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‘Teach Holocaust history:’ A message for future generations

By PBS NewsHour

This week marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust. The genocide was also the topic for “Hear Me Out,” a series by LA Times Studios that expands on letters to the editor.

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Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open women’s title

By Associated Press

She recovered from 5-1 down in the second set to beat Collins 6-3, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday night, becoming the first Australian to win the Australian Open women's singles champion since Chris O'Neil in 1978.

IMF urges El Salvador to scale back its push for Bitcoin as legal tender

By Claudia Torrens, Associated Press

The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust fund it created when it made the cryptocurrency Bitcoin legal tender and return any of those unused funds to its treasury.

The Jamaican bobsled team is returning to the Olympics 24 years later. One bobsledder on what it’s like to carry the nation’s legacy

By Deema Zein

“This won't be our last Olympics, and there won't be a next 24 years span for us to qualify again,” Nimroy Turgott, the team’s bobsled brakeman told the PBS NewsHour.

Can the U.S. and Russia agree on Ukraine? Here’s the latest on the negotiations

By Nick Schifrin, Morgan Till, Dan Sagalyn

On the Ukraine crisis, there was a sharp juxtaposition Friday as the Pentagon warned that Russian troops could invade at any time, while Ukraine’s president accused the West of sowing panic. Both statements came as Moscow provided its first comments…

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Burkina Faso at risk for more unrest after coup

By Sam Mednick, Associated Press

Already there appear to be tensions between the military and gendarme security forces. There is also the risk that some elements within the military could stage a counter-coup against the junta now leading the West African country.

U.K. police request redactions to information on lockdown violation parties

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

British police say they want parts of a key report into lockdown-breaching government parties to remain unpublished until they finish a criminal investigation.

Austin says Putin now has enough troops on border to use forces against Ukraine

By Yuras Karmanau, Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Russia has arrayed enough military forces along Ukraine's borders to provide Moscow with a complete range of options, including moves short of a full-scale invasion.

Rescuers work to help sick, stranded whale calf in Greece

By Associated Press

Divers, vets and the coast guard have mounted a rescue operation to help a whale calf that has become trapped in shallow water in a seaside area of the Greek capital.