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Japan shuts borders to nonresident foreigners in response to omicron variant  The Washington Post As Omicron variant cases spread, countries rush to impose travel bans: Live updates  CNN Japan bars foreign visitors due to Omicron  Reuters Covid-19 and Omicron Variant News: Live Updates  The

NEW YORK — With an expanded definition to reflect the times, Merriam-Webster has declared an omnipresent truth as its 2021 word of the year: vaccine. “This was a word that was extremely high in our data every single day in

South African doctor who first spotted the omicron Covid variant explains the symptoms  CNBC Omicron variant poses ‘very high’ global risk, ‘unprecedented number of spike mutations’: WHO  Fox News UW Health officials on alert as Omicron variant continues to spread  WKOW The Observer

Fauci fires back at Cruz over COVID claims: ‘I should be prosecuted? What happened on Jan. 6, senator?’  pennlive.com Fauci laughs off Ted Cruz prosecution comment  Reuters Fauci fires back at Sen. Cruz over COVID claims about Chinese lab  pressherald.com Rand Paul blasts

The leftist opposition candidate claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, while the National Party also said its candidate had won. Complete results may not be known for days. (Image credit: Moises Castillo/AP)

With negotiations set to start Monday in Vienna, report says Jerusalem also anxious to prevent sides from striking an interim deal

Japan to bar all foreign visitors over Omicron variant  Aljazeera.com Japan bars foreign visitors due to Omicron  Reuters As Omicron variant cases spread, countries rush to impose travel bans: Live updates  CNN Japan bans entry of foreign visitors as omicron spreads  SFGate Japan, Israel

Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial begins Monday. Prosecutors allege she created a network of underage victims for the late Jeffrey Epstein  CNN The Ghislaine Maxwell trial is about to begin. Here’s what to watch for  NPR Ghislaine Maxwell’s brother speaks out before trial  Fox

Delta variant is still the ‘major cause of the pandemic’ despite worries about omicron, WHO says  CNBC Omicron variant patients have ‘very mild symptoms,’ doctor says  Reuters How Omicron Variant Rattled the World in One Week  The Wall Street Journal The Observer view

Children of Israelis overseas who don’t have Israeli passports can’t enter on foreign documents due to COVID curbs; a long-running High Court petition seeks to change that