The New York Times International Edition in Print for Monday, Dec. 6, 2021

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A Car a Minute Used to Flow Through Here, but Chaos Now Reigns
A shipping terminal in Kansas reveals the fundamental problem — no one can plan, and no one is sure what will happen next.
By Peter S. Goodman
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Global Health
The Variant Hunters: Inside South Africa’s Effort to Stanch Dangerous Mutations
Scientists in a cutting-edge laboratory do part of the work. Local health workers on foot do the rest.
By Stephanie Nolen
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  The Novel That Riveted France During Lockdown Arrives in the U.S.
  “The Anomaly,” by Hervé Le Tellier, sold more than a million copies during an anomalous time. Now the genre-bending novel is translated into English.
  By Roger Cohen
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  Guest Essay
  The Metaverse Is Coming, and the World Is Not Ready for It
  The geopolitical consequences may be radical.
  By Zoe Weinberg