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(Reuters) – Two years into the coronavirus pandemic, the United States is confronting another dark winter, with the red-hot Omicron variant threatening to worsen an already dangerous surge of cases.

 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared in court today wearing a white top and a brown wraparound longyi that is the typical uniform for prisoners in the Southeast Asian country, a source with knowledge of the court proceedings said.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Democrats in the U.S. Congress suffered a major setback yesterday in their effort to grant work permits to millions of immigrants who have been living in the United States illegally for a decade or longer.

CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti,  (Reuters) – Haitians yesterday celebrated U.N. cultural agency UNESCO’S declaration that the country’s traditional pumpkin soup known as “soup joumou” is of intangible cultural value to humanity, a rare bright spot for a country battered by tragedy this year.

(Reuters) – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention yesterday recommended Americans choose to receive one of two other authorised COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson’s shot, due to rare but sometimes fatal cases of blood-clotting.

KINGSTOWN,  (Reuters) – The Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and the Grenadines will not be able to manage the growing impact of climate change without the assistance of multilateral lenders, the prime minister said in an interview.

PEDEKIK, Indonesia,  (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In a rural office on Bengkalis island, off the northeast coast of Sumatra, 30-year-old Mayasari runs a face mask dyed with tree sap through an antique sewing machine.

OTTAWA,  (Reuters) – The Omicron variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, and could overwhelm intensive care units early next month without prompt intervention, a panel of experts said yesterday.

SAO PAULO/AMSTERDAM,  (Reuters) – Six European supermarket chains, including two owned by Dutch firm Ahold Delhaize and a Carrefour subsidiary, said yesterday they would stop selling some or all beef products from Brazil due to links with destruction of the Amazon rainforest.

(Reuters) – A private jet crashed yesterday outside Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, killing all nine people on board, including Puerto Rican music producer Flow La Movie, according to the airline and local media.

(Reuters) – The following is a summary of some recent studies on COVID-19.

RIO DE JANEIRO,  (Reuters) – A Brazilian police investigation of alleged bribery of Petrobras employees to fix the price of fuel sold to JPMorgan Chase & Co by the state-run oil firm has expanded from one deal to at least four over the course of 2011, according to documents and two law enforcement officials.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel will meet today to consider possible limits on the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine because of continued blood clot issues, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s High Court ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail, after setting aside an earlier decision to release him on medical parole, a court judgment showed yesterday.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to approve a Democratic proposal for a U.S.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve said yesterday it would end its pandemic-era bond purchases in March and pave the way for three quarter-percentage-point interest rate hikes by the end of 2022 as the economy nears full employment and the U.S.

JOHANNESBURG,  (Reuters) – South Africa’s High Court ordered former President Jacob Zuma to return to jail, after setting aside an earlier decision to release him on medical parole, a court judgment showed today.

LONDON,  (Reuters) – Almost 100 Conservative lawmakers voted yesterday against new coronavirus restrictions, dealing a major blow to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s authority and raising questions about his leadership.

VIENNA,  (Reuters) – Three European powers said yesterday “we are rapidly reaching the end of the road” to save the 2015 Iran nuclear deal as Tehran accused Western powers of engaging in a “blame game.”

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Methane continues to escape at a high rate from oil and gas operations in the Permian Basin, according to an aerial survey released yesterday that detected major methane plumes from 40% of 900 sites that were measured.