More universities change spring schedules as Omicron spreads.

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People with Omicron are less likely to need hospitalization, U.K. report finds.

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Once a Janitor, Now the Bar Mitzvah Photography King of Montreal

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Why Did Uganda Send Troops Into Congo?

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With restoration nearly complete, Big Ben will ring again at midnight.

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Asma Khader, Fighter for Women’s Rights in Jordan, Dies at 69

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In Remembering Tutu, South Africa Reckons With Lasting Challenges

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Covid claimed 2021, but 2022 has the potential to be the reset we all need.

By BY DAVID LEONHARDT from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3FJFnRo New York Times

India enters 2022 with restrictions, fearing another deadly virus surge.

By BY MUJIB MASHAL from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3eFZ5Bu New York Times

Paris reintroduces an outdoor mask mandate.

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简报：西安封城“买菜难”惹民怨；南非称该国奥密克戎感染峰值已过

By BY EMILY CHAN AND KONEY BAI from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3JuvNE6 New York Times

U.K., With Surging Cases, Is on ‘War Footing’ Against Virus

By BY MEGAN SPECIA from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3qvv6Sg New York Times

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

By BY ADEEL HASSAN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3443ImV New York Times

Will more rapid tests change how America counts Covid cases?

By BY SOPHIE KASAKOVE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3qE6maL New York Times

China, holding to its ‘zero Covid’ strategy, keeps a city of 13 million locked down.

By BY VIVIAN WANG, JOY DONG AND YAN ZHUANG from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3EJQs3w New York Times

Años Viejos: Torching the Old Year to Toast the New One

By BY ISABELLA GRULLÓN PAZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3Jx90Yj New York Times

Can a Tiny Territory in the South Pacific Power Tesla’s Ambitions?

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A World Divided by Covid and Other Ills United to Explore Space

By BY NICHOLAS CASEY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3FI8i8i New York Times

In 2021, We Were There: The Year’s 14 Most Popular Dispatches

By BY BRYANT ROUSSEAU from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3sHYhnU New York Times

Omicron tears across Europe, leaving tests and patience in short supply.

By BY MARC SANTORA from NYT World https://nyti.ms/349fJrl New York Times

Singapore charges a man accused of lending out his vaccination record, and other international news.

By BY JOHN YOON, MUKTITA SUHARTONO AND NATASHA FROST from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3mH3A3p New York Times

The U.S. record for daily cases is broken as an Omicron ‘tidal wave’ grows.

By BY RON DEPASQUALE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/32JyBMI New York Times

Singapore charges a man accused of letting another use his vaccination record to enter a bar.

By BY JOHN YOON, MUKTITA SUHARTONO AND NATASHA FROST from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3mCNaZS New York Times

Russian Court Orders 2nd Ban of a Major Human Rights Group in 2 Days

By BY VALERIE HOPKINS from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3EAFldi New York Times

Two Georgia Republicans have racked up $100,000 in fines for defying a mask mandate in Congress.

By BY LUKE BROADWATER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3evVk1F New York Times

Hong Kong Police Arrest Six Linked to Pro-Democracy News Site

By BY VIVIAN WANG from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3EuXBok New York Times

Born and Raised in Pakistan, but Living in Legal Limbo

By BY ZIA UR-REHMAN AND SAIYNA BASHIR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3qwdTbt New York Times

A lengthy doctors’ strike over understaffing sparks chaos at New Delhi hospitals.

By BY SAMEER YASIR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3sFK0bi New York Times

India Cuts Off Foreign Funding of Mother Teresa’s Charity

By BY KARAN DEEP SINGH from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3sDV2xT New York Times

An Australian teenager who partied while positive is charged with ignoring health orders.

By BY YAN ZHUANG, SAIF HASNAT AND JOHN YOON from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3ey6XVU New York Times

Thousands protest in Germany as frustration with Covid rules swells.

By BY CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZE from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3Fzm65a New York Times

How a fund for pandemic-strained restaurants picked winners and losers.

