Covid: Omicron variant in Netherlands earlier than thought

The new Covid-19 variant is found in Dutch samples taken before it was reported by South Africa.

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TSB to close another 70 branches by July

The bank had 475 branches just over a year ago, but a fresh round of closures will leave it with 220.

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UK competition watchdog orders Meta to sell Giphy

The CMA rules Facebook's purchase of the vast Gif database unfair to competing social-media platforms.

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Man rescued after 22 hours adrift off Japan coast

Watch the moment rescuers reach the 69-year-old, whose boat capsized in stormy waters.

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A Charleston Restoration That Mixes New and Old

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Inside the Last Abortion Clinic in Mississippi

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Tony Kushner, Oracle of the Upper West Side

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Tell T a Joke | Tony Kushner

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In China, Tesla Is a Catfish, and Turns Auto Companies Into Sharks

By BY LI YUAN from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/business/china-tesla-electric-cars.html?partner=IFTTT

Global markets fall after Moderna Omicron warning

Stock markets slide after Moderna boss casts doubt on vaccine effectiveness against new variant.

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Barry Bennell: Paedophile football coach denies abusing four men

Barry Bennell says he has not abused four of the men who have made damages claims against Man City.

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Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding

By BY SAPNA MAHESHWARI AND CORAL MURPHY MARCOS from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/business/small-retailers-hoarding-supply-chain.html?partner=IFTTT

Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop?

By BY ALICE CALLAHAN from NYT Well https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/well/eat/why-does-coffee-make-you-poop.html?partner=IFTTT

The Teenagers Getting Six Figures to Quit High School for Basketball

By BY BRUCE SCHOENFELD from NYT Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/magazine/overtime-elite-basketball-nba.html?partner=IFTTT

Supervised Injection Sites for Drug Users to Open in New York City

By BY JEFFERY C. MAYS AND ANDY NEWMAN from NYT New York https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/nyregion/supervised-injection-sites-nyc.html?partner=IFTTT

The Case Against Abortion

By BY ROSS DOUTHAT from NYT Opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/opinion/abortion-dobbs-supreme-court.html?partner=IFTTT

Storm Arwen: Power company criticised over continued cuts

About 20,000 households had a fourth night without power and say getting information is difficult.

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Tony's Law: Plans for tougher child abuse sentences confirmed

The adoptive family of Tony Hudgell, seven, have campaigned for harsher sentences for abusers.

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Inditex: Zara founder’s daughter becomes fashion giant's chair

Marta Ortega has been with the firm for 15 years, starting out as an assistant at its High Street brand Bershka

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Lesson of the Day: ‘Sex Ed, One Instagram Post at a Time’

By BY NICOLE DANIELS from NYT The Learning Network https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/30/learning/lesson-plans/lesson-of-the-day-sex-ed-one-instagram-post-at-a-time.html?partner=IFTTT

Nicola Sturgeon: The first minister's conference speech fact-checked

Scotland's first minister delivered her keynote address at the SNP party conference.

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Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra

By BY KIKI STREITBERGER from NYT Travel https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/travel/camel-beauty-pageant.html?partner=IFTTT

You’re Allowed to Complain About Your Kids, Even After Infertility

By BY DANNA LORCH from NYT Well https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/well/family/complain-infertility-child-loss.html?partner=IFTTT

Taliban and 9/11 Families Fight for Billions in Frozen Afghan Funds

By BY CHARLIE SAVAGE from NYT U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/politics/taliban-afghanistan-911-families-frozen-funds.html?partner=IFTTT

A Public Flagpole, a Christian Flag and the First Amendment

By BY ADAM LIPTAK from NYT U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/us/boston-flag-free-speech.html?partner=IFTTT

What Kind of Dog Is He? DNA Can Tell Me Only So Much.

By BY MARGARET RENKL from NYT Opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/opinion/dog-dna-tests.html?partner=IFTTT

Manchester United appoint Ralf Rangnick as interim manager

Manchester United announce the appointment of Ralf Rangnick as their interim manager until the end of the season, subject to work visa requirements.

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Storm Arwen: Trapped Tan Hill Inn guests leave

The Tan Hill Inn manager says the experience and their guests were "wonderful".

