• Egyptian militants claimed responsibility for an explosion at Myanmar’s embassy in Cairo, saying it was in retaliation for the crackdown on Rohingya Muslims. [Reuters]

• Russia’s disinformation campaign during the 2016 U.S. presidential election included Facebook accounts disguised as gun-rights and gay-rights advocates — even one focused on cute puppies. Facebook is handing over 3,000 Russia-linked ads to congressional panels today. [The New York Times]

• A North Korean shipment of more than 30,000 rocket-propelled grenades was seized just before delivery in Egypt last year, and the complex, illicit arrangement behind it is just one of the secretive global arms deals that keep money flowing to Pyongyang. [The Washington Post]

• Three U.S. scientists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine for discoveries about the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythms. The Nobel for physics will be announced today. [The New York Times]

• Jagmeet Singh, 38, a son of Indian immigrants and a Sikh, became the first nonwhite leader of a major political party in Canada. [The New York Times]

• On Cup Noodle’s 46th anniversary, the company finally revealed the ingredients of those brown cubes known as nazoniku or mystery meat: soybeans and onions. [The Asahi Shimbun]

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