More universities change spring schedules as Omicron spreads.

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In photos: Wildfire tore through Colorado

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New Year’s Eve, Omicron, Betty White: Your Friday Evening Briefing

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New Yorkers navigate another muted New Year’s Eve, hoping for better days ahead.

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French ban on plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables begins

Effective from New Year's day, officials hope the law will prevent a billion items of single use plastics every year.

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A landmark Brooklyn restaurant reopens — again — in time for the New Year.

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Air Travel Is No Holiday as Covid and Storms Cancel Flights

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Adams’s Virus Policy Includes Keeping Vaccine Mandate for Businesses

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California Man on Deadly Mission to White House Is Arrested, Officials Say

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Karen Ferguson, Fighter for Pension Rights, Dies at 80

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The Sidney Awards

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Trump’s Social Media Return — and What Else to Expect in 2022

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Cape Verde: Drone delivers medical supplies to remote islands

Computer scientist Erico Pinheiro has invented a drone system to deliver medical supplies to the remote communities of his island nation Cape Verde.

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British scientists are experimenting with higher doses of a drug for severe Covid symptoms.

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Why Chinese stand-up comedians are turning to English

Alex Shi says her comedy comes from her Chinese heritage but she feels more comfortable performing in a foreign language.

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Officer Whose Bullet Killed a 14-Year-Old Girl Wanted to ‘Change’ the Police

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Avoid cruises even if vaccinated, CDC tells Americans

It says there has been an increase in onboard cases since the emergence of the Omicron variant.

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Citigroup is the latest big bank to reverse course on return-to-office plans.

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With Exasperation, College Football Is Just Trying to Get Through the Playoff

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More Than 30,000 People Ordered Evacuated in Colorado as Wind Gusts Fan Wildfires

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Coronavirus Briefing: Year 3

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South Africa says that it has passed its fourth wave of cases, and counts few added deaths.

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The 2022 Westminster Dog Show is postponed over Omicron’s surge.

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Ghislaine Maxwell guilty of helping Jeffrey Epstein abuse girls

A jury in New York convicts her of recruiting and trafficking teenagers in a "pyramid of abuse".

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Ghislaine Maxwell: How accusers' testimony brought her down

This was a victory for the women who fought to bring Jeffrey Epstein's co-conspirator to justice.

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Who is Ghislaine Maxwell? The downfall of a favourite daughter

How Ghislaine Maxwell went from being the toast of high society to a convicted sex trafficker.

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What went wrong with vaccinating the world?

Why developed countries have a surplus of vaccines while low-income ones are still struggling to battle Covid.

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COP 26: The teenagers suing 33 countries

To ensure the promises of COP26 are kept, young campaigners are putting their faith in international courts.

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John Madden’s Life in Football: Decades of Passion for the Game

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Syntropic agriculture: A new way of farming in dry climates?

Ernst Gotsch's method of agriculture increases, rather than decreases, biodiversity and wildlife.

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Poem: In the New Year

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How Much More Can the Restaurant Industry Take?

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The mystery of the home where the Queen was born

Where was the original site of the house where the Queen was born? And was it bombed in the war?

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Judge Says New York Times Can Retain Project Veritas Memos, for Now

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Fighting to learn in Venezuela

Despite the country's continuing economic crisis, both pupils and teachers are determined to continue with schooling.

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Ethics Investigators in Congress Increasingly Run Into Walls

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Death of 17-Year-Old in Custody in Kansas Is Ruled a Homicide

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U.S. and Russia Agree to Talks Amid Growing Tensions Over Ukraine

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The Year in Pictures: California Wildfires

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Coronavirus Briefing: Covid family feuds

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Robert E. Lee: Virginia workers open Civil War-era time capsule

The 130-year-old capsule contained flags, books and bullets related to the Confederate States.

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What We Forgot to Talk About in 2021

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Teen Who Sought New Life Found Death at Hands of the Police, Father Says

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Killer Who Stabbed 4 People 100 Times Gets Life Without Parole

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This College Bowl Season, the Toughest Opponent is the Coronavirus

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‘El peor escenario es que todo se seque’: Chile discute su nueva Constitución, mientras enfrenta el cambio climático

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Why New York City May Soon Be More Walkable for Blind People

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Afghanistan: Children in Kabul working for a piece of bread

More and more Afghan children are having to work to support their families, amidst an economic collapse.

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Vaccine Order Begins for New York City’s Private Employers

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India blocks foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity

Hindu hardliners have long accused the Catholic charity of trying to convert people to Christianity.

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Biden Signs $770 Billion Defense Bill

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France sets new restrictions amid record cases.

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Thousands of flights canceled over weekend as Omicron thins crews.

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India's unwinnable battle against spitting

The pandemic briefly renewed efforts to curb an infamous Indian habit - spitting in public.

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Parenthetical Comment

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My art channels the pain from Ethiopia's war

US-based Tigrayan artist Gabrielle Tesfaye uses her work to share her feelings over the civil war.

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Two college football bowl games are canceled because of virus cases.

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Using Journalism to Give Back

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Desmond Tutu, Whose Voice Helped Slay Apartheid, Dies at 90

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The N.B.A.’s Early Breakout Stars

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Deadly bombing at restaurant packed for Christmas

Six people have been killed after a suicide bomber targeted a restaurant in eastern DR Congo.

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Myanmar: Charity staff missing after deadly 'army attack'

Save the Children says troops killed 38 people and burned their bodies in eastern Kayah state.

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Israeli 'psychic' Uri Geller still baffling fans at 75

Now wowing visitors at his museum, the famous spoon bender recalls his rise from poverty to stardom.

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Love story sends TV fans in search of idyllic Alps

Crash Landing On You has been a big hit and now fans are travelling to the filming locations.

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Letter from Africa: Why Kenya's taxman is eyeing social media

Socialites are becoming wary of what they post online in case Kenya's revenue authority comes calling.

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The Chinese mother backing bigger families

Chen Ting is a mother of three and businesswoman who encourages other women to have more children.

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Why a former oil executive is capping abandoned wells

Around the US, an estimated three million oil wells have been abandoned. They're more dangerous than we think.

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Surfer killed in apparent shark attack in California

Beachgoers in Morro Bay area are ordered to stay out of the water after an accident on Christmas Eve.

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El Salvador Releases 3 Women Serving Long Prison Sentences for Abortions

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Many African countries are toughening pandemic restrictions in the face of a Covid surge.

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Pest Control

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What to Watch For in N.F.L.’s Christmas Day Games

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SA urges halt to Nelson Mandela's Robben Island prison cell key auction

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's first black president, spent 18 years in a tiny cell on Robben Island.

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Climate change: Lapland reindeer gone astray in search for food

Herders are struggling to find thousands of reindeer that have run away in search of food.

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No time for war: Russians see no chance of conflict

With rhetoric becoming harsh and fears of an invasion growing, Muscovites give their views on the crisis.

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Holiday Spirit Glimmers as New York Endures Another Pandemic Christmas

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As Omicron Overshadows Christmas, Thousands of Flights Are Canceled

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Gordon Carey, a Force in the Civil Rights Movement, Dies at 89

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