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Colton Underwood Comes Out and Comes Clean

By BY ERIK PIEPENBURG from NYT Arts https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/arts/television/colton-underwood-netflix.html?partner=IFTTT

No todo son gadgets: otros regalos tecnológicos para estas navidades

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT en Español https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/11/29/espanol/mejores-regalos-navidad.html?partner=IFTTT

A Climbing Award That May Be a Winner’s Last

By BY MICHAEL LEVY from NYT Sports https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/sports/piolet-dor-climbing-dangerous.html?partner=IFTTT

‘Her Heart Was Beating Too’: The Women Who Died After Abortion Bans

By BY SARAH WILDMAN from NYT Opinion https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/opinion/heartbeat-abortion-bans-savita-izabela.html?partner=IFTTT

Shopping for Decorative Ceramics

By BY TIM MCKEOUGH from NYT Real Estate https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/realestate/shopping-for-decorative-ceramics.html?partner=IFTTT

Omicron: Australia pauses next phase of border reopening

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says a two-week delay to the latest reopening plans is "necessary".

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Snowed-in at Britain's highest pub for three nights

Customers have spent three nights at the Tan Hill Inn in Yorkshire, after being snowed in by Storm Arwen.

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Europe Revisits Nuclear Power as Climate Deadlines Loom

By BY LIZ ALDERMAN AND STANLEY REED from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/business/nuclear-power-europe-climate.html?partner=IFTTT

She Fled North Korea for Freedom. Then She Was Arrested.

By BY CHOE SANG-HUN from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/world/asia/north-korea-defectors-south-korea.html?partner=IFTTT

Could Roads Recharge Electric Cars? The Technology May Be Close.

By BY KERRY HANNON from NYT Technology https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/technology/electric-cars-magnetic-roads.html?partner=IFTTT

Stamping Bar Codes on Cells to Solve Medical Mysteries

By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/health/cells-bar-coding-cancer.html?partner=IFTTT

What Is a ‘Comfort Creator’?

By BY EZRA MARCUS from NYT Style https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/29/style/what-is-a-comfort-creator.html?partner=IFTTT

Queen of Barbados - but just for one last day

The island nation will remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state and swear in its first Barbadian president.

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Jill Biden is feeling festive and other moments you may have missed

Jill Biden's clearly feeling festive but here’s some other tree-mendous moments you may have missed this week.

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The Week in Business: Choosing the Same Path

By BY GRAY BELTRAN from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/business/the-week-in-business-federal-reserve-chair.html?partner=IFTTT

Australia reports Omicron cases as scientists race to evaluate the new threat.

By BY AURELIEN BREEDEN from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/28/world/covid-omicron-variant-news/australia-reports-omicron-cases-as-scientists-race-to-evaluate-the-new-threat?partner=IFTTT

The W.H.O. skips forward two Greek letters, avoiding a Xi variant.

By BY STEVEN LEE MYERS from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/world/asia/omicron-variant-name-covid.html?partner=IFTTT

Omicron symptoms mild, says doctor who spotted it

The South African doctor who first spotted the new variant says patients are showing very mild symptoms so far.

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Nicola Sturgeon: Covid travel curbs 'may need to go further'

Scotland's first minister says more Covid travel restrictions may be necessary in the coming days.

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Storm Arwen: 66,000 remain without power after extreme weather

Welfare facilities have been set up for residents who have had no electricity for more than 36 hours.

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Covid: BA suspends Hong Kong flights amid crew quarantine

The airline has temporarily stopped flights after more of its staff were forced to isolate.

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Customers spend second night snowed-in at pub

Dozens of people are still unable to leave the Tan Hill Inn due to heavy snowfall.

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La industria deportiva comienza a ver los costos de negociar con China

By BY ANDREW KEH from NYT en Español https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/11/28/espanol/china-deportes-peng-shuai.html?partner=IFTTT

For Ku Stevens, Running Is a ‘Profound Act’

By BY TALYA MINSBERG from NYT Sports https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/sports/ku-stevens-nevada.html?partner=IFTTT

Omicron, Iran, Stephen Sondheim: Your Weekend Briefing

By BY REMY TUMIN from NYT Briefing https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/briefing/omicron-iran-stephen-sondheim-your-weekend-briefing.html?partner=IFTTT

Years of Delays, Billions in Overruns: The Dismal History of Big Infrastructure

By BY RALPH VARTABEDIAN from NYT U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/us/infrastructure-megaprojects.html?partner=IFTTT

Rishmeet Singh: Boy, 16, killed in Southall stabbing named by police

Rishmeet Singh is the 28th teenager to be killed in London this year.

