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Riad Salameh, Lebanon’s embattled central bank chief, said he would face questioning in Switzerland as part of a Swiss money-laundering probe, a source tells...

Mass graves have been found Tarhuna, a town 80km southeast of Tripoli formerly controlled by a militia. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/10-more-bodies-found-in-libya-mass-grave

The kingdom said the four-time delay was needed to validate data collected from 33,000 households during the coronavirus pandemic. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/1/21/bbfourthtimesthe-charm-saudi-arabia-delays-jobless-data-release

Meanwhile, a top health official has announced plans for a roll-out of vaccinations in the crisis-hit country. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/1/21/lebanon-extends-total-lockdown-till-feb-8-as-covid-deaths-soar

America’s political and cultural leaders seem to have learned very little from the last four years. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/1/21/there-is-no-return-to

Biden has moved to rejoin the Paris Agreement and the World Health Organization. They likely won’t be the last international agreements and institutions that...

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/future-development/2021/01/21/the-brave-new-world-of-2021/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/21/how-to-counter-right-wing-armed-groups-in-the-united-states/

https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2021/01/21/with-new-house-rules-more-diversity-in-technology-legislation-and-hearings-is-possible/