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• Pope Francis apologizes for Catholic wrongs against Orthodox believers
• Gambians vote in first presidential election since fall of dictator Yahya Jammeh
• Protest against coronavirus restrictions turns violent in Brussels, Belgium
• Omicron may spread more easily than other Covid variants because it contains piece of common cold virus, experts
• Indonesia volcano death toll rises to 13
• France and UAE to develop devices for missions to the moon
• Donald Trump’s social media start-up, Truth Social, raises $1bn, Trump Media says
• Facebook Messenger is testing a feature to split payments
• India reaches 40 per cent target of power from non-fossil fuel
• Poland’s lawmakers reject bill seeking to outlaw abortion
• Taliban issued a decree that bars marriages without women’s consent
• Pakistan’s Lahore again tops world’s most polluted cities list
• Elle to stop promoting the use of animal fur in its magazines
• Meta builds tool to stop the spread of ‘revenge porn’
• Tesla announces all-electric Cyberquad for kids
• Taliban and Iran forces clash on border
• Explosion of WWII bomb in Munich injures 4, disrupts trains
• Russian president Putin demands NATO guarantees not to expand eastward
• WHO says omicron has been found in 23 countries across the world
• Greece to fine people over 60 who have not been vaccinated
• Coffee prices reach 10-years high and could continue to rise, analysis
• Turkey’s central bank sells foreign reserves to stem lira crash, which lost over 30% against the dollar September
• More than a third of world’s population have never used internet, UN
• Tel Aviv overtakes Hong Kong, Paris and Zurich as most expensive city to live in
• New Zealand becomes first country in the world to legalise drug checking
• G7 ministers hold emergency meeting as new Covid strain spreads around the globe
• China’s Xi promises 1bn COVID-19 vaccine doses to Africa
• Japan shuts borders to non-resident foreigners in response to omicron variant
• Powerful hurricane in Istanbul, 38 people injured, 4 killed
• Six new lava vents rip open on erupting Canary Islands volcano
• Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey steps down as chief executive
• Cryptocurrency Omicron jumps 10 times in price after COVID strain emerges
• Lionel Messi wins record seventh men’s Ballon d'Or award
• At least 19 dead, 32 injured after bus crash in Mexico
• UK, Germany, Italy confirm cases of Omicron coronavirus variant
• Oil price drops 10% in biggest one-day fall since early days of pandemic
• North Korea bans leather coats to prevent people from copying Kim Jong Un's style
• Xiaomi to open car plant in Beijing with annual output of 300,000 vehicles, government
• Archaeologists unearth mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old in Peru
• Ukraine marks Day of Remembrance of Holodomor Victims to commemorate people who died in mass famines in 20th century caused by the Soviet regime
• At least 52 people died in Russian coal mine fire
• EU mulls entry only for travelers with WHO-approved vaccines
• Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations, 10 cases in three countries confirmed
• Germany considers a full Covid lockdown and mandatory vaccines
• Ten regions on alert for snowstorms in Spain
• Pfizer launches campaign in GTA Online to urge players to get vaccinated
• Apple stops all sales in Turkey after the collapse of the Turkish Lira
• Spanish police recover rare 2,000-year-old Iberian sword
• At least 45 dead after bus crashes and catches fire in Bulgaria
• US considering sending extra weaponry to Ukraine as fears mount over potential Russian invasion
• Japan looking to allow more foreigners to stay indefinitely in a major immigration policy shift
• Joe Biden intends to run for re-election in 2024
• The oldest woman in the world, born in 1897, dies in the Philippines
• Italy hits Amazon, Apple with 200mn euro antitrust fine for violating EU rules
• SpaceX is launching a NASA spacecraft that will crash into an asteroid
• Rolls-Royce unveils all-electric plane, claims it is the fastest all-electric aircraft in history
• Uber Eats to allow orders for cannabis in Ontario, Canada
• A neuroscientist trained lab rats to play a custom version of classic shooter Doom
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• Hundreds of migrants arrive back in Iraq on flight from Belarus
• Germany to introduce tighter restrictions on unvaccinated, Merkel
• Sports shop Decathlon halts canoe sales in northern France to curb migrant crossings the English Channel
• Switzerland to allow same-sex marriages starting July 1
• France bans wild animals in circuses
• Millions of red flame crabs begin yearly migration on Australia’s Christmas Island
• Apple reportedly aims to debut a fully self-driving car in 2025
• Bill Gates’ TerraPower aims to build its first advanced nuclear reactor
• Two explosions hit Uganda’s capital Kampala, killing at least 6
• Biden and China's Xi hold three-hour virtual meeting
• Certification of controversial Russian gas pipeline - Nord Stream 2 - suspended by Germany
• Egypt introduces ban on unvaccinated public sector employees
