World
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In China, Buying That Toy Gun Could Get You Arrested
When the police swarmed into San Cheng’s apartment in Beijing late at night and accused him of illegally buying guns,…
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The Next Challenge to Vaccinating Africa: Overcoming Skepticism
JOHANNESBURG — The detection of the Omicron variant in southern Africa signals the next stage of the battle against Covid-19:…
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Your Wednesday Briefing
Travelers from South Africa being tested for Covid-19 on arrival at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.Credit...Remko De Waal/ANP, via Agence France…
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E.U. Interpreter Says Greece Expelled Him to Turkey in Migrant Roundup
ATHENS — For years, Greek officials have denied complaints from human rights groups that the country’s border agents have brutalized…
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Xiomara Castro Edges Closer to Honduran Presidency as Opponent Concedes
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Fears that another bitterly disputed presidential election might plunge Honduras back into chaos and violence eased…
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Omicron Variant, in at Least 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known
The heavily mutated new coronavirus variant was in Europe several days earlier than previously known, health officials said Tuesday, and…
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Emma Coronel Aispuro es sentenciada a tres años de prisión
Emma Coronel Aispuro, la esposa del narcotraficante mejor conocido como el Chapo, fue sentenciada el martes a tres años de…
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How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant
For the hundreds of passengers traveling from South Africa to Amsterdam on Friday, flight KL592 had all the trappings of…
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Nepal’s embattled chief justice tests positive for the virus, amid broad political disarray.
Covid-19 has thrown the already turbulent political scene in Nepal into further disarray, as the embattled top judge of its…
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Covax sets aside vaccine doses for North Korea.
Covax, the global vaccine-sharing initiative, announced on Tuesday that it had allocated more than 4.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines…