Ochai Agbaji to miss Kansas' game at Iowa State due to COVID-19 health and safety protocols

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Israel begins allowing Palestinians to return to northern Gaza for the first time in over a year
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel on Monday began allowing Palestinians to return to the heavily destroyed north of the Gaza Strip for the first time since the early weeks of the 15-month war with Hamas, in accordance with a fragile ceasefire. Thousands of Palestinians headed north after waiting for days to cross. The opening was delayed for two days over a dispute between Hamas and Israel, which said the militant group had changed the order of the hostages it released in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
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Intelligence sharing by the US and its allies has saved lives. Trump could test those ties
As Russia moved closer to invading Ukraine nearly three years ago, the United States and its allies took the extraordinary step of declassifying and sharing intelligence to expose Moscow’s plans. Information flew across the Atlantic from U.S. spy agencies to NATO and Western partners showing that Russia was poised to launch the biggest attack on a European country since World War II. It was designed to muster support for Kyiv, and on the strength of the U.S. warning, some nations sent weapons to Ukraine, which moved some equipment out of the range of Russian strikes.
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Trump's celebration of American greatness puts a spotlight on a little-known panel of experts
Within hours of taking office, President Donald Trump outlined in one of his many executive orders a mission to celebrate American greatness and to recognize those who have made contributions throughout history. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names will play a role. The little known panel made up of officials from several federal agencies has been in existence since 1890. How did the board get its start?
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AP PHOTOS: The rail tracks of Auschwitz still cross the area as aging reminders of horror
During World War II, men, women and children were transported from across Europe to Auschwitz-Birkenau, horrendous journeys in which they were packed into cramped cattle cars. Many of those rail tracks are abandoned but still exist within the site of the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, stark reminders of the industrial nature of the killing. Nazi Germany established its largest extermination camp in Oswiecim — the name of the Polish town that was called Auschwitz under German occupation — because it was centrally located in Europe, with the railway infrastructure making it possible to transport Jews there from all across Europe — from Belgium, France and the Netherlands, from Italy and from Hungary.
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Gov. Abbott wants federal reimbursement for Operation Lone Star
The Republican governor wants Congress to reimburse Texas for more than $11 billion spent on border security.
CBS News
Targeted immigration enforcement efforts under way in Chicago
Multiple sources told CBS News Chicago that those upon whom ICE was focusing Sunday have active warrants.
Associated Press
Anti-extremism center opens in former house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss
A U.S.-based organization is transforming the house of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss into a research center devoted to fighting extremism, and is introducing it to the public on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday. The house, which belonged to a Polish military family before Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, lies next to the site of the former death camp, now the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
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AP PHOTOS: Hong Kong's snake soup is slithering away but still simmers in a decades-old kitchen
As Hong Kong prepares to welcome the Year of the Snake on Wednesday, Chau Ka-ling displays a moving serpent with practiced ease, holding it like a pet in her decades-old restaurant in the city. As one of the last keepers of the city’s traditional snake soup industry, Chau saves three live snakes for occasional display in wooden drawers that once housed more serpents for cooking. Founded by Chau’s late father in the 1960s, Shia Wong Hip once slaughtered live snakes for its dishes.
CNN
White House backs off on tariffs on Colombia after agreement on ‘unrestricted acceptance’ of migrants
The White House said Sunday night that Colombia has agreed to allow the United States to transport repatriated migrants back to the country after two US military planes carrying deportees were blocked by Colombia early Sunday, sparking a flurry of tariff threats between President Donald Trump and his Colombian counterpart.
AFP
Colombia caves on deportations after Trump threats
Colombia on Sunday backed down and agreed to accept deported citizens sent on US military aircraft, hours after President Donald Trump threatened painful tariffs to punish the defiance to his mass deportation plans.A White House statement said that Colombia has agreed to "unrestricted acceptance of all illegal aliens from Colombia returned from the United States, including on US military aircraft, without limitation or delay."
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Immigration enforcement operations ramp up in cities across the U.S.
Immigration enforcement operations unfolded across multiple cities Sunday, marking what President Donald Trump has called the beginning of an era of mass deportations that would primarily target migrants with criminal backgrounds but in which concerns remain that migrants with no criminal histories will be swept up, as well.
CNN
Trump administration launches nationwide immigration enforcement blitz
The Trump administration launched an immigration enforcement blitz nationwide Sunday that included multiple federal agencies and resulted in the arrest of nearly 1,000 people, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
AFP
Weak yuan, Trump tariff threats confound Beijing's economic puzzle
Higher US tariffs under President Donald Trump could accelerate a slump in the value of China's currency, complicating recent efforts by Beijing to kickstart a rebound in its struggling economy, analysts warn.But such moves may come into conflict with Beijing's efforts elsewhere to boost an economy that is struggling to regain momentum.
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Stock market today: Asian markets are mixed after Wall Street edges back from its record
Shares were mixed in thin Asian trading on Monday after U.S. stocks edged back from their all-time high. Oil prices fell and U.S. futures sank, while Chinese shares shed some of their early gains after a survey of manufacturers showed export orders dropping to a five-month low. Zichun Huang of Capital Economics said the slowdown might be temporary given increased government spending.
Politico
Trump claims victory in tariff and migration standoff with Colombia
Hours after threatening punitive tariffs, the White House said Colombia agreed to accept deported migrants and lifted the threat of new levies.
AFP
Japan's Osaka bans street smoking ahead of Expo 2025
The Japanese city of Osaka on Monday imposed a smoking ban on public streets as part of efforts to become more visitor-friendly ahead of this year's World Expo.We want to welcome many people from all over the world, so we want to make Osaka a city where people feel safe with smoke-free streets," mayor Hideyuki Yokoyama said in early January.
AFP
Asian stocks mixed as tariff fears return, new AI programme emerges
Asian markets fluctuated Monday on fresh trade fears after Donald Trump's decision to impose huge tariffs on Colombia, in retaliation for its refusal to accept deportation flights from the United States.The move came after President Gustavo Petro blocked deportation flights from the United States.
AFP
ECB to cut rates again, with a nervous eye on Trump
Eurozone rate-setters are set to cut borrowing costs again this week, confident their efforts to lower inflation will remain on track despite the threat from US President Donald Trump's protectionist agenda."We are confident of seeing inflation at target in the course" of this year, President Christine Lagarde said last week in an interview with CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
AFP
Trump border czar defends school, church raids as agencies target Chicago
Donald Trump's border czar on Sunday defended raiding churches and schools as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration, while six federal agencies launched a sweep aimed at "potentially dangerous criminal aliens" in Chicago. ICE announced Sunday on X that it had joined five other federal agencies in "enhanced targeted operations" in Chicago "to enforce U.S. immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities".
CNN
A 2025 guide to Lunar New Year as we slither into the Year of the Snake
When is Lunar New Year in 2025? And why do people wear red as part of the celebrations? Answers to these questions and more as we say goodbye to the Dragon and enter the Year of the Snake.

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