By BY STACY COWLEY from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3pyHKRh New York Times

Russian Court Orders Prominent Human Rights Group to Shut

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Covid now accounts for a larger share of deaths among white and young Americans.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3HiKHeR New York Times

Delta Air Lines blames new cleaning rules in Shanghai for the midair turnaround of a flight from Seattle.

By BY YAN ZHUANG from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3esEGQm New York Times

‘Bless and Protect My Team’: An Italian Town Hopes Its Basketball Patron Advances to National Status

By BY JASON HOROWITZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3HhkAov New York Times

‘Bless and Protect My Team’: An Italian Town Hopes Its Basketball Patron Advances to National Status

By BY JASON HOROWITZ from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3FCiSxB New York Times

Cities around the world pare back New Year celebrations, again.

By BY ANNA P. KAMBHAMPATY AND ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT World https://nyti.ms/344iASo New York Times

Reporting On The Death Threats Causing a Mass Exodus Of Election Officials

“You will be served lead” was just one of the messages sent to a 2020 election worker. We talked to the team that saw first hand the effects months of harassment and intimidation is having on the country’s election officials; making them leaving in droves. Subscribe to read more in Breaking the Vote, a weekly newsletter from Todd Zwillich that tracks the war on voting here: https://bit.ly/3sGNsm7 Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: https://bit.ly/2HR9kGq Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://bit.ly/36oafb0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: https://bit.ly/33xksQy Instagram: https://bit.ly/2VvVaxT More videos from the VICE network: https://bit.ly/3fWNVrZ #VICENews #News

Reopening schools will be Eric Adams’s first big task as New York mayor.

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Israel begins studying the effectiveness of a 4th vaccine dose.

By BY ISABEL KERSHNER from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3sCDIcr New York Times

Nepal halts Covid vaccinations in children because of a lack of syringes.

By BY BHADRA SHARMA from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3mBzwpz New York Times

South Korea approves Pfizer’s coronavirus pill for emergency use.

By BY JIN YU YOUNG from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3qpgBQ9 New York Times

Somalia’s President Suspends Prime Minister Over Corruption Allegations

By BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR from NYT World https://nyti.ms/32o4gDU New York Times

A lab in Australia mistakenly tells hundreds of people they tested negative.

By BY YAN ZHUANG from NYT World https://nyti.ms/32DgQi2 New York Times

As Other Arab States Falter, Saudi Arabia Seeks to Become a Cultural Hub

By BY VIVIAN YEE AND BEN HUBBARD from NYT World https://nyti.ms/33UsK7X New York Times

‘Help Us’: After Typhoon Rai, Miles of Destruction and the Smell of Death

By BY JASON GUTIERREZ AND EZRA ACAYAN from NYT World https://nyti.ms/32wzhFv New York Times

Two college football bowl games are canceled because of virus cases. A third is in doubt.

By BY EVAN EASTERLING from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3pvuD3f New York Times

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

By BY ABDI LATIF DAHIR AND JEFFREY MOYO from NYT World https://nyti.ms/32GsSri New York Times

‘A True South African Giant’: Tributes for Desmond Tutu, a Force for Harmony

By BY ISABELLA KWAI AND LYNSEY CHUTEL from NYT World https://nyti.ms/3Ha3fhp New York Times

In Nigeria, Ancestral Spirituality Resurges

Nearly half of Nigeria is Christian, but some young people are leaving behind the religion that they say is plagued by its colonial history. A movement of young black people are joining millions of Africans who already practice their ancestral faiths, despite the resistance. Subscribe to VICE News here: http://bit.ly/Subscribe-to-VICE-News Check out VICE News for more: https://bit.ly/2HR9kGq Follow VICE News here: Facebook: https://bit.ly/36oafb0 Twitter: https://twitter.com/vicenews Tumblr: https://bit.ly/33xksQy Instagram: https://bit.ly/2VvVaxT More videos from the VICE network: https://bit.ly/3fWNVrZ #VICENews #News

‘A True South African Giant’: Tributes for Desmond Tutu, a Force for Harmony

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