International funding to Afghanistan has been suspended and billions of dollars of the country’s assets abroad were frozen after the Taliban...
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Delhi bans Christmas, New Year gatherings as Omicron cases rise
The DDMA instructed the district magistrates to take all required measures in their respective jurisdictions to control the spread. Delhi ch...
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All Europe must share responsibility for migrants, pope says
All European countries must share the responsibility for taking in migrants and helping them integrate, Pope Francis said on Wednesday, urgi...
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Queen Elizabeth cancels traditional Christmas plans amid omicron surge
The monarch will remain at Windsor, where she has spent much of the pandemic. Queen Elizabeth II in Edinburgh Many in the United Kingdom are...
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Covid-19: This school district in New York City will switch to remote learning till Jan 18
Issuing a letter to the community on Monday, Dr Kenneth Hamilton, the superintendent of schools, said the closure of school buildings might ...
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Crack Down Hard, or Wait and See? Europe Splits on Omicron Response.
As some nations impose tough restrictions in the face of soaring cases, others, including France, are lying back for the moment. A departmen...
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Israel to offer fourth Covid vaccine dose in bid to outpace omicron
After a world-beating vaccine rollout, Israel has seen turnout for the shots plateau. Around 62 percent of Israel's 9.4 million populati...
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US secret service says nearly $100 billion stolen from Covid-19 relief funds
The US labor department reported about $87 billion in unemployment benefits could have been paid improperly, with a significant portion attr...
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Australia bouncy castle fall: Sixth child dies in hospital
A sixth child has died from injuries suffered in a bouncy castle accident in Australia last week, police say. (L-R) Zane Mellor, Addison Ste...
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Approval of new Covid jab raises hopes of persuading Germany’s unvaccinated
First doses of protein-based Nuvaxovid are expected to be used in new year after European Medicines Agency gives go-ahead People receive a C...
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Moderna says booster dose of its Covid-19 vaccine appears protective against Omicron
The vaccine maker said the decision to focus on the current vaccine, mRNA-1273, was driven in part by how quickly the recently discovered Om...
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Most of world’s covid-19 vaccines likely won’t prevent infection from Omicron
A global surge of infections in a world where billions of people remain unvaccinated not only threatens the health of vulnerable individuals...
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At Least 17 Die, 60 Missing As Boat Sinks Off Madagascar Coast
Port authority chief Jean Edmond Randrianantenaina said 45 of the 130 passengers aboard the vessel were rescued and searches were continuing...
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Thailand reports first local Omicron case, eyes reinstating quarantine
Thailand has detected 63 people infected with the Omicron variant so far, its public health minister Anutin Charnvirakul said, with one case...
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Davos business leaders' event postponed over Omicron
The elite annual gathering of business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos has been postponed due to the spread of Om...
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Foreigners in Russia outraged by new medical checks
From the end of the year, foreigners working in Russia must be tested regularly for syphilis, leprosy and drugs. Foreigners living in Moscow...
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Omicron Infecting The Vaccinated - Spreading Faster Than Delta, WHO
There is now consistent evidence that Omicron is spreading significantly faster than the Delta variant, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom ...
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Tortured to death: Myanmar mass killings revealed
The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men Eyewitnesses ...
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Omicron Threat: UK Doesn't Rule Out Circuit-Breaker Lockdown Within Days
Positive tests have exceeded 90,000 for each of the past two days, and ministers have said infections are doubling every two to three days. ...
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