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In hopes of getting a better sense of which SARS-CoV-2 variants might be coming into the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently expanded its voluntary testing of some passengers exiting from international flights at certain airports. Rick Bowmer/AP hide caption

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In a move that experts say is a key shift for Russia, the Kremlin has named General Valery Gerasimov as the new overall commander of the war in Ukraine. Mikhail Kuravlev/AP hide caption

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What Putin's shake-up of top commanders could mean for the war in the Ukraine

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Brazil's former president, Jair Bolsonaro, looks on after speaking from his official residence at the Alvorada Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, on Nov. 1, 2022. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption

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Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba during a meeting of the NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in November. STOYAN NENOV/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Where The Ukraine War Goes Next

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Russia names a new commander for its war in Ukraine

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The time-tracking software TimeCamp is able to monitor what files are accessed, and for how long, and whether other non-work activities, such as streaming services, are used on a laptop. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption

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Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - pictured here at a reception of the American Academy in Berlin - has called for "urgency" in sending weapons and financial aid to Ukraine. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption

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Condoleezza Rice calls for 'urgency' in sending weapons and money to Ukraine

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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) sits next to Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri during a weekly cabinet meeting on Jan. 8, 2023. Ronen Zvulun/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Journalist says Netanyahu's new government is a 'threat to Israeli democracy'

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The Brownies branch of the Girl Guides of Canada will now be known as Embers, which will use this crest, pictured Jan. 9. Girl Guides of Canada hide caption

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The Emirati Minister of State and the CEO of Abu Dhabi's state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber speaks at the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition & Conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Oct. 31, 2022. Kamran Jebreili/AP hide caption

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Protesters, supporters of Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro, stand on the roof of the National Congress building after they stormed it, in Brasília, Brazil, on Sunday. Eraldo Peres/AP hide caption

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Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian speaks at the daily media briefing in Beijing on April 8, 2020. This week, Zhao was assigned a new job: deputy director of the ministry's Department of Boundary and Ocean Affairs — a lateral move to an obscure post that takes Zhao out of the spotlight. Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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A 'wolf warrior' is sidelined, as China softens its approach on the world stage

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In this photo made available by Saudi Press Agency, Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman, center, talks with Gulf Arab leaders during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, in December. Gulf Arab leaders and others in the Mideast met as part of a state visit by Chinese leader Xi Jinping. AP hide caption

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Residents carry a coffin with a sign that reads in Spanish: "Dina killed me with bullets" referring to President Dina Boluarte, during a funeral procession for protesters and others killed during clashes with police in Juliaca, Peru, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Hugo Curotto/AP hide caption

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Students hold up placards including blank white sheets of paper on the campus of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, in solidarity with protests held on the mainland over Beijing's COVID-19 restrictions, on Nov. 28. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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China's authorities are quietly rounding up people who protested against COVID rules

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Turkish Medical Association President Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci talks to journalists after being released from Bakirkoy women's prison in Istanbul on Wednesday. Emrah Gurel/AP hide caption

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