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Sex not part of woman’s ‘marital duties,’ court rules in divorce case

Washington Post A Frenchwoman took her case to the European Court of Human Rights after she was ruled at fault in her divorce because she had stopped having sex with her husband. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/france-divorce-case-sex-marital-duties/

Storm Eowyn Leaves a Third of Ireland Without Power

New York Times The storm brought record-breaking winds as it battered Ireland, Scotland and northern England on Friday. Hundreds of thousands of electricity customers were in the dark. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/weather/storm-eowyn-ireland-uk-weather-power-cut.html

E.U. countries near agreement on easing Syria sanctions, a big policy shift

Washington Post The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence in the region, diplomats told The Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/eu-syria-sanctions-hts/

Palestinian prisoners released under ceasefire deal get hero’s welcome

Washington Post Shatha Jarabaa had denied the incitement accusations against her. She was freed by Israel as part of an exchange of Palestinian prisoners for Israeli hostages. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/palestinian-prisoners-released-israel-deal/

Trump’s pick for UN ambassador hailed by Israeli minister as ‘warrior against antisemitism’

Fox News TEL AVIV – The Trump administration will do more than its predecessor to combat the tidal wave of Jew-hatred unleashed by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Amichai Chikli told Fox News Digital. Chikli noted that, when confirmed, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, former…

South Africans demand answers after mine tragedy: ‘How many more must die?’

Washington Post Survivors, rescuers and families of the dead and missing say they have been abandoned — branded as criminals for trying to survive, then left to starve. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/24/south-africa-illegal-mining-disaster-stilfontein/

Ceasefire brings flood of aid to Gaza, but security challenges remain

Washington Post Thousands of aid trucks have entered Gaza now that the fighting has stopped. But organized gangs have fired on convoys, leading to pitched battles with Hamas. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/23/gaza-aid-surge-ceasefire/

In Davos, buoyed by Trump, hopes for peace in Ukraine grow

Washington Post Before the Davos crowd, President Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/23/ukraine-peace-davos-trump-putin/

Amanda Knox slander conviction upheld in Italian court, ending legal saga

Washington Post Amanda Knox, a former American exchange student, had been cleared of all other charges related to the death of her roommate in Italy 17 years ago. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/23/amanda-knox-italy-slander-conviction/

A 2,000-year-old statue is found abandoned in a garbage bag in Greece

Fox News A marble statue of a woman believed to be more than 2,000 years old was found abandoned in a garbage bag near the Greek city of Thessaloniki, police said Wednesday. A resident discovered the 80-centimeter (31-inch) headless statue beside a trash bin in Neoi Epivates, outside Greece’s second-largest city. The man turned it…