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- ISIS Fighter Convicted in Death of Enslaved 5-Year-Old Girl
- Éric Zemmour, Far-Right Pundit, Makes French Presidential Run Official
- China’s Silence on Peng Shuai Shows Limits of Beijing’s Propaganda
- Barbados Drops the Queen and Becomes a Republic
- How do you say ‘Omicron’?
- Amid Variant Fears, U.K. Discovers Limits to Its Virus Strategy
- What We Know About the New Covid Variant, Omicron
- Greece to Fine Older Residents Who Don't Get Vaccinated
- Fighting Racism, Quietly
- F.D.A. Advisers Meets on Merck’s Covid Pill
- Counterfeit Covid Masks Are Still Sold Everywhere
- Why US abortion laws could be changed by Supreme Court ruling
- Ghislaine Maxwell: Epstein pilot testifies he flew Prince Andrew
- Michigan school shooting: Student kills three and wounds eight
- Alice Sebold apologises to man cleared of her rape
- The struggle to recover from NYC's flash flood
- Tel Aviv named as world's most expensive city to live in
- Nigeria boat capsize: At least 29 die in Kano state
- Xiomara Castro: Honduras votes in first female president
- Air quality: Delhi records worst November air in years
- Howard Springs: Australia police arrest quarantine escapees
- Facebook reverses Kyle Rittenhouse search policy
- Why Gambians won't stop voting with marbles
- Survivor: I'm haunted by deadliest Channel crossing
- Yemen's Marib: The city at the heart of a dirty war
- How Magdalena Andersson became Sweden's first female PM twice
- Pakistan: Islamists against Muhammad cartoons stage comeback
- Michigan school shooting: Worst kind of tragedy, says sheriff
- HGV shortages: Why European drivers don't want to come back to the UK
- Roe v Wade: How a Mississippi legal challenge could upend abortion rights
- Vaccine Hesitancy Hurts Covid Fight in Poorer Countries
- Covid Live Updates: U.S. Considers Tougher Rules for Travelers
- In China, Buying That Toy Gun Could Get You Arrested
- Omicron Variant, in 20 Nations, Spread Earlier Than Was Known
- How 2 Flights to Europe May Have Spurred Spread of New Variant
- E.U. Interpreter Says Greece Expelled Him to Turkey in Migrant Roundup
- India's Economy Still Weak, Despite a Strong Third Quarter
- Josephine Baker Inducted Into French Panthéon
- In Scotland, Cooking Halibut to Curb Climate Change
- U.K. Theatergoers Cover Up Again, After Months Without Masks
- Africa, Far Behind
- Nigeria Finds Omicron Variant Covid Case From October
- Trust in Science and Scientists Increased Globally, Poll Finds
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- LeBron James Enters N.B.A.'s Covid Protocols
- Xiomara Castro Edges Closer to Honduran Presidency as Opponent Concedes
- Federal Judge Blocks Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers
- South African Company Nears License to Sell J. & J. Covid Shot Across Africa
- Your Wednesday Briefing
- England tightens restrictions as more Omicron cases found.
- Nepal’s embattled chief justice tests positive for the virus, amid broad political disarray.
- Covax sets aside vaccine doses for North Korea.
- US tightens travel rules amid new Omicron cases
- US government shutdown averted hours before deadline
- The drought ravaging East African wildlife and livestock
- Alec Baldwin admits career could be over after fatal shooting
- Omicron: India reports first cases of new Covid variant
- Thailand: Newspaper rebuked over 'hunts Africans' headline
- Germany: Angela Merkel's military farewell features punk singer's hit
- Rights groups' warning as Trump's Remain in Mexico policy restored
- Covid: Germany puts major restrictions on unvaccinated
- Laverne & Shirley star Eddie Mekka dies aged 69
- Kerala: The granny who learnt to read and write at 104
- Margaux Pinot: Shock over release of judoka’s partner in assault case
- Elle to stop promoting the use of animal fur in its magazines
- The 'kind heart' who gave an Afghan family a new home
- NunTok: How religion is booming on TikTok and Instagram
- Boxing Day: Festive film debut for Little Mix's Leigh-Anne Pinnock
- How to spot the software that could be spying on you
- Why Turkey's currency crash does not worry Erdogan
- 'No middle ground': Chile voters face tough choice as run-off looms
- Broome: Diving the remnants of a WW2 attack on Australia
- Africa's week in pictures: 26 November - 2 December 2021
- How do you say 'Omicron'?
- Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla: My wife's vaccine death is fake news
- Epstein accuser: Ghislaine Maxwell is a 'master manipulator'
- Dragged up the stairs for my hospital appointment
- Queensland Floods: Second death recorded as crisis continues
- Travelers to U.S.: Can They Get Their Tests Back in Time?
- Court in Philippines Allows Maria Ressa to Travel to Norway for Nobel
- Didi of China Moves to Delist From New York Stock Exchange
- Pope Francis Heads to Cyprus Aiming to Highlight Plight of Migrants
- As French Election Looms, Candidates Stake Out Tough Positions on Migrants
- Germany Requires Vaccines for Store and Restaurant Customers
- Omicron Variant Reinfects People Who Have Had the Coronavirus
- Will High Vaccination Rates Help Spain Weather Omicron?
- New York Reports Five Omicron Cases
- Double Resignation Shakes Austrian Politics in Aftermath of Scandal
- Mauricio Macri Is Charged With Illegal Surveillance
- Extreme Poverty Has Been Sharply Cut. What Has Changed?
- Millions More People Got Access to Clean Water. Can They Drink It?
- Meghan Wins Legal Battle Against The Mail on Sunday
- How Long Can Students Wait for Australia to Reopen?
- A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster: The Spread of Barren Land
- The Best Movies and TV Shows New to Netflix, Amazon and Stan in Australia in December
- Your Friday Briefing
- Angela Merkel Bids Farewell as Germany’s Chancellor
- Your Friday Briefing
- Who, and Where, Is Peng Shuai?
- Will high vaccination rates help Spain weather new variant?
- Omicron Is Here. Should You Cancel Your Trip?
- Why hasn’t the U.S. found more Omicron cases?
- Reinfections appear more common with Omicron, South African scientists say.
- Will New Yorkers still eat outdoors when the cold arrives?
- Why Didn’t the U.S. Detect Omicron Cases Sooner?
- Study Suggests Link Between AstraZeneca Vaccine and Blood Clots
- Germany Announces Restrictions on Unvaccinated People
- Omicron prompts scientists to reconsider the need for boosters.
- Abortion at the Court
- ‘Where is **?’: Fans in China Elude Censors to Talk About Peng Shuai
- Europe Met a Climate Target. But Is It Burning Less Carbon?
- ‘Call Me Dog Tag Man’: Pacific Island Is Full of War Relics and Human Remains
- Your Thursday Briefing
- Citing Covid-19, Climate and Wars, U.N. Asks Donors for Big Jump in Funding
- U.N. Seats Denied, for Now, to Afghanistan’s Taliban and Myanmar’s Junta
- Omicron Prompts Swift Reconsideration of Boosters Among Scientists
- Drought Study on Madagascar Underlines Complexity of Climate
- W.H.O. Scolds Rich Nations for Travel Bans and Booster Shots
- Vesuvius Victim May Shed Light on Ancient Rome
- Surgeon Was First Omicron Case in Israel. Only One Contact Is Sick.
- The Omicron Variant Detected in the United States
- Turner Prize Goes to Array Collective, an Art Protest Group
- New E.U. Measures Set to Restrict Asylum Rights at the Belarus Border
- Nigeria Detects Recent Cases of Omicron Variant
- Putin and West Spar Over NATO’s Military Ties to Ukraine
- W.H.O. members agree to begin talks on a global pandemic treaty.
- Germany's Incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz Backs Vaccine Mandate
- Here’s how two flights to the Netherlands could have helped Omicron spread.
