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Omicron Puts China’s Zero-Covid Strategy to Its Toughest Test

The country’s continuing effort to remain in a bubble points to more frequent and longer-lasting restrictions with the arrival of the highly contagious variant.

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U.S. Inflation Hit 7% in December, Fastest Pace Since 1982

U.S. inflation in 2021 was the highest in nearly four decades, with December consumer prices up 7% from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Wednesday.

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Why the Catholic Church Is Losing Latin America

Conservative Pentecostals make huge inroads in Latin America during the reign of the region’s first pope. The religion is projected to become a minority in Brazil, which has more Catholics than any other country, as soon as this year.

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Biden Endorses Filibuster Rule Changes if Necessary to Pass Voting Legislation

The president threw his weight behind Democrats’ push to pass elections bills—even if it requires changing Senate rules—in a speech designed to build support for the imperiled legislation.

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Workers Sick With Omicron Add to Manufacturing Woes. ‘The Hope Was That 2022 Would Get Better.’

A coronavirus surge is hitting factory workforces just as they struggle with supply-chain issues and rising costs. “You have to be pretty creative in these times.”

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SEC Pushes for More Transparency From Private Companies

Wall Street’s top regulator has begun work on a plan to require more private companies to routinely disclose information about their finances and operations.

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Supply-Chain Issues Leave New Homes Without Garage Doors and Gutters

Home builders blame bottlenecks for a huge backlog of uncompleted homes.

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