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Calais activists: Migrants call us from boats asking for help

Activists in Calais demand change after decades of people coming to the city looking to reach the UK.

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‘You’re Not Helpless’: For London Women, Learning to Fight Builds Confidence

By BY ISABELLA KWAI from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/world/europe/uk-women-self-defense.html?partner=IFTTT

This Fire-Loving Fungus Eats Charcoal, if It Must

By BY ELLIE SHECHET from NYT Science https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/science/fungus-wildfire-charcoal.html?partner=IFTTT

What’s at Stake in the Honduran Presidential Election?

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Local News Outlets Could Reap $1.7 Billion in Build Back Better Aid

By BY MARC TRACY from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/28/business/media/build-back-better-local-news.html?partner=IFTTT

Anhelamos lo único que el metaverso no puede darnos

By BY JOANNA NOVAK from NYT en Español https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/11/28/espanol/opinion/metaverso-zuckerberg-realidad-virtual.html?partner=IFTTT

Se preocupaba por mí, así que rompí con él

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Covid: Face masks to be compulsory in England from Tuesday, says Javid

Health Secretary Sajid Javid says he expects a "great Christmas" despite two UK Omicron cases.

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What Will the World Be Like in 20 Years?

By BY ANDREW ROSS SORKIN from NYT Business https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/business/dealbook/future-society-demographics.html?partner=IFTTT

Brazil’s President Lula Is Staging a Comeback. Can He Bring the Country Along?

By BY ERNESTO LONDOÑO from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/world/americas/brazils-president-lula-is-staging-a-comeback-can-he-bring-the-country-along.html?partner=IFTTT

Head teacher killed in storm was 'giant in his prime'

Primary school head Francis Lagan died when a tree fell on his car during Storm Arwen.

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Radio 1 DJ Adele Roberts: 'I owe the NHS my life'

The 42-year-old presenter says she feels "amazing" as she returns to work following cancer surgery.

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Covid: Dozens test positive on SA-Netherlands flights

The results are being examined for cases of the new Omicron variant emerging in southern Africa.

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SNP conference: Swinney claims Johnson wants to 'take back powers'

Scotland's deputy first minister John Swinney will urge the SNP conference to "stand up" in defence of devolution.

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Alone in the cold grey sea - a migrant's story imagined by Michael Morpurgo

Author Michael Morpurgo has written a special piece for the BBC following the mass drowning in the Channel.

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Asian nations expand booster shots, with an eye on Europe’s surge.

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More countries restrict travel from southern Africa.

By BY MIKE IVES, JOHN YOON, YAN ZHUANG AND AINA J. KHAN from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/11/27/world/covid-vaccine-boosters-variant/omicron-travel-restrictions-covid?partner=IFTTT

The Netherlands finds 61 Covid cases in air arrivals from South Africa, and is checking for the variant.

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In Minneapolis Schools, White Families Are Asked to Help Do the Integrating

By BY SARAH MERVOSH from NYT U.S. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/us/minneapolis-school-integration.html?partner=IFTTT

¿Quieres saber cómo está el clima en otros planetas? El telescopio Hubble te lo informa

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Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar to Attack Civilian Targets

By BY FARNAZ FASSIHI AND RONEN BERGMAN from NYT World https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/world/middleeast/iran-israel-cyber-hack.html?partner=IFTTT

A Cure for Type 1 Diabetes? For One Man, It Seems to Have Worked.

By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/diabetes-cure-stem-cells.html?partner=IFTTT

Covid: New Omicron variant not a disaster, says Sage scientist

Prof Calum Semple says some scientists are "hugely overstating" the fears around the Omicron variant.

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Families Cheer, Some Doctors Worry as Nursing Homes Open Doors Wide to Visitors

By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes.html?partner=IFTTT

Fake Food Is Trendy Again

By BY EMMA GRILLO from NYT Style https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/27/style/fake-food-is-trendy-again.html?partner=IFTTT