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WHO experts’ team rushed to South Africa to help combat new COVID variant-
By PTI JOHHANESBURG: The WHO has rushed a team of experts to South Africa’s Gauteng province, the epicentre of the new ...
Dead or alive? On the trail of the Taliban’s supreme leader-
By AFP KANDAHAR: When the Taliban overran Kabul in mid-August, seizing power for the second time, the years-old mystery over ...
Australia reports first locally transmitted Omicron case-
By AFP SYDNEY: Australia on Friday reported a student with no history of foreign travel had tested positive for the ...
Information minister to resign to ease crisis with Gulf-
By AFP BEIRUT: The Lebanese minister whose comments on Yemen sparked a row with Gulf countries that has crippled the ...
Everything you need to know about the new rules for US-bound travel-
By Associated Press President Joe Biden’s latest measures to limit the spread of COVID-19 will increase the hassle factor of ...
Sri Lanka detects 1st case of COVID-19’s Omicron variant-
By PTI COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Friday, December 3, 2021, detected its first case of COVID-19’s new variant Omicron, Deputy Director ...
China suspends projects in Lankan islands located close to India over ‘security concern’-
By PTI COLOMBO: China has suspended a project to install hybrid energy plants in three islands of Sri Lanka, citing ...
Western Canada sees record-high winter temperature-
By AFP MONTREAL: A region in western Canada has notched up a record-high winter temperature, just months after the country ...
Canada confirms its first Covid cases in wildlife-
By AFP OTTAWA: Canada has confirmed its first cases of coronavirus in wildlife — in three white-tailed deer. The National ...
UK approves GlaxoSmithKline Covid drug, appears effective against Omicron-
By AFP LONDON: British regulators on Thursday approved a GlaxoSmithKline drug to treat those at high risk of developing severe ...
