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by Lowell
Here are a few international, national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Monday, January 2.
- Scientists say planet in midst of sixth mass extinction, Earth’s wildlife running out of places to live
- Proposed EU Nature Restoration Law Could be the First Big Step Toward Achieving COP15’s Ambitious Plan to Staunch Biodiversity Loss (“The law making its way through the European Parliament aims to ease the accelerating extinction crisis and slow climate change, but has a long road to passage and some formidable adversaries.”)
- The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis
- Benedict’s funeral to bring complicated ‘two popes’ era to a close
- The U.S. Should Define Russia’s Red Lines
- Trapped in the Trenches in Ukraine (“Along the country’s seven-hundred-mile front line, constant artillery fire and drone surveillance have made it excruciatingly difficult to maneuver.”)
- Russia’s War on Ukraine Worsens Global Starvation
- Ukraine says it shoots down all drones in third night of strikes
- Ukraine faces grim start to 2023 after fresh Russian attacks
- Russia’s War Could Make It India’s World
- Brazil’s Lula Makes Remarkable Return to Power (“The 77-year-old standard-bearer of the Latin American left faces some of his toughest challenges yet, from uniting a divided nation to protecting the Amazon and boosting the incomes of the poor.”)
- Lula Becomes Brazil’s President, With Bolsonaro in Florida
- Climate Activists Find a Way to Get Germany’s Attention: Stop Traffic
- Why China’s Economy Faces a Perilous Road to Recovery
- Xi Jinping has abandoned zero-Covid. What happens now? (“China is opening up rapidly after three years of lockdown. The rest of the world is scrambling to respond.”)
- North Korea’s Kim sacks No. 2 military official
- Five crucial elections to watch around the world in 2023 (“Argentina, Nigeria and Turkey will hold crucial elections, with inflation, corruption and democracy on the ballot”)
- Israeli Strikes Briefly Shut Damascus Airport, Syria Says
- 3 different paths the economy could take in 2023 (“Inflation is expected to slow in the coming months, but that could also mean the United States tips into a recession.”)
- Big Banks Predict Recession, Fed Pivot in 2023
- 2022 Will Be Remembered as the Year the U.S. Became the World’s Largest Exporter of Liquified Natural Gas
- Biden to laud economic wins as GOP takes over House
- Biden begins 2023 with a stronger hand to play and an inclination to play it
- President Biden has made choosing diverse federal judges a priority
- Ex-Capitol police chief: FBI, DHS, Pentagon failed on Jan. 6
- The Year in Media: 7 Cliff-Hangers to Keep You in Suspense as the Ball Drops (“From corporate tumult and high-stakes legal battles to labor unrest and an utterly epic social media meltdown, there was no shortage of captivating story lines to chronicle in 2022. Here are the industry dramas we’re watching into the New Year.”)
- House conservatives say McCarthy’s efforts to address demands ‘insufficient’ ahead of speaker election
- McCarthy commits to key concession in call with frustrated lawmakers but it’s no guarantee he’ll win speakership (That means McCarthy just crippled his Speakership before it even begins.)
- Trump, McCarthy, Biden: Six political storylines that will shape 2023
- Trump says ‘abortion issue’ responsible for GOP underperforming expectations in midterms
- Trump Dodges Jan. 6 Question, Boasts Of Polls At Mar-A-Lago Party
- Trump’s New Year’s Eve party at Mar-a-Lago: Who was there (and who wasn’t)?
- Rudy Giuliani Records Bizarre New Year’s Eve Video From Mar-A-Lago
- GOP governor: Jan. 6 should disqualify Trump from holding office
- Santos should consider resigning, veteran GOP lawmaker says
- George Santos will have to ‘consider resigning,’ Republican Rep. Brady says
- As His Life of Fantasy Comes Into Focus, George Santos Goes to Washington
- Monster of 2022: J.D. Vance
- Leaked Jan. 6 Committee Report Exposes Twitter’s Post-Insurrection Chaos
- ‘To Hell with It’: A GOP Congressman Reflects on His One Term in Trump’s Party
- Suspect in the Idaho college student killings plans to waive extradition hearing, attorney says
- 3 New York City officers injured in machete attack, suspect shot near New Year’s Eve ball drop
- Opinion/Editorial: Spanberger plays in any bipartisan Speaker agreement (“Should Spanberger and a handful of other PSC Democrats coalesce around a Republican PSC member (or even a more-mainstream non-PSC Republican) that the rest of the party — sans Good and his cohort — could support, we could see a speaker elevated whose first priority is problem-solving.” There’s minimal chance of this happening.)
- The biggest stories of 2022 in Hampton Roads
- White contractors wouldn’t remove Confederate statues. So a Black man did it. (“Devon Henry stepped in to remove almost all of Richmond’s Confederate statues after White contractors refused. It changed his life.”)
- Fairfax Co. officer broadcasts ‘audio porn’ on police radio
- D.C.-area forecast: Like April early this week, but more like January by the weekend
