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NPR’s Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

Three Israeli hostages, including dual US and French citizens, set for release in Gaza on Saturday  Reuters ‘It’s over, Dad’: Jubilant reunions as latest round of Israeli hostage releases passes smoothly  CNN Smiles and tears as released hostages reunite with families  Sky News

Trump Officials Fire Jan. 6 Prosecutors and Plan Possible F.B.I. Purge  The New York Times D.C. U.S. attorney fires Jan. 6 prosecutors, launches new probes  The Washington Post DOJ directs FBI to fire 8 top officials, identify employees involved in Jan. 6,

CDC scrubs research databases referencing sexual orientation and gender identity  Los Angeles Times Federal employees told to remove pronouns from email signatures by end of day  ABC News Federal websites down as agencies implement executive order ‘defending women’  NPR CDC Data Are Disappearing  The

NPR’s Scott Simon remembers English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull, who died this week at the age of 78. (Image credit: Fred Mott/Getty Images)

While much about the threatened tariffs is still unclear, experts predict they would be bad news for all three economies, with few winners.

Medical jet carrying six crashes into Philadelphia neighbourhood  BBC.com Live Updates: Medical jet carrying 6, including girl, crashes in Northeast Philly  NBC Philadelphia Medical plane carrying six crashes into Philadelphia neighbourhood, as number of casualties unknown  BBC.com No survivors expected after air ambulance

The dominoes fell really fast. On Monday, Jan. 20, shortly after his inauguration, President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order that called for a 90-day pause on new foreign-aid programs for efficiency and “consistency with U.S. foreign policy.” The order

It turns out, a maggot’s preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and what neurons are responsible. (Image credit: Helmut Hess/Getty Images)

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a cease-fire deal that has halted 15 months of