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A new Texas abortion law narrows the window that women can buy abortion pills from ten weeks to seven weeks. Violations of this new law — targeting the pills — draws jail time and a $10,000 fine.

Bjarnadttir Eds EMBARGO 0700 IST 03122021 Reykjavik Iceland, Dec 2 360info We thought that the division of tasks was mostly equal in our everyday life, but now that we are both working from home, it is obvious that he takes his space when he needs to attend to his things, and I run, I sprint, from my work much more than he does. So reads the diary of an Icelandic mother of a 5-year-old and 9-year-old, written during the first weeks of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.

The shift from a frozen region towards a warmer, wetter Arctic is driven by the capacity of a warmer atmosphere to hold more moisture, by increased rates of evaporation from ice-free oceans, and by the jet stream relaxing.The Arctic water cycle is expected to shift from a snow-dominated one towards a rain-dominated one during the 21st century, although the timing of this is uncertain.

News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (Dec 2)

Kansas City, Missouri, officials will seek a 30-day extension of the modified mask mandate that requires the continued use of face coverings in schools. The current ordinance expires Thursday.

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum in Independence, Missouri, will reopen on Dec. 2 following a $29 million renovation.