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A New Year and a New Leader, but Germany’s Focus Remains on Covid

Russian Foreign Minister Levels New Warning on Ukraine

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

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

Why Did Uganda Send Troops Into Congo?

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

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

In Remembering Tutu, South Africa Reckons With Lasting Challenges

BBC Will Look Into Alan Dershowitz Appearance on Maxwell Segment

The F.D.A. will allow Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds, say those familiar with the plan.

Ukrainians Set Sights on the New Year, Not a New War

India reckons with the possibility of a third wave of the virus.

Australia relaxes its isolation rules to adapt to Omicron.

Indonesia Accepts Stranded Refugee Boat After Vowing to Turn It Away

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

A Movement to Unify the French Left Might Be Its Last Chance for the Elections

11 Years After Trying to Kill Each Other, a Marine and a Talib Meet Again

Stay or Go? For Myanmar’s Latest Wave of Refugees, There’s No Good Choice.

Britons seeking Covid tests find themselves out of luck across most of the U.K.

Air filters and outdoor spaces: Office costs rise as workers return.

Fears of Omicron as an unstoppable threat are tempered by signs of milder symptoms.

Fears of Omicron’s Rapid Spread Are Tempered by Signs of Milder Illness

Britain’s Crossbow Rules in the Cross Hairs After Windsor Castle Breach

Born and Raised in Pakistan, but Living in Legal Limbo

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

India Cuts Off Foreign Funding of Mother Teresa’s Charity

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

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

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

Carnival cruise ship returns to Miami with ‘small number’ of coronavirus cases.

Will Spain Give Disgraced King a Royal Homecoming?

Iraq Confirms Election Gains for Shiite Leader Seen as Potential U.S. Ally

The Time Archbishop Tutu Was Searched at the Airport

Even in Retirement, Desmond Tutu Remained South Africa’s Moral Compass

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

Two more members of the K-pop band BTS test positive for the coronavirus.

After Chaotic Evacuation, Afghans in the Netherlands Struggle to Find Stability

Orchestras were already having a hard time, and then came the pandemic.

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

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

The unvaccinated in the U.S. remain defiant.

In China, Bragging About Your Wealth Can Get You Censored

U.S. blood banks are experiencing their biggest shortage in a decade.

England is administering booster shots through the Christmas holiday.

A New Israeli Wonderland, Where You Can Almost Forget Where You Are

At Least 16 Dead After Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Greece

How Do Saudis Celebrate Christmas? Quietly, but Less So.

South Africa ends quarantines and contact tracing, and authorizes booster shots.

As Hindu Extremists Call for Killing of Muslims, India’s Leaders Keep Silent