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1. Deadly missile strike destroys shopping centre in central Ukraine city

   

   A Russian missile strike hit a crowded shopping centre in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk on Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding more than 40, senior Ukrainian officials said.

2. Surprise hearing coming Tuesday as Jan. 6 committee promises recently obtained evidence

   

   The House Jan. 6 panel says it is calling a surprise hearing to present recently obtained evidence, but offered no further details.

3. Russia may have just defaulted on its foreign debt for 1st time since 1917

   

   Russia is poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since the Bolshevik Revolution more than a century ago, further alienating the country from the global financial system following sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.

4. Zelensky asks G7 leaders for better air defences and tougher sanctions on Russia

   

   The ongoing war in Ukraine moved from being a distant, abstract conflict to something more tangible for the leaders of the world's seven wealthiest democracies on Monday with an address by the embattled country's president.

5. NATO to boost its rapid reaction force to 300,000 troops

   

   NATO will increase the strength of its rapid reaction force nearly eightfold to 300,000 troops as part of its response to an "era of strategic competition," the military alliance's secretary general said Monday.