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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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

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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 coach denies abusing boys while Man City scout

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

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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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Supply Chain Problems Have Small Retailers Gambling on Hoarding

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Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop?

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The Teenagers Getting Six Figures to Quit High School for Basketball

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

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The Case Against Abortion

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

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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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Zara founder’s daughter becomes retail group's chairwoman

Marta Ortega will replace Pablo Isla as chairwoman of Zara’s parent firm Inditex.

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

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A Public Flagpole, a Christian Flag and the First Amendment

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

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Colton Underwood Comes Out and Comes Clean

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No todo son gadgets: otros regalos tecnológicos para estas navidades

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A Climbing Award That May Be a Winner’s Last

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

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Shopping for Decorative Ceramics

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Europe Revisits Nuclear Power as Climate Deadlines Loom

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

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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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Global markets steady as investors reconsider the unknowns of Omicron.

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The U.K.’s appeal for foreign truck drivers doesn’t seem to be working.

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The race to secure Congo’s cobalt supplies is at the center of the clean energy revolution.

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Lesson of the Day: ‘He Sold Away His People’s Heritage. He’s in the Jungle to Get It Back.’

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For Ku Stevens, Running Is a ‘Profound Act’

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Omicron, Iran, Stephen Sondheim: Your Weekend Briefing

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

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Omicron Netherlands: 13 air passengers test positive for new variant

Thirteen people who travelled from South Africa to the Netherlands have tested positive for Omicron.

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

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

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Storm Arwen: More than 60,00 remain without power

Welfare facilities have been set up for residents who have had no electricity since Friday night.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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This Fire-Loving Fungus Eats Charcoal, if It Must

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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

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Anhelamos lo único que el metaverso no puede darnos

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Se preocupaba por mí, así que rompí con él

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

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

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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.

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More countries restrict travel from southern Africa.

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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

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

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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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Israel and Iran Broaden Cyberwar to Attack Civilian Targets

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

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

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Fake Food Is Trendy Again

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This Oceans Invaded Its Neighbor Earlier Than Anyone Thought

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They Died From Covid. Then the Online Attacks Started.

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Growing Old in High Style

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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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Mobile phone museum celebrates ugly and iconic phones

A new museum showcasing more than 2,000 retro mobile phones launches online.

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Commons Speaker ruffles Boris' feathers on Newscast

Sir Lindsay Hoyle brought his pet parrot Boris to a BBC Newscast interview and the bird took off.

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Watch: European Men's Curling Championship semi-final: Scotland v Norway

Watch live as Bruce Mouat's Scotland rink, who topped the round-robin stage, look to maintain their unbeaten record against Steffen Walstad's hosts in the European Curling Championships in Norway.

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What are the Covid variants and will vaccines still work?

A new version of Covid looks different to the virus vaccines were designed to fight.

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Don We Now Our Menorah Tea Towels

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