World
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Honduras Election Front-Runner Vows New Era but Is Tied to Past
MEXICO CITY — The Honduras opposition candidate, Xiomara Castro, inched closer to an astounding presidential victory on Monday morning, promising…
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U.K. extends boosters to all adults while announcing two new Omicron cases.
Britain expanded its vaccine booster program to all adults on Monday, stepping up its response to the newly discovered Omicron…
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Dutch police arrest a couple who fled quarantine and boarded a plane.
The Dutch military police arrested a couple on Sunday who were about to fly out of the Netherlands when they…
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Czech president appoints a new prime minister — from inside a transparent cube.
President Milos Zeman of the Czech Republic, who tested positive for the coronavirus on Thursday, appointed the country’s new prime…
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As World Shuts Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Offers a Cautionary Tale
TOKYO — With the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus late last week, countries across the globe…
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A woman is charged with arson in quarantine hotel fire in Australia.
A woman sent a quarantine hotel in Queensland, Australia, up in flames by lighting a fire under a bed in…
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A ‘Simpsons’ Episode Lampooned Chinese Censorship. In Hong Kong, It Vanished.
HONG KONG — An episode of “The Simpsons” that ridicules Chinese government censorship appears to have been censored on Disney’s…
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Portugal detects 13 cases of Omicron tied to a soccer team.
Portugal on Monday said it had identified 13 cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, all tied to Belenenses,…
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As World Shuts Borders to Stop Omicron, Japan Offers a Cautionary Tale
TOKYO — With the emergence of the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus late last week, countries across the globe…
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Hunt for the ‘Blood Diamond of Batteries’ Impedes Green Energy Push
KASULO, Democratic Republic of Congo — A man in a pinstripe suit with a red pocket square walked around the…