Sunday's Headlines: As variant is detected around world, travel bans may be too late, experts say

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online The morning's most important stories, curated by Post editors.     (Philipp Guelland/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock) As variant is detected around world, travel bans may be too late, experts say Governments are scrambling to close their borders to travelers from southern Africa, where a potentially dangerous new variant was first found. By Rachel Pannett, Dan Diamond and María Luisa Paúl ●  Read more »   Israel bars all foreigners, reinstates phone surveillance in effort to contain omicron variant By Shira Rubin ●  Read more »   With much still to learn about omicron variant, here's what is known so far By Meryl Kornfield, Adela Suliman, Christine Armario and María Luisa Paúl ●  Read more »   As new variant emerges, experts point to vaccine inequity between richer, poorer nations in fighting virus By Lesley Wroughton ●  Read more »   For Clarence Thomas, avowed critic of Roe v. Wade, Mississippi abortion case is a moment long awaited By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'Hitting mung': In stressed-out South Korea, people are paying to stare at clouds and trees By Michelle Ye Hee Lee ●  Read more »   Amid massive shortage, Canada taps strategic reserves — of maple syrup By Kim Bellware and María Luisa Paúl ●  Read more »   The mental health establishment is failing trans kids Perspective ●  Opinion by Laura Edwards-Leeper and Erica Anderson ●  Read more »   Hanukkah isn't 'Jewish Christmas.' Stop treating it that way. Perspective ●  Opinion by Stephanie Butnick, Liel Leibovitz and Mark Oppenheimer ●  Read more »   Five myths about the supply chain Perspective ●  Opinion by Rob Handfield ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The newest coronavirus variant is raising alarms. The pandemic is not over. Opinion ●  Opinion by the Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Greece was in deep trouble. How did it right the ship? Perspective ●  Opinion by Lally Weymouth ●  Read more »   Stephen Sondheim made art that made life more real Opinion ●  Opinion by Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »     More News At the English Channel, plans and prayers before perilous final leg in migrants' long journeys By Rick Noack and William Booth ●  Read more »   Man hid in plane's landing gear from Guatemala to Miami, officials say By Bryan Pietsch ●  Read more »   Memes, merch and Mars cocktails: Russia's mania for Elon Musk has no bounds By Isabelle Khurshudyan and Mary Ilyushina ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Bold School for smart advice on how to get better with age, plus tried-and-true tips from our readers, every Monday and Friday for 12 weeks. Sign up »

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