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People gather outside their destroyed shops after a suicide bomber detonated at the Banadir regional administration in Mogadishu on Sunday.

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5 are dead after extremists stormed a government office in Somalia's capital

6:40pm January 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

Al-Qaida-linked extremists stormed a regional government office in Mogadishu, the government said. An ambulance service transported 16 wounded people from the scene.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces her resignation at the War Memorial Centre on January 19, 2023 in Napier, New Zealand.

New Zealand's Jacinda Ardern is resigning. Is there a lesson for other politicians?

9:07am January 22, 2023

by Jaclyn Diaz

Political experts say that other global leaders can learn from Ardern's moment of gracefully bowing out while keeping reputations largely intact.

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As protests continue in Peru, no clear solution emerges

8:25am January 22, 2023

by Carrie Kahn

Peru has had six presidents in five years - with protests calling for the current one to step down growing more violent. How does Peru extract itself from this cycle of political chaos?

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We asked, you answered: More global buzzwords for 2023, from precariat to solastalgia

8:13am January 22, 2023

by Marc Silver

After we published our list of terms likely to loom large in this year's vocabulary, readers submitted their own nominations. Here's a sampling.

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What it's like to spend a winter in the trenches, according to Ukrainian soldiers

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Tim Mak

Ukrainian soldiers in the country's northeast describe winter living conditions in their trenches, in advance of a possible springtime Russian offensive.

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In Istanbul, what was once routine for the winter is now a luxury

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Peter Kenyon

Routines of Istanbul winter life - from visits to traditional public baths to hot drinks - are getting hard to afford amid Turkey's economic crisis.

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New Zealand's ruling Labor Party will vote for a new leader after Jacinda Ardern's resignation

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Ashley Westerman

New Zealand's ruling Labor Party will vote for a new leader on Sunday. The new leader will be the prime minister until the next general election on Oct. 14.

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Lunar New Year falls amid a COVID surge and hard financial times in China

8:02am January 22, 2023

by Emily Feng

People in China will make about two billion trips throughout January for the Lunar New Year — the first without travel restrictions since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

An agent walks past the head of a statue depicting the Greek goddess Themis, outside the Brazilian Supreme Court building that was damaged by supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

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Brazil's army chief has been fired in the aftermath of this month's uprising

4:28am January 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva fired Brazil's army chief on Saturday. Lula has said that some in the military allowed the Jan. 8 uprising in the capital by far-right protesters.

A woman poses for a selfie on a bridge decorated with lanterns at a public park in Beijing on the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023.

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China is celebrating the Lunar New Year, with most COVID rules lifted

4:15am January 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

People across China rang in the Lunar New Year on Sunday with large family gatherings and crowds visiting temples after the government lifted its strict "zero-COVID" policy.