- Michigan school shooting: Parents of gunman charged with manslaughter
- Covid: Don't panic about Omicron variant, WHO says
- Covid-19: Ireland closes nightclubs and tightens Covid rules
- Ghislaine Maxwell: Employee told 'not to look Jeffrey Epstein in the eye'
- Austria ruling party picks Nehammer for chancellor
- Italian man tries to dodge Covid jab using fake arm
- Ethiopia closes schools to boost civil war effort
- Lamine Diack: Disgraced athletics boss dies in Senegal
- South Africa battles Omicron fear and vaccine myths
- Covid Live Updates: Scientists Say Omicron Is Spreading Faster in South Africa Than Any Other Variant
- In Afghanistan, ‘Who Has the Guns Gets the Land’
- Eitan Biran Is Expected to Return to Italy
- Iran Nuclear Talks Head for Collapse Unless Tehran Shifts, Europeans Say
- Stabbed 20 Times by Her Husband, She Now Fights Laws Favoring Abusers
- George Kordahi Resigns Under Saudi Pressure
- Taliban Decree an End to Forced Marriages in Afghanistan
- Canada is One Step Closer to Banning Conversion Therapy
- Man in Italy Tries to Get Vaccinated in a Fake Arm
- U.S. Health Officials Project Resolve Against Omicron Variant
- Cognitive Rehab: One Patient’s Painstaking Path Through Long Covid Therapy
- Botswana’s President Says Diplomats With Omicron 'Had Been to Europe'
- In Cyprus, Pope Francis Laments Indifference Toward Migrants
- Possible Omicron Cases Emerge from Christmas Party in Oslo, Norway
- English Teenager Finds Bronze Age Ax Using a Metal Detector
- Covid Treatments Are Coming
- A preliminary study in South Africa shows a sudden, sharp rise in re-infections as Omicron spreads.
- Lamine Diack, Olympics Power Broker Convicted of Taking Bribes, Dies at 88
- Auckland, New Zealand, Exits 107-Day Lockdown
- Will high vaccination rates help Spain weather the new variant?
- Samba, Cachaça and Pickled Eggs: ‘Dirty Feet’ Bars Are ‘Essence of Rio’
- South Korea Temporarily Re-Tightens Covid Restrictions
- Ready for power: Team Scholz promises a new Germany
- Bolsonaro: Brazilian Supreme Court opens investigation into vaccine comments
- Rare turtle washes up 4,000 miles from home
- Parag Agrawal: Why Indian-born CEOs dominate Silicon Valley
- Why Ugandan troops have entered DR Congo - again
- Saudi Arabia Grand Prix: A race for equal rights
- Ros Atkins on… America’s abortion divide
- Omicron Variant Spreading Twice as Quickly as Delta in South Africa
- Michigan school shooting: Suspect's parents arrested in Detroit
- Russia Ukraine: Biden warns Russia against Ukraine 'red lines'
- MH370: Could missing Malaysian Airlines plane finally be found?
- Mali: Dozens of civilians killed after militants attack bus
- F.D.A. Authorizes Eli Lilly Antibody Treatment for Youngest Covid Patients
- Congo Ousts Mining Leader in a Cloud of Corruption Claims
- Indonesia volcano: Dozens injured as residents flee huge ash cloud from Mt Semeru
- Afghanistan: Macron reveals plans for joint European mission
- Biden and Putin to hold call amid Ukraine invasion fears
- Michigan school shooting: Suspect's parents deny involuntary manslaughter
- Ghislaine Maxwell trial: Key moments from the first week
- Belgian zoo hippos test positive for Covid
- Bus carrying choir members plunges into Kenya river
- Gambia elections: Ex-President Yahya Jammeh's shadow looms over poll
- Eitan Biran: Cable car survivor returned to Italy after custody battle
- ICYMI: Jumping into an active volcano, and other ways to spend the festive season
- More Than 40,000 March in Vienna Against Coronavirus Restrictions
- Spy Tool Was Deployed in State-Sponsored Hack of Ugandans
- Switzerland Backtracks on Mandatory Quarantines for Some Foreign Visitors
- At Least One Dead as Indonesia's Mount Semeru Erupts
- How Many States Is Omicron in Now?
