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The Omicron Variant Was In Europe A Week Before South Africa Reported It – This adds a new twist to questions about where and how the variant originated — and whether travel bans on South Africa and its neighbours are an appropriate response to the variant. [npr]

3 Dead, 8 Injured In Shooting At Michigan High School – A 15-year-old boy is in custody after three students died and eight were injured in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a high school in Oxford, Michigan. [cnn]

Covid-19: Omicron, Fourth Wave – Experts Plead With Health Workers To Get Their J&J Booster Shots – The importance of health workers has increased manifold during the pandemic because they are at the forefront of the battle against the disease. [health24]

Nearly 4,400 New Covid-19 Cases Recorded Across SA In 24 Hours: NICD – Of the new infections, 3,143 were in Gauteng, 275 in the Western Cape, 259 in KwaZulu-Natal, 204 in Limpopo and 200 in the North West. [timeslive]

One Of Barbados’ First Moves After Becoming A Republic Was To Declare Rihanna A National Hero – Barbados removed Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and declared itself a republic on Tuesday. [businsider]

Why Didn’t Anybody Tell Us About This Wine Club Sooner? – A wine club is a great way to navigate all of that festive season gifting, with exclusive discount offers and other perks. [here]

Elon Musk Warns Rocket Trouble Risks Bankrupting SpaceX – Billionaire says company must fix engine issue plaguing Starship spacecraft by next year or face struggle to stay solvent. [tele]

El Chapo’s Wife Emma Coronel Was Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison – Emma Coronel Aispuro, El Chapo’s current wife, was just sentenced to three years in a U.S. prison—more than a decade less than she could have received. [vice]

Glorious New ISS Views Shot From SpaceX Dragon Will Give You All The Feels – Crew-2 astronauts fly around the International Space Station and deliver a stunning set of images. [cnet]

Makhanda High Court To Hear Urgent Interdict Against Shell’s Seismic Survey – The papers filed at the Makhanda High Court were served on Shell’s attorneys electronically on Monday. [dailymav]

Dutch Covid: Couple Win Freedom From Omicron Quarantine In TB Ward – Carolina Pimenta tested positive for Covid-19 after landing at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport on a flight from South Africa on Friday. [bbc]

Mythic White Sperm Whale Captured On Film Near Jamaica – Only a handful of pure white whales have been recorded this century. The last one to be photographed appeared off Sardinia in 2015, an individual that had not been seen for nine years before that. [guardian]

Why Crypto Investors Should Be Excited About This Dip – Not only is this dip just another phase in a predictable crypto price cycle, but it has also shown the extent to which large-cap altcoins have decoupled from Bitcoin’s price movements. [here]

SA Cricket Bosses Confident India Tour Will Go Ahead – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are at present pleased with South Africa’s assurances of their players’ safety and it looks like the box for the crucial multi-format tour by Virat Kohli’s men to take on the Proteas still has a tick in it. [citizen]

Donald Trump Accuses Meghan Markle Of ‘Using’ Prince Harry And Being ‘Disrespectful’ To The Queen – Speaking to Nigel Farage in Florida, the former US president said hasn’t been a fan of the Duchess of Sussex since “day one”. [sky]

Carrie, Charlotte, And Miranda Are Back In Action In Trailer For ‘Sex And The City’ Reboot – “If you have good friends in your corner, anything’s possible.” [mashable]

Real-Life Gucci Family Says Watching ‘House Of Gucci’ Was ‘Extremely Painful’ – The heirs to the luxury fashion brand publicly slammed the new film starring Lady Gaga as an “insult” to their family. [huffpost]

Charlize Theron Puts Her Beach Body On Full Display In Sexy Orange-Red Swimsuit – She enjoys another beach day in Cabo San Lucas with her mother Gerda. [dmail]

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