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New Covid variant shuts borders across the globe

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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

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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

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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

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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 […]

S.African president wants travel bans ‘urgently’ lifted

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Johannesburg, Nov 28 (AFP/APP):South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday called on countries to “urgently” reverse travel bans linked to the discovery of the new coronavirus variant Omicron. “We call upon all those countries that have imposed travel bans on our country and our southern […]

JI’s protest against countrywide inflation ends at D-Chowk

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Islamabad-November 28(Online): Jamaat-i-Islami s (JI) mass demonstration against countrywide inflation ended at D-Chowk in Islamabad on Sunday. Earlier, Jamaat-i-Islami(JI) held protests against countrywide inflation at D-Chowk in Islamabad. According to the media report, Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) protesters crossed all the barriers placed in D-Chowk the held […]

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