7.5-magnitude earthquake shakes north Peru

Lima, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Peru on Sunday, destroying buildings including a church tower, injuring at least 10 people and sending shock waves across the region. The strong quake hit at 5:52 am (1052 GMT) at a depth of 131 kilometers (81 […]

Five South African platinum miners trapped in mudslide

Johannesburg, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Five mineworkers were missing Sunday following a mudslide at a South African platinum mine northwest of Johannesburg, operator Impala Platinum announced. Seven employees were working at the bottom of a shaft at the mine in Rustenburg, “when the area became inundated as […]

Football: Scottish Premiership results – collated

Glasgow, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Collated Scottish Premiership results on Sunday: Celtic 2 (Jota 20, McGregor 60) Aberdeen 1 (Ferguson 33-pen) Livingston 1 (Anderson 30) Rangers 3 (Arfield 8, Aribo 16, Sakala 78) Played Saturday Dundee 3 (McCowan 19, Mullen 26, Sweeney 49) Motherwell 0 Hearts 2 […]

New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe

The Hague, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):A new, heavily mutated Covid-19 variant spread across the globe on Sunday, shutting borders and renewing curbs as the EU chief said governments faced a “race against time” to understand the strain. Indonesia announced similar entry restrictions on Sunday and Angola […]

UK readies new Covid rules as third Omicron case emerges

London, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Britain’s government on Sunday defended the pace and scale of its response to the new Omicron strain of Covid-19 as officials reported a third case of the emerging variant, and warned of more to come. Health Secretary Sajid Javid said mandatory mask-wearing […]

Keep borders open as we tackle new Covid variant: WHO

Brazzaville, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):The head of the World Health Organization in Africa on Sunday urged countries to follow the science rather than imposing flight bans in a bid to contain the new Omicron Coronavirus variant. “With the Omicron variant now detected in several regions of […]

Williams Racing founder Frank Williams dies

London, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):Frank Williams, whose team dominated Formula One in the 1980s and 1990s, has died at the age of 79, the team announced on Sunday. The Williams team won the F1 drivers’ title seven times and the constructors’ championship on nine occasions under […]

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