Europe
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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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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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Your Monday Briefing
Passengers in protective gear arriving at Incheon International Airport in South Korea on Sunday.Credit...Yonhap/EPA, via ShutterstockThe world ...
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Snowstorm Leaves 61 Stranded in Remote U.K. Pub
Up on a hill in Yorkshire, England, a crowd filled a pub on Friday to listen to an Oasis tribute…
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Swiss voters approve their government’s Covid policy in a referendum.
A majority of Swiss voters backed the government’s Covid-19 response policy in a referendum held on Sunday, following weeks of…
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The Netherlands finds at least 13 Omicron cases and expects more.
At least 13 people who arrived in the Netherlands on two flights from South Africa on Friday were infected with…
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In a Nonbinary Pronoun, France Sees a U.S. Attack on the Republic
PARIS — Perhaps France was always going to have a hard time with nonbinary pronouns. Its language is intensely gender-specific…
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A soccer game in Portugal is abandoned after Covid reduces one team to 9 players.
A top-flight soccer game in Portugal produced instead farcical drama on Saturday evening, after one of the teams was forced…