Omicron variant compels many nations to impose travel curbs
Al Jazeera :A new variant of the coronavirus has prompted several countries to impose restrictions such as travel