• Russia blows up a satellite, creating a dangerous debris cloud in space
• UK opens national security probe of $54 billion Nvidia’s takeover of chip designer Arm
• Massive Google Cloud outage takes down Spotify, Discord, Snapchat, and more
• Ukraine says Russia has nearly 100,000 troops near its border
• Poland, Lithuania, Latvia discuss possible call of NATO council meeting over border crisis
• Son of former Libyan leader Gaddafi registers to run in Libya’s presidential election
• Two major quakes hit southern Iran one minute apart; one dead
• Factories and industrial users in the US ‘hired’ a record 29,000 robots this year
• The FBI’s email system was hacked to send out fake cybersecurity warnings to over 100,000 addresses
• Manchester United step up their effort for Zinedine Zidane to replace current coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
• Turkey curbs flights to Belarus to ease migrant crisis
• Netherlands imposes lockdown measures as Covid cases hit new high
• India considering decriminalising consumption of drugs for personal use
• Antarctic penguin found on beach in New Zealand, 3,000km from home
• Volkswagen loses High Court bid to challenge $125 million penalty for misleading customers
• Disney announces X-Men 97 new episodes on Disney+ in 2023
• Chilean president Piñera impeached over Pandora papers revelations
• Poland detains refugees, increases troops at Belarusian border
• France will resume construction of nuclear reactors, Macron
• Over 25,000 tons of COVID-19 plastic waste is now in the ocean, study
• Electric scooters face a crackdown in Sweden after accidents and problem parking
• Japanese research team develops vaccine that kills HIV in monkeys
• Google loses appeal against €2.4 billion EU fine over its shopping service
• Global Covid-19 cases hit 250 million, eastern Europe infections at record levels
• Crisis worsens on Poland-Belarus border as hundreds of migrants arrive and troops are mobilized
• Japan reports no Covid-related deaths for first time in 15 months
• The US reopens to vaccinated international travelers
• Indian city of Kanpur sees 89 cases of Zika virus that has been linked to underdeveloped brains among newborns
• Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to complete spacewalk
• Google’s parent company, Alphabet, briefly hits $2 trillion valuation, doubled from $1 trillion since January 2020
• Ukrainian team Natus Vincere wins $1M prize at CS:GO World Championship in Stockholm, Sweden
• US diplomats to boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics
• India, Russia sign 4 defence pacts, resolve to expand military ties
• European Central Bank plans to redesign euro banknotes in 2024
• Sarco suicide capsule ‘passes legal review’ in Switzerland
• More than 300 Spar shops in north of England hit by cyberattack
• NASA announces 10 new astronaut trainees from pool of 12,000 applicants
• Berlin’s techno clubs could soon be awarded Unesco World Heritage status
• Matrix Resurrections new trailer released
• Omicron spreads to 38 nations, no deaths reported, WHO
• Biden, Putin set video call on Tuesday as Ukraine tensions grow
• Spain approves new law recognizing animals as ‘sentient beings’
• Estonia will abandon the Russian language in schools by 2035
• One dead and dozens injured as Indonesia volcano Semeru eruption sends ash cloud 50,000ft (15,24km) in the air
• China app giant Didi plans US stock market exit in move to Hong Kong
• Bitcoin price fell below $47,000
• Biden and Putin to hold talks after diplomats make no progress on Ukraine
• Food prices rise for four months in a row, UN
• Germany announces nationwide lockdown for the unvaccinated
• US, EU, UK and Canada announce new sanctions on Belarus
• Honduras elected its first female president, Xiomara Castro
• Executives of eight major cryptocurrency firms to testify before US Congress
• Floods in Australia, at least 2 people died
• Costa Rica celebrates 73 years without an army
• The iconic Home Alone house will be available to rent on Airbnb for just $25
• Barbados becomes a republic, declares Rihanna a national hero
• Tens of thousands protest in anti-military marches in Sudan
• Incoming German Chancellor wants mandatory coronavirus vaccination for Germans by February
• Austria considers €7,200 fine for unvaccinated
• Twitter bans sharing photos, video of people without their consent
• STALKER 2 and Gran Turismo 7 will receive in-game purchases
• Israel seals borders and Morocco bans flights in effort to constrain omicron variant
• India plans to send humans to space by 2023
• Japan to develop reusable launch vehicle to reduce space launch costs
• Storm Arwen in Scotland, 3 people died, more than 100,000 lost power
• Extremely strong magnitude-7.5 earthquake hits northern Peru
• Spotify is testing a vertical video feed similar to TikTok
• American startup has developed smart mailboxes designed to work with courier drones
• Mr. Goxx, a Twitch-streaming crypto-investing hamster, has died
• US joins EU in restricting flights from South Africa over new coronavirus variant named Omicron
