The News Highlights

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Xiomara Castro lidera en Honduras con una promesa de cambio a pesar de sus vínculos al pasado

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3FXSPkl

Biden Urges Vaccinations Amid Omicron Variant Concerns

By BY THE NEW YORK TIMES from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3xx5Tu0

‘Looking for the Good War’ Says Our Nostalgia for World War II Has Done Real Harm

By BY JENNIFER SZALAI from NYT Books https://ift.tt/3xE2xoX

Sweden Elects Its First Female Leader — for Second Time in a Week

By BY CORA ENGELBRECHT AND CHRISTINA ANDERSON from NYT World https://ift.tt/3lj3NsT

November Subscriber Digest

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Omicron: New variant ‘not a cause for panic’, says Biden

US president urges people to get vaccinated, but says country is in good position to control strain's potential spread.

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Vaccines For At-Risk Children Next Month: Covid Panel Chief To NDTV

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Issues raised by two jurors briefly delayed opening statements in Ghislaine Maxwell’s trial.

By BY REBECCA DAVIS O’BRIEN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3D3U0gm

Adele Is No. 1 With a Huge Week, but Without a Million in Sales

By BY BEN SISARIO from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/3phjsds

Lee Elder, Who Broke a Golf Color Barrier, Dies at 87

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/3rkMEmc

As ‘Nutcracker’ Returns, Companies Rethink Depictions of Asians

By BY JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/316wlPs

De Blasio reminds New Yorkers to wear masks indoors.

By BY DANA RUBINSTEIN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3I7e4BZ

Barbados set to become a republic, ditching British Queen

Barbados will replace Queen Elizabeth II as head of state as Caribbean island distances itself from colonial past.

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Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes testifies for a fourth day

Holmes, testifying at her own fraud trial, has pleaded not guilty to 9 wire fraud counts and 2 conspiracy counts.

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More than 20 killed in attack on DR Congo displaced persons camp

At least 22 people were killed in an attack on a camp for internally displaced people in northeastern DR Congo.

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Mamata Banerjee On 3-Day Visit To Mumbai From Tomorrow

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De Blasio reminds New Yorkers to wear masks indoors.

By BY DANA RUBINSTEIN from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3o2aeSB

Ghislaine Maxwell sued Epstein’s estate for legal fees.

By BY LOLA FADULU from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3I36poe

Ómicron provoca preocupación, pero es probable que las vacunas sigan funcionando

By BY CARL ZIMMER from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3xxymjn

Biden calls Omicron a ‘cause for concern, not a cause for panic.’

By BY SHERYL GAY STOLBERG from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3D16gxX

Honduras Election Front-Runner Vows New Era but Is Tied to Past

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/3D92H8R

Monday, November 29, 2021

Relations with Honduras, shaped by immigration, have differed under Trump and Biden.

By BY NATALIE KITROEFF from NYT World https://ift.tt/316wzpo

‘Encanto’ Reaches No. 1, but Moviegoers Are Tough to Lure Back

By BY BROOKS BARNES from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/3E48tKf

Phil Saviano, Survivor of Clergy Sex Abuse, Dies at 69

By BY KATHARINE Q. SEELYE from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3cUTRRt

Stephen Sondheim, as Great a Composer as He Was a Lyricist

By BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/32G7gv3

Israel and Morocco impose blanket bans on all foreign travelers.

By BY ISABEL KERSHNER from NYT World https://ift.tt/3FUcVfb

South African president calls for lifting of Omicron travel bans

Cyril Ramaphosa says travel curbs 'scientifically unjustified' as more countries find cases of highly mutated variant.

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What triggered tension between Ukraine and Russia?

As Moscow deploys troops along the border, Kyiv is warning of a possible invasion.

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‘Daddy at Your Service:’ Candidates promise a new era, but are tied to the past.

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/3p566AU

Hondurans seek a break from graft and despair in an election with repercussions for the United States.

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT World https://ift.tt/3xAlOaP

‘Papi a la orden’: los candidatos prometen una nueva era, pero están atados al pasado

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3xv3dx1

Los hondureños buscan un alivio de la desesperación en unas elecciones con repercusiones para Estados Unidos

By BY ANATOLY KURMANAEV from NYT en Español https://ift.tt/3rf6lvR

Virgil Abloh, Bold Designer of Men’s Wear, Dies at 41

By BY VANESSA FRIEDMAN from NYT Style https://ift.tt/3liQfNM

Ethiopian gov’t forces in control of Chifra: State media

Dead bodies 'everywhere on streets' of Afari town as Al Jazeera gains exclusive access to front line of escalating war.

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