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Clare Warwick has wanted to be an Olympian ever since she attended the Sydney Olympics as a spectator in 2000. Now she might get her chance. The 34-year-old and her teammates in the Australian softball squad touched down in Japan

Israeli scholar Adi Kantor offers a disturbing look at the trend of increasing antisemitism that is sweeping the globe from both sides of the political and societal spectrums

Tom Cohen will conduct the Jerusalem Orchestra East West, with Etgar Keret and Shira Gefen in character at the Israel Festival

State Department and White House spokespersons say strategic alliance will continue regardless of what government is in place

Hong Kong vigil leader arrested as 7,000 police enforce ban on Tiananmen anniversary protests  The Guardian Hong Kong vigil organizer arrested on Tiananmen anniversary  The Associated Press ‘Tracked for life’: China relentless in erasing Tiananmen  Yahoo News Hong Kong Wants to Erase Tiananmen’s

‘Change bloc’ leaders try to ensure no last-minute defections or unresolved disputes between coalition parties can thwart razor-thin majority for bid to oust Netanyahu

Pompeo: NIH tried to suppress State Dept virus probe; Fauci repeating Chinese Communist Party ‘excuses’  Fox News Dr. Anthony Fauci says publicly released email about lab leak is being misconstrued  CNN Scalise, Comer say Fauci must testify about published emails, COVID-19 origin  Fox

White House: Biden will not appoint presidential Jan. 6 commission | TheHill  The Hill Biden offers tax concession in infrastructure talks with key Republican  The Washington Post Biden reportedly lowers GOP infrastructure offer to $1 trillion in new spending  Yahoo News Opinion |

State Department staffers were warned against probing COVID origin: report  New York Post Hiltzik: Why the COVID lab-leak hypothesis is quackery  Los Angeles Times Ex-CDC director says he received death threats after backing lab-leak theory  Axios Trump and raging pandemic helped China dodge

Donald Trump is getting worse  CNN