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China study warns of 'colossal' COVID outbreak if it opens up like US, France 28 Nov 2021 - 09:53 am
A security guard blocks an exit as he directs people to scan a QR code to track their health status at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China, November 25, 2021. Picture taken November 25, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
Saudi Arabia to ease coronavirus curbs for travellers from all countries 27 Nov 2021 - 08:30 pm
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UK plans new measures to combat omicron coronavirus variant 27 Nov 2021 - 08:28 pm
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Blinken calls for speedy negotiations over ethiopia military escalation 27 Nov 2021 - 07:26 pm
Villagers return from a market to Yechila town in south central Tigray walking past scores of burned vehicles, in Tigray, Ethiopia, July 10, 2021. REUTERS/Giulia Paravicini.
Austria arrests 15 people suspected of smuggling migrants 27 Nov 2021 - 06:07 pm
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S. Africa scientists brace for wave propelled by omicron 27 Nov 2021 - 05:59 pm
Workers prepare ahead of South Africa's national airline, South African Airways (SAA), taking off after a year-long hiatus triggered by it running out of funds, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko/
Mauritius to stop flights from South Africa from Nov 28 over new coronavirus variant 27 Nov 2021 - 05:53 pm
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Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in Britain 27 Nov 2021 - 05:42 pm
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Dutch test for new variant after finding 61 COVID cases among S. Africa passengers 27 Nov 2021 - 04:53 pm
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Police fire tear gas at protesters in Iran's city of Isfahan 27 Nov 2021 - 04:15 pm
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Frenchman known for mocking government denied entry in Thailand 27 Nov 2021 - 03:57 pm
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Algerians hold local elections amid anger over rising prices 27 Nov 2021 - 03:57 pm
People point at the ballot box as a man walks to cast his vote during the local elections, in Algiers, Algeria November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
EXPLAINER: What is this new COVID variant in South Africa? 27 Nov 2021 - 03:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: Passengers queue to get a PCR test against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before traveling on international flights, at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/Sumaya Hisham
S.Africa says it is being punished for early COVID variant detection 27 Nov 2021 - 03:42 pm
Digital display boards show cancelled flights to London - Heathrow at O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, November 26, 2021. REUTERS/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo.
Storm Arwen leaves two dead in UK, triggers power cuts 27 Nov 2021 - 03:38 pm
Cars are stuck in snow that fell overnight from Storm Arwen, in Leek, Staffordshire, Britain, November 27, 2021. Reuters/Carl Recine
French convoy faces new protests after crossing into Niger from Burkina Faso 27 Nov 2021 - 03:33 pm
Civil organisations hold a protest calling for Burkina Faso's President Roch Kabore to resign and for the departure of French forces that patrol the country, in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, November 27, 2021. REUTERS/Anne Mimault
Czechs report suspected case of Omicron variant of coronavirus 27 Nov 2021 - 01:56 pm
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Italy finance police search Juventus offices in player trading probe 27 Nov 2021 - 11:48 am
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