginni Thomas, Justice Clarence Thomas's wife, a threat to the Supreme Court? / The New Yorker There's a
Though officials won't "get into the specifics," the US says if Ukraine is invaded it may halt the opening of a Russian pipeline into Western Europe. / BBC A new Omicron variant is spreading rapidly in Asia and Europe, and has now reached the US. Early evidence
The cost of visiting Hong Kong during Omicron can include being sent to the city's government quarantine camp. / CNN Helen Branswell: Hong Kong may become a living laboratory in search for Covid-19 answers. / STAT Headlines of the week? "At Beijing Games, hugs discouraged but condoms available.
As pressures build around a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, the cracks within NATO are showing. / The Washington Post "Trump has succeeded at one of his foreign-policy goals: creating distance between the US and at least some parts of NATO." How Trumpism looms over the West'
Burkina Faso's President Roch Kaboré sees his government dissolved in a military coup. / CNN The ousting of Kaboré is the fourth coup in West Africa in the last 17 months. / BBC News See also: Five Trends that will shape urban Africa in 2022. / This Week in Africa How
NATO is sending more ships and fighter jets to eastern Europe in response to Russia's military build-up in and around Ukraine. / Axios After ordering embassy family members to leave Kyiv, the US recommends all Americans in Ukraine depart immediately. The UK is also withdrawing staff from its
How Jan. 22, 1973, changed American history: Kissinger flew to Paris to end the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court decided in Roe v. Wade, and LBJ died. / The Washington Post "There was a couple in the farmhouse. They laid me down on a table and gave me a mask.
Ukranians wait for news while Western diplomats face off against their Russian counterparts. / BBC News The UN makes a deal for 11 countries to produce a low-cost version of Merck's Covid-19 pill. / The South China Morning Post Unrelated: Reflections on what a vow of poverty means
The Senate failed to change the filibuster, further stalling voting-rights legislation and sending the fight back to statehouses. / BuzzFeed News, CNN See also: "Tonight the president—and his party—learned the true definition of the phrase 'slim majority.'" / The Atlantic The Supreme Court denies Trump&
Secretary of State Antony Blinken flies to Europe in an effort to defuse tensions over Ukraine. / The Associated Press Sudanese security forces kill seven and injure at least 100 ahead of a visit by senior American diplomats. / The New York Times Democrats are attempting to change Senate rules today to