• Ukraine has uncovered Russia-backed coup plot, says president Zelensky
• Riot at migrant holding centre in Poland
• 95.9 per cent of adult population in Malaysia fully vaccinated, Health Ministry
• Strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake hits India-Myanmar border region
• British man becomes first in the world to receive 3D-printed eye, Moorfields Hospital
• More than 30 dead after migrant boat sinks in English Channel
• Olaf Scholz replaces outgoing German chancellor Angela Merkel as a new coalition is announced
• Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours
• Canada gives full approval to J&J's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
• Joe Biden to release millions of barrels of oil along with UK to drive down fuel prices
• India announces bill to ban cryptocurrencies
• China bars celebrities from showing off wealth on social media
• Einstein manuscript with relativity calculations sold for more than $13M at Paris auction
• Huge protests across Europe over new Covid restrictions
• At least 5 killed and 40 injured after car speeds into Christmas parade in Wisconsin, USA
• Portugal becomes fourth EU country to stop using coal plants
• Australia surpasses 85 per cent full vaccination rate
• MIT scientists made a transparent gas to create invisible matter after nearly 30 years of trying
• El Salvador plans to create a ‘Bitcoin City’ and raise $1 billion via a ‘Bitcoin Bond’
• Tesla server outage left hundreds of drivers unable to unlock their cars
• Blade Runner and Alien TV series in development from Ridley Scott
• Austria announces fourth national lockdown and compulsory vaccination
• Belarus says camps on Polish border have been cleared of people
• Germany could legalise cannabis under new coalition agreement
• Amazon sees worst deforestation levels in 15 years, Brazil's space research agency
• Swedish authorities call on the EU to ban “energy intensive” bitcoin mining
• Saudi Arabia is building the world's largest sea-based city Oxagon
• Telegram announces sponsored messages for promoting channels and bots
• Eight soldiers killed in Azerbaijan-Armenia border clashes
• £100m British F-35 jet crashes into Mediterranean sea
• Deadly mudslides, floods in Canada after Pacific north-west storm
• Frida Kahlo self-portrait sells for record $35 million
• Unmanned high-speed train tested in Japan for the first time
• Instagram is reportedly introducing a new user verification video selfie to reduce spam, fake accounts
• Apple to sell parts, tools for customers to fix their own devices
• Harry Potter stars are reuniting on HBO Max for a new special to mark 20th anniversary
• Ukraine warned of ‘high probability’ of Russian military escalation this winter, Financial Times
• Polish police say group of 50 migrants broke through border with Belarus
• Volcano that wiped out town in Colombia and killed nearly 25,000 people in 1985 is active again
• Bitcoin’s biggest network update in years - Taproot, improves privacy and scalability, introduces smart contracts
• Remastered GTA Trilogy is back on PC after a delay of around 72 hours, has Metacritic aggregate score of 0.5
• Cop26 in Glasgow ends with an agreement aimed at reducing the use of coal, more urgent emission cuts, and providing more money for developing countries
• Austria to impose lockdown on millions of unvaccinated people
• Ecuador prison riot leaves at least 68 inmates dead
• Canada donates nearly 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to Uganda
• Schools in New Delhi to shut down for a week due to high levels of air pollution
• Three killed and around 500 stung as storms in Egypt wash scorpions into homes
• Elon Musk sells a total of $6.9 billion worth of Tesla shares this week
• Britney Spears released from 13-year conservatorship set up by her father in 2008
• Germany records 50,000 COVID-19 cases in ‘dramatic’ virus surge
• US warns Europe that Russia may plan Ukraine invasion, Bloomberg
• EU prepares new sanctions against Belarus over migrants
• Israel, UAE, Bahrain, US launch drill in Red Sea
• University of Oxford to begin human trials of Ebola vaccine
• At least 34 killed as heavy rains hit Sri Lanka and southern India
• 19 million people under drought emergency in Southern California
• SpaceX launches 4 astronauts on Crew-3 mission to the space station
• Apple-1 computer built by Jobs, Wozniak sells for $500,000 at auction
• Singapore halts free COVID treatment for people "unvaccinated by choice"
• Scientists detected the deepest earthquake ever, 751 kilometers below the Earth's surface
• SpaceX Dragon capsule with Crew-2 astronauts splashes down in Gulf of Mexico
• Instagram introduces paid subscriptions
• ‘Squid Game’ season 2 confirmed by director Hwang Dong-Hyuk
• Scorpions release music video for new single Peacemaker from their 19th album Rock Believer
• Iraqi prime minister survives assassination attempt with armed drones
• Italy convicts first 70 'Ndrangheta members in massive Mafia trial
• Protests erupt over abortion law after woman dies
• Expedia to stop selling holidays that include captive dolphin shows
• Netflix will reportedly make games available via the App Store on iOS