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Honduras Votes

Honduran opposition candidate Xiomara Castro leads in presidential returns

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Omicron in the low countries

Dutch health ministry confirms 13 cases of Omicron

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Swiss miss their chance

Swiss voters uphold COVID restrictions in referendum

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buzz off!

Taiwanese air force warns off Chinese incursion

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No good deed

South Africa objects to Omicron travel bans

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Victory or prison

Hondurans vote for new president as incumbent faces extradition

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 28, 2021

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It's spreading

Omicron strain reaches U.K., Germany, Italy, and Czechia

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omicr-on a plane?

Planes from South Africa carrying COVID-positive passengers land in Amsterdam

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 27, 2021

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Joel Mathis

China's politically revealing blockbusters

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new variant just dropped

WHO says new Omicron variant is 'of concern'

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tragedy

Siberian coal mine explosion kills dozens

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What could possibly go wrong?

El Salvador plans to create a 'Bitcoin City' near an active volcano

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'army of censors'

CNN shows 'live, real-time example' of Chinese censorship

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the coronavirus crisis

Health minister: Germans will be 'vaccinated, recovered or dead' by end of winter

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Supply Chain

Supply chain snarls are reportedly tentatively starting to ease

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 22, 2021

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kast-ing votes

Chileans cast votes in polarizing presidential election

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 21, 2021

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Be back soon

Chinese state media say tennis star Peng Shuai will appear in public 'soon'

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Delta vs. the dutch

Riots roil Rotterdam

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COVID-19 origin story

Virologist says new research shows COVID spread from animal market

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 19, 2021

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Joe Biden, Justin Trudeau

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Three Amigos Again

Biden hosts leaders of Canada and Mexico for 1st trilateral summit in 5 years

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Damon Linker

Climate change body slams the west coast of Canada

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Bad Bets

Belarus' plan to engineer a migrant crisis in the EU backfires

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borderline

Belarus shuts down Russian oil pipeline to EU, despite Putin's warnings

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Ryan Cooper

How to help Africa get COVID shots into arms

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Damon Linker

Our outdated autocracy talk

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Burma Close Shave

U.S. journalist Danny Fenster arrives home after 6 months in Myanmar prison

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Supply Chain Gang

Port of L.A. making 'great progress' in clearing cargo backlog, director says

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Samuel Goldman

The fantasy of global action on climate change

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'dangerous and irresponsible'

Russia insists it didn't put astronauts in danger with space debris

President Joe Biden signs the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act

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Daily briefing

10 things you need to know today: November 16, 2021