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Soaring Omicron could mutate into more dangerous variants, warns WHO official

Senior emergencies officer Catherine Smallwood urges against complacency, tells AFP that as COVID-19 mutation rapidly replicates it is more likely to ‘throw out’ another new strain

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January 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed – The Independent

January 6 committee news – latest: Trump cancels anniversary speech as Sean Hannity’s texts revealed  The Independent Trump cancels Florida press conference scheduled for Jan. 6  WPTV News – FL Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast Trump cancels Jan. 6 event amid GOP

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Webb telescope deploys tennis-court size sunshield in mission milestone

Gold-plated mirror crucial to keep all the infrared, heat-sensing science instruments in constant subzero shadow

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Space is changing. Webb is just the start, says ex-Israeli who was in from its dawn

Michael Kaplan, who shepherded the telescope through its planning stages before temporarily living in Israel, talks baby galaxies, space robots, the pitfalls of Israeli bravado

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US tech founder out after screed blaming COVID on Jews wanting to exterminate people

David Bateman, founder and board chair of Utah-based company Entrata and onetime prominent figure in state Republican politics, resigns after email diatribe

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North Korea Test Fires a Suspected Ballistic Missile in a Signal That It Isn’t Interested in Rejoining Talks

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile into the sea on Wednesday, the South Korean and Japanese militaries said, its first public weapons launch in about two months and a signal that Pyongyang isn’t interested in

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Amid controversy, collection of Norman Mailer’s writing finds new publisher

One of the most famous authors in his lifetime, Mailer has been widely condemned for his writing on race and his misogynist opinions

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WHO Official Downplays New COVID IHU Variant Found in France

The World Health Organization said a coronavirus variant found in France hasn’t become much of a threat since it was first identified in November. The variant “has been on our radar,” Abdi Mahamud, a WHO incident manager on Covid, said

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Airbnb’s new experiment in combatting rental bias means swapping names for initials

The project is limited to Oregon users and follows a lawsuit settlement alleging that hosts could discriminate against Black renters based on their names. (Image credit: Lionel Bonaventure /AFP via Getty Images)

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I-95 in Va. reopens as motorists battle bailout traffic jam on Route 1 – WTOP

I-95 in Va. reopens as motorists battle bailout traffic jam on Route 1  WTOP Motorists spent hours on an icy, major interstate in Virginia  CNN Drivers fret about food and fuel while stranded on highway  Minneapolis Star Tribune Opinion | Imagine Virginia’s icy

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