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WHO to meet on Friday to assess new COVID-19 variant detected in South...

The latest variant is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far

26 Nov 2021 7:21 AM GMT

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Flights cancelled, schools shut over three Covid-19 cases in Shanghai

The three positive cases are friends who travelled to the nearby city of Suzhou together last week, Shanghai health...

26 Nov 2021 6:01 AM GMT

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EU to propose 9-month limit on covid vaccine validity for travel

Some of the current thresholds for including countries on the list from which non-essential travel is allowed would be...

25 Nov 2021 9:49 AM GMT

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Taliban signs deal with Australian company, may legalize 'cannabis...

The Taliban had earlier committed to crack down on cannabis and opium processing in Afghanistan

25 Nov 2021 9:02 AM GMT

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Sweden's first woman prime minister quits hours after appointment

Though the Green Party pulled its support for her government, it said it is prepared to stand behind Andersson in a new...

25 Nov 2021 7:17 AM GMT

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Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11

Moderna hasn't yet gotten the go-ahead to offer its vaccine to teens

25 Nov 2021 5:08 AM GMT

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SpaceX to conduct 'humanity's first planetary defence test' to...

This will be the third flight for this Falcon 9's first stage booster

24 Nov 2021 7:49 AM GMT

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US to require vaccines for all border crossers in January

American citizens and permanent residents may still enter the US regardless of their vaccination status, but face...

24 Nov 2021 7:31 AM GMT

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Taliban expand interim cabinet, 27 new members named

In September, the Taliban announced a new list of 17 more ministers in the caretaker Afghanistan Cabinet

23 Nov 2021 9:50 AM GMT

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Pakistan to allow India to send wheat to Afghan through its territory:...

Currently, Pakistan only allows Afghanistan to export goods to India but doesn't allow any other two-way trade through...

23 Nov 2021 7:50 AM GMT

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Sri Lanka's former police chief indicted in 2019 Easter Sunday terror...

Nine suicide bombers carried out a series of devastating blasts on April 21, 2019, killing nearly 270 people, and...

22 Nov 2021 10:58 AM GMT

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5 dead, 40 injured after SUV speeds into US Christmas parade

One video shows the moment the SUV broke through the barricades and the sound of what appears to be several gunshots

22 Nov 2021 7:23 AM GMT