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What’s happening around the world? Here’s a quick run-through.
Laboratory experiments in South Africa found that Omicron seems to dull the power of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but also hinted that people who have received a booster shot might be better protected.
The 3,676-metre Mt. Semeru volcano erupted on December 4, sending a cloud of ash into the sky and dangerous pyroclastic flows into villages below. Thousands of people have been displaced and 22 remain missing, according to the disaster mitigation agency.
Angela Merkel made history when she became Germany’s first female chancellor on November 22, 2005.
Over the next 16 years, she was credited with raising Germany’s profile and influence, working to hold a fractious European Union together, managing a string of crises and being a role model for women. Now, aged 67, she leaves office with praise from all over the world and at home too. Her designated successor is Olaf Scholz.
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