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26 Nov, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Countries across Europe and Asia are rushing through new travel restrictions in response to a new COVID variant identified by scientists in South Africa.

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The European Commission recommended EU countries "activate the emergency break" on travel from countries affected by the new variant.

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Global stocks tumbled while oil prices plunged over 10% to their lowest levels in over two months as traders weighed how new travel limits and other restrictions will curb demand.

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NEW: The The World Health Organization has named the new variant Omicron.

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25 Nov
⚽️ The next few months could be among the most important in American women's soccer history, with significant change on the horizon for both the National Women's Soccer League and U.S. national team.

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24 Nov
"Not true justice": How politicians and activists are reacting to the guilty verdict for Ahmaud Arbery's murderers 👇 trib.al/2QMclko
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms: “I am grateful the jury has found the three men responsible for the senseless murder of Ahmaud Arbery guilty of their crimes." axios.com/react-guilty-v…
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock:

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22 Nov
WATCH: @mikeallen and @AjaWMoore host a conversation on what's being done to expand capital and services for those who have been excluded from the financial system, feat. @SenatorTimScott and @womensworldbnkg CEO @MEIskenderian.

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22 Nov
JUS IN: "Some fatalities" after car plows into Christmas parade in Wisconsin
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UPDATE: The Milwaukee Archdiocese said one of its priests was injured "as well as multiple parishioners and Waukesha Catholic school children" when an SUV plowed into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin
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MORE: The Milwaukee Dancing Grannies have confirmed that members of its group and volunteers who participated in the Christmas parade "were impacted" by the SUV plowing through the crowd in Waukesha, Wisconsin
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20 Nov
🧵 When the National Women's Soccer League erupted into controversy this season over a slew of assault allegations, the future of the league — and more broadly, U.S. women’s professional soccer — looked uncertain.

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The U.S. has had three women's professional soccer leagues in two decades, with the first two each lasting just three seasons. But the NWSL may be on a different path.

That is, if the league and its teams put players' concerns front and center.
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Multiple NWSL players this year detailed cases of harassment and abuse. What followed was a league-wide reckoning:

❌ Games canceled
❌ NWSL commissioner stepped down
❌ Multiple coaches fired

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19 Nov
🧵One of the families of the two men killed and some Democrats and activists denounced Kyle Rittenhouse's not guilty verdict, saying it highlights the systemic racism in the country's judicial system.

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