Omicron taking over in South Africa
PROMIT MUKHERJEE THE heavily mutated Omicron variant of the coronavirus is rapidly becoming dominant in South Africa, less than four
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Russia denies weighing Ukraine attack, accuses U.S. of aggressive Black Sea moves
RUSSIA has dismissed as inflammatory a media report suggesting Moscow might be weighing an attack on Ukraine and accused the
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China condemns U.S., Canada for sending warships through Taiwan Strait
THE Chinese military has condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait last
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U.S. to lift curbs for vaccinated foreign travelers
DAVID SHEPARDSON THE White House has announced that it will lift COVID-19 travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals effective
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Flanked by missiles, North Korea’s Kim says U.S. and South Korea threaten peace
JOSH SMITH and SANGMI CHA STANDING beside North Korea’s largest missiles, leader Kim Jong Un said his country’s weapons development
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N.Korea’s Kim offers to reopen hotline with South; denounces ‘hostile’ U.S.
HYONHEE SHIN NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is willing to restore severed inter-Korean hotlines next month but
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U.S. to allow vaccinated travellers from South Africa
DAVID SHEPARDSON and ANDREA SHALAL THE United States in November will re-open air travellers from China, India, Britain and many
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U.S. Ex-Presidents Bush, Clinton, Obama band together to aid Afghan refugees
THREE former U.S. presidents – Republican George W. Bush and Democrats Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – have banded together
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EXCLUSIVE: US, EU pursuing global deal to slash planet-warming methane emissions
KATE ABNETT and VALERIE VOLCOVICI THE United States and the European Union are making a joint diplomatic push to get
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Kenya and Ghana to get vaccines from the US
THE United States will begin shipping more than 2 million doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine to Kenya and Ghana on
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