Farmington police investigate shooting with one injury on North Schwartz

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France's government expected to survive as far-right leader doesn’t support no-confidence motion
The head of France’s far-right National Rally party said Tuesday he doesn’t support a no-confidence motion filed against the government, making it more likely that the prime minister will remain in office and a 2025 budget will be adopted. A no-confidence vote is scheduled Wednesday in the National Assembly and needs at least half the 577 votes to pass. Hard-left France Unbowed, Communist and Green lawmakers are expected to vote in favor but don't have the numbers on their own to bring down the centrist government.
Reuters
Mauritius welcomes prospect of Trump examining Chagos deal
Mauritius welcomes the prospect of U.S. President Donald Trump examining a deal reached by Britain and Mauritius over the sovereignty of the Chagos Islands, which house a U.S.-British military base, the island nation's prime minister said Tuesday. Britain struck the agreement in October to cede sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, while retaining control under a 99-year lease of the military base on Diego Garcia, the largest island of the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
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Heavy snow hits northern Japan, disrupting daily life
Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan 's northern main island of Hokkaido, disrupting traffic, causing airport closures and delaying deliveries on Tuesday. The Hokkaido prefectural government said record-breaking snowfall has been observed especially in the eastern regions of the island, including Obihiro and Kushiro, whose city offices received dozens of calls for help from drivers whose vehicles had stalled in the snow. The heavy snow and traffic disruptions came just as a popular snow festival began in Sapporo in southern Hokkaido, although the city did not face major disruptions.
AFP
Prague museum to host first European display of 3.18 million year old Lucy
The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe for the first time in Prague this year, the Czech premier said Tuesday."Lucy's skeletal remains will be displayed in Europe for the first time ever," Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters as he announced the rare loan by Ethiopia's National Museum.
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US Vice President JD Vance will attend AI summit in Paris, French official says
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will attend a two-day high-level summit focusing on artificial intelligence in Paris next week, his first scheduled trip abroad since taking office, a French diplomatic official said. Vance has not made any official foreign trips since his inauguration last month. The French diplomatic official spoke on condition of anonymity as the list of top attendees has not been made official yet.
USA TODAY
Texas pastor with simple dream killed in his own church. Who was the Rev. Clint Dobson?
The pastor's young widow, Laura Dobson, sobbed on the stand during Steven Nelson's murder trial, saying: 'I didn't know this much evil existed in the world.'
USA TODAY
'I'm not a lost cause': Steven Nelson, set to be executed by Texas, makes final arguments
Nelson, 37, was convicted of the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson in a robbery that turned fatal inside Dobson's own church just west of Dallas.
The Wall Street Journal
Tariffs Give U.S. Steelmakers a Green Light to Lift Prices
Manufacturers anticipate higher costs for steel and aluminum would arise from Trump administration tariffs.
USA TODAY
Feds probe ties between Vermont border agent shooting, cross-country killing spree
Investigators are exploring connections between the killing of a Vermont Border Patrol agent and multiple coast-to-coast deaths.
Associated Press
EU and Moldova agree on an energy security plan to wean the country off Russian supplies
The EU’s executive branch, the European Commission, said that Moldova would receive 250 million euros ($258 million) this year — 40% of it by mid-April — after Russia’s state-owned energy giant Gazprom cut supplies on Jan. 1. Daily electrical outages were imposed after hundreds of thousands of people in Moldova’s separatist pro-Russian Transnistria region were left without heating and hot water last month over an alleged $709 million bill for past supplies to Moldova.
USA TODAY
Snowfall tracker: See how much snow fell near you
USA TODAY map details how much snow has accumulated over the past 24, 48, and 72 hours as well as seasonal totals across the US.
AFP
Where things stand in China-US trade tensions
China has made good on its threats to retaliate in the escalating trade war with the United States, imposing tariffs on American imports of energy, cars and machinery parts. Tariffs of 15 percent will be imposed on imports of coal and liquefied natural gas from the United States.
Reuters
Waabi ties up with Volvo to roll out self-driving trucks
Self-driving technology company Waabi said on Tuesday it has partnered with truckmaker Volvo's driverless systems unit to develop and deploy big rigs that drive themselves. Fleets and truck manufacturers have been looking towards self-driving vehicle technologies to reduce costs and increase the time a truck can be on the road amid a driver shortage. Waabi, which is backed by Nvidia and Uber, and Volvo Autonomous Solutions will integrate the startup's virtual driver system, sensors and computers into the Volvo VNL Autonomous truck that will be made at the Swedish giant's New River Valley factory in Dublin, Virginia.
CNN
Gutting of USAID could cost thousands of American jobs
The Trump administration’s freeze of foreign aid and dismantling of the agency that oversees it is putting at risk thousands of jobs in the US and abroad, industry sources told CNN.
Politico
Trump’s plan to kill offshore wind is paying off
The end of a project in New Jersey “plays right into the hands of Donald Trump.”
AFP
American VP Vance to attend Paris AI summit
US Vice President JD Vance will join top tech players in Paris next week at an artificial intelligence summit billed by France as a "wake-up call" for Europe in the global race for AI. Vance, whose attendance was confirmed Tuesday by a French diplomatic source, China's Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be the highest-profile of representatives from 80 countries to mingle with players from across the sector on February 10 and 11.Indian premier Modi has been i
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Former NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg returning to government in Norway as finance minister
Former NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that he is returning to government in his native Norway as finance minister. Stoltenberg led NATO from 2014, until he handed over to current Secretary-General Mark Rutte at the beginning of October. Before leading NATO, Stoltenberg was Norway's prime minister.
CNN
‘The fear is real’: As Trump administration targets DEI, professionals worry about the future of their industry
The shift in the DEI industry, consultants and analysts say, has left many professionals concerned about their job stability and the future of their careers in the field.
AFP
Japan's Olympic pool-sized sinkhole highlights risk of old pipes
A massive sinkhole near Tokyo that swallowed a truck and its driver a week ago, and has filled with sewage and debris, highlights the risk posed by Japan's ageing pipes.The week-long sinkhole saga was a reminder of the insidious corrosion gnawing at Japan's ageing water and sewerage pipes, Shinya Inazumi, a professor of geotechnical engineering at Shibaura Institute of Technology, told AFP. The majority of the underground infrastructure was developed during the country's rapid post-war economic
CNN
Rebels call for ceasefire in DR Congo after hundreds are killed in a week of fighting
A rebel group that claimed to have captured the city of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo last week has called for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire, after fighting with the Congolese military has left hundreds of people dead.

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