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  1. PhotoNewcastle, England, on Monday. A total of 82,886 new coronavirus cases were reported across Britain on Sunday after days of record highs.
    CreditMary Turner for The New York Times

    U.K. Weighing Lockdown Amid an Omicron Wave and Political Turmoil

    Britain’s health secretary said on Sunday he wouldn’t rule out more restrictions before Christmas, but the prime minister would most likely face sharp pushback from his own party.

    By Megan Specia and

  1. Canada Letter

    PhotoAlong the coastline in Bonavista, Newfoundland, where “come from awayers” have flocked in recent years.
    CreditChris Donovan for The New York Times

    Finding Pandemic Relief on Canada’s Atlantic Coast

    A Times reporter fulfills his lifelong dream of visiting Newfoundland and explores why so many Canadians are moving to the country’s Atlantic provinces.

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  1. PhotoEl primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, fue aclamado por su promesa de unificar al país.
    CreditAlex Welsh para The New York Times

    El Premio Nobel africano que inició la guerra en Tigray

    Esta es la historia de cómo el primer ministro de Etiopía, Abiy Ahmed, galardonado con el premio Nobel por hacer las paces con el enemigo de su país, luego usó la alianza para planear un conflicto bélico.

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  2. PhotoUn Santa Claus en Turín, Italia, en 2020
    CreditAlessandro Di Marco/EPA vía Shutterstock

    Santa Claus no existe, dice un obispo italiano

    Les mintieron, fue el mensaje del obispo a los niños. Fue el ataque más reciente de un clérigo católico contra Santa Claus y el consumismo. A muchos italianos no les agradó.

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  1. PhotoA beaver cutting a characteristic V-shaped swath through a pond at dusk in Ontario.
    CreditNasuna Stuart-Ulin for The New York Times

    Beaver Dams Mean No Love Lost for Canada’s Emblematic Animal

    Blamed for flooded fields, damaged roads and the occasional death, the beaver, which has played a seminal role in Canadian history, is now viewed by many as a problem, not a point of national pride.

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  1. PhotoMaria Butina, in a Moscow restaurant in October. She made headlines across America when she was convicted three years ago of operating as an unregistered foreign agent.
    CreditSergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

    After 15 Months in U.S. Prisons, She Now Sits in Russia’s Parliament

    Maria Butina, convicted of serving as an unregistered foreign agent before and after the 2016 election, insists she “wasn’t a spy” and that her Duma seat is “not a reward.” Her critics call her a Kremlin “trophy.”

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