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The civilian leader who was ousted in a coup is accused of inciting public unrest and faces a litany of other charges. She could be detained for the rest of her life.

The announcement comes as southern Africa grapples with the emergence of the Omicron variant, whose severity remains unclear. F.D.A. advisers will vote on whether to recommend authorizing an antiviral pill for high-risk Covid patients.

Driven by soaring energy costs, the annual rate for November was the highest since 1997.

A 15-year-old sophomore surrendered to the police after firing a semiautomatic handgun. The dead included a 16-year-old boy, a 14-year-old girl and a 17-year-old girl. Michigan’s governor condemned the attack, saying “no one should be afraid to go to school.”

The woman, who said she was recruited for sex by Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein at the age of 14, testified in Ms. Maxwell’s sex-trafficking trial.

Scotland and Portugal identified cases of the new variant, and Japan became the latest country to ban all foreign travelers. President Biden was scheduled to deliver an update on the U.S. response.

Ms. Maxwell is charged with trafficking women and girls for her longtime partner, Jeffrey Epstein, the disgraced financier who died in prison in 2019.

After tumbling on Friday, European markets were higher and oil prices gained.

Scotland said it had found six cases of the new variant and that contact tracing was underway. Japan barred all foreign travelers, and Australia delayed reopening its borders for two weeks.

More cases could emerge as officials examined a total of 61 passengers who tested positive for the virus after arriving in the Netherlands. Australia and Denmark detected their first Omicron cases, as countries scrambled to respond to the new, highly mutated version of the virus.