- Facing Economic Collapse, Afghanistan Is Gripped by Starvation
- Dr. Sherif R. Zaki, Acclaimed Disease Detective, Dies at 65
- Honeybees Survived for Weeks Under Volcano Ash After Canary Islands Eruption
- France's Éric Zemmour Tries Channeling De Gaulle to Win Votes
- Belgian Port City Grapples With a Flood of Cocaine
- The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
- Short-handed hospitals in upstate New York fill up as Covid cases surge.
- Republican legislators protest vaccination rule at New Jersey’s State House.
- Afghanistan: Taliban warned against targeting former security forces
- Chris Cuomo: CNN fires presenter over help he gave politician brother
- India Nagaland: Security forces kill 13 civilians amid ambush blunder
- Pacific Ocean garbage patch is immense plastic habitat
- Why France faces so much anger in West Africa
- Mandatory vaccinations: Three reasons for and against
- South Africa: The rape survivor who convicts rapists
- On Syria’s Ruins, a Drug Empire Flourishes
- Chinese Tourists Aren't Coming Back Any Time Soon
- Fatalities Reported After Military Truck Rams Protesters in Myanmar
- Refugees Who Left Lesbos With Pope in 2016 Settle Into Rome Life
- Palestinian Who Stabbed Israeli in Jerusalem Is Killed by Police
- Britain Counts Around 160 Omicron Cases and Tightens Restrictions
- Angela Merkel Makes Final Plea for Germans to Get Vaccinated
- Spy Tool Was Deployed in State-Sponsored Hack of Ugandans
- Man Who Had Omicron Says Friends Also Got Sick After NYC Anime Convention
- One patient’s painstaking path through long Covid therapy.
- Omicron Plunged World Into Uncertainty
- Aung San Suu Kyi: Myanmar court sentences ousted leader to four years jail
- Farc: Colombian rebel commander 'El Paisa' killed in Venezuela
- Bob Dole: Biden leads tributes to a 'dear friend'
- Pakistan: Killing of Sri Lankan accused of blasphemy sparks protests
- Eric Zemmour: Far-right French presidential candidate grabbed at rally
- Indonesia volcano: Villages buried under hot ash
- Gambia elections: Adama Barrow declared presidential election winner
- Joni Mitchell and Bette Midler pick up Kennedy Center Honors
- Thomas Massie: US congressman condemned for Christmas guns photo
- Ray Dalio: US billionaire says China comments misunderstood
- Tennis governing body to keep playing in China
- Vladimir Putin: What Russian president's India visit means for world politics
- Climate change: Is ‘blue hydrogen’ Japan’s answer to coal?
- Obituary: Bob Dole, WWII veteran and Republican stalwart
- The tech helping shops - and Santa - deliver this Christmas
- Covid in Uganda: The man whose children may never return to school
- The Palestinian jailbreak that rocked Israel
- James Webb Space Telescope scientist: 'It's the future of astrophysics'
- How Lebanon's economic problems could leave Sara blind
- Myanmar Court Sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 Years in Initial Verdicts
- China Calls on ‘Little Inoculated Warriors’ in Its War on Covid-19
- Pope Francis Laments That for Migrants, ‘Little Has Changed’
- Spike in Omicron Variant Cases Puts Europe on Edge
- Why Is Russia Massing Troops on Its Ukraine Border?
- A Terrible Catch-22
- Thailand Reports First Case of Omicron Variant
- Aung San Suu Kyi Falls, but Myanmar’s Democratic Hopes Move On
- Companies Linked to Russian Ransomware Hide in Plain Sight
- Bearing Witness to Svalbard’s Fragile Splendor
- The Pandemic Has Your Blood Pressure Rising? You’re Not Alone.
- Your Monday Briefing
- Norodom Ranariddh, Royal Player in Cambodian Politics, Dies at 77
- Your Monday Briefing
- Britain and Denmark Report Rise in Known Omicron Cases
- Anger Spreads in Northeastern India After Security Forces Kill 14 Civilians
- How Many States Is Omicron in Now?
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