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Biden and Putin set to hold call at critical moment of escalating tensions over Ukraine  CNN Biden-Putin call: Analysts say US president may still have a chance to derail Ukraine invasion  Fox News Biden Expected to Offer Warnings and Alternatives in Call

Omicron could be more contagious, less dangerous. That would be ‘good news for the human race.’  USA TODAY Early Omicron Reports Say Illness May Be Less Severe  The New York Times Omicron Covid variant’s risk profile starts to emerge with early data  CNBC

Could Omicron variant cause less severe COVID-19 infections?  Los Angeles Times Early Omicron Reports Say Illness May Be Less Severe  The New York Times First data on Covid omicron variant’s severity is ‘encouraging,’ Fauci says  CNBC The colonial undertones of Omicron travel bans  Aljazeera.com

Texas voting maps targeted in Justice Department lawsuit  The Washington Post Biden Justice Department sues Texas over redistricting maps  Fox News DOJ sues Texas, saying GOP-approved redistricting maps discriminate against Latinos and Blacks  CNN Why the federal government’s new redistricting lawsuit matters to

Move comes 4 years after the semiconductor giant bought the Jerusalem-based self-driving tech developer for over $15 billion

After Deutsche Welle suspended partnership, Roya TV’s chief executive says ‘criticism of illegal, inhumane or racist actions by Israel as a state’ is not antisemitism

Local, Arab, foreign actors and actresses parade in evening wear at Jeddah Red Sea International Film Festival

Instagram announced the tools designed for its youngest users and their parents a day before the app’s head, Adam Mosseri, testifies to the Senate about Instagram’s potential risks to kids and teens. (Image credit: Instagram)

Tombs of man and woman dating back 2,500 years found at Oxyrhynchus; male mummy’s sarcophagus still sealed with hundreds of funerary items inside

New law mandates a sentence of at least one-quarter of maximum term; justice minister hails legislation, opposition laments window for judges’ discretion