What’s happening today
CPRescuers carry the body of a person killed in the blast. (Farah Abdi Warsameh / The Associated Press)
Deadly blast outside airport: At least eight people were killed and nine were wounded in a large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. Witnesses said a passing United Nations convoy appeared to be the target. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Ex-senator to lie in state: Former U.S. senator Harry Reid will lie in state at the Capitol. The longest-serving Nevadan in Congress led the upper chamber’s Democratic majority when it passed an economic recovery bill during the Great Recession and a landmark health-care law. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Global COVID-19 cases: New COVID-19 infections increased by about 55 per cent in the last week, while the number of deaths remained stable, the World Health Organization says. READ MORE
More talks amid tensions: Senior NATO and Russian officials were meeting to try to bridge their differences over the future of Ukraine. The Associated Press reports. READ MORE
Weather
Asher Bataller, 4, with his dad close by, takes baby steps along the ice at the Duck Pond in Assiniboine Park. (Ruth Bonneville / Winnipeg Free Press)
Your forecast: Cloudy with a high of -6 C, wind chill as low as -23 and wind at 20 km/h from the northeast decreasing to 10 km/h from the south later this morning.
In case you missed it
Piper Smith, 7, accesses lessons through the Manitoba Remote Learning Support Centre while her kitten, Renfri, climbs onto her keyboard. (Mike Deal / Winnipeg Free Press files)
Remaining remote: Nearly 30 new students have signed up for indefinite remote learning as parents grapple with sending their kids to school next week amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. Maggie Macintosh reports. READ MORE
‘We absolutely need help’: The Manitoba Chambers of Commerce is calling for financial support for businesses affected by pandemic restrictions that were recently extended. Gabrielle Piché reports. READ MORE
Not isolating an ’error’: Unvaccinated tennis star Novak Djokovic admitted he had tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended an interview and photo shoot in Serbia last month and that he failed to declare he had travelled in the two-week period before entering Australia. READ MORE
On this date
On Jan. 12, 1943: The Winnipeg Free Press reported the Red Army was advancing on two German-held positions, Armavir and Voroshilovsk, and reports from the front indicated the Axis retreat was becoming a rout. Two brothers from Lydell, Man., were in Headingley jail after RCMP charged them with armed robbery for a holdup at the Royal Bank in Beausejour, in which $7,000 in Dominion of Canada bearer Victory bonds were stolen.
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