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New coronavirus infections soared again in Australia on Friday to a record of more than 32,000 driven by the highly contagious omicron variant and a recent relaxation of restrictions in many areas. (Image credit: Bianca De Marchi/AP)

Background Press Call by a Senior Administration Official on President Biden’s Call with President Putin of the Russian Federation  The White House Biden calls on Putin to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine – White House  Ukrinform. Ukraine and world news Putin and Biden

Omicron surge is ‘unlike anything we’ve ever seen,’ expert says  CNN Experts, governors warn of U.S. Omicron ‘blizzard’ in weeks ahead  Yahoo News America Is Likely Undercounting Infections Amid COVID Surge That’s Nearly Doubled Cases  Newsweek Omicron surge is ‘unlike anything we’ve ever

Officials say country’s health service on a ‘war footing’ amid Omicron spread

Hundreds of homes have been destroyed and tens of thousands of residents evacuated as wildfires spread across part of the US state of Colorado.

  Photo: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute You know the old motto: Nobody can hear you screaming in space. Unfortunately, being trapped in our rapidly heated rock, we can hear everyone screaming very well, especially those ironically howling

  The Food and Drug Administration to authorize booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds Monday. (Emily Elconin, Reuters) The United States Food and Drug Administration should receive a booster injection of the Pfizer vaccine up to five

Country lifts curfew, says infections have passed their peak; ‘The speed with which the Omicron-driven wave rose, peaked and then declined has been staggering,’ official says

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After two suspects open fire toward club, security guard fires back, hitting one of them; police investigating