World
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Thailand reports its first case of the Omicron variant, in a U.S. citizen visiting from Spain.
Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health on Monday announced the country’s first case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, in…
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Aung San Suu Kyi Falls, but Myanmar’s Democratic Hopes Move On
When a court in Myanmar on Monday sentenced Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to four years in custody, it closed…
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In New Zealand, the Fishhook Pendant Called Hei Matau
The Maori, New Zealand’s Indigenous people, navigated to the country from Polynesia by sea, some arriving as early as the…
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Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight
MOSCOW — When cybersleuths traced the millions of dollars American companies, hospitals and city governments have paid to online extortionists…
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Bearing Witness to Svalbard’s Fragile Splendor
Mesmerized, I would lean against the railing at the front of the ship, alone, for hours on end. Over the…
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In Its War on Covid-19, China Calls on ‘Little Inoculated Warriors’
As the rest of the world struggles to vaccinate adults in the face of a threat from a new coronavirus…
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Myanmar’s ousted president and the capital’s mayor were convicted, too.
The Myanmar court that sentenced Daw Aung San Suu Kyi to four years on Monday also convicted two longtime allies,…
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Your Monday Briefing
Shoppers on Oxford Street in London yesterday. Credit...Henry Nicholls/ReutersOmicron cases rise in Europe Dozens of new cases of the Omicron ...
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Spike in Omicron Variant Cases Puts Europe on Edge
LONDON — Dozens of new cases of the Omicron variant were reported in Britain and Denmark on Sunday, adding to…
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Your Monday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering Omicron’s rapid spread, Afghanistan’s looming starvation crisis and Syria’s state-supported drug trade. An ...