The U.K. confirmed the omicron Covid-19 variant in people with a connection to travel in southern Africa, as Germany and Italy identified suspected cases in recent travelers and Israel reported infections from individuals who hadn’t been abroad.

At least 30 people entered a Best Buy store in Burnsville, Minnesota, on Black Friday and stole electronics, according to a Burnsville Police statement obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO.

As countries scrambled to contain a new Covid-19 variant called omicron, scientists have said they are unsurprised at its emergence.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that no cases of the new omicron variant of COVID-19 have been identified in the country as of Friday night.

As more countries placed travel bans on southern Africa early Saturday for fear of a new and possibly more dangerous variant of the coronavirus, the passengers on two flights from South Africa found themselves caught in a pandemic nightmare. After about...