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Image Passengers awaiting Covid test results in Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport, in an image shared on social media on Saturday. Credit…Social Media Photo Obtained By Reuters As… Read More »U.K. Reports 2 Omicron Cases as Officials Balance Caution and Panic

Image Passengers awaiting Covid test results in Amsterdam’s Schipol Airport, in an image shared on social media on Saturday. Credit…Social Media Photo Obtained By Reuters As… Read More »How did Omicron get its name?

World|What scientists know about the new variant, B.1.1.529. www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/world/new-covid-variant-south-africa.html More than 40 percent of adults in South Africa have received at least one dose of… Read More »What Scientists Know About the New Covid Variant, B.1.1.529

Climate|Interior Dept. Report on Drilling Is Mostly Silent on Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/climate/climate-change-drilling-public-lands.html The department recommended higher fees for oil and gas leases, but there was… Read More »Interior Dept. Report on Drilling Is Mostly Silent on Climate Change

Image A vaccination center in Nantes, France, last month.Credit…Stephane Mahe/Reuters Thousands rushed to book vaccination appointments in France on Thursday after the government announced that… Read More »European Union Drug Regulator Approves the Pfizer Vaccine for Young Children

Europe|Sweden Finally Chose a Prime Minister. She Lasted About 7 Hours. www.nytimes.com/2021/11/25/world/europe/sweden-first-female-prime-minister-quit.html Magdalena Andersson, Sweden’s first female prime minister, quit after her government’s budget was… Read More »Sweden Finally Chose a Prime Minister. She Lasted About 7 Hours.

Republicans have fought mask requirements and vaccine mandates for months, but as coronavirus infections again rise, they are blaming the president for failing to end… Read More »Republicans Hit Biden on Coronavirus

BERLIN — Olaf Scholz succeeded in his campaign to become the next chancellor of Germany primarily by convincing voters that he would be very much… Read More »Who Is Olaf Scholz, Germany’s Next Chancellor?

Opinion|Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police? www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-patrick-sharkey.html What a progressive vision of public safety could look like. More episodes ofThe… Read More »Why Is Murder Spiking? And Can Cities Address It Without Police?

U.S.|Army Cadets Tried to Get Navy’s Goat, Again. Commanders Were Not Amused. www.nytimes.com/2021/11/23/us/army-navy-mascot-kidnap-goat.html Rivalries among the nation’s military academies include a long history of mascot-stealing… Read More »Army Cadets Tried to Get Navy’s Goat, Again. Commanders Were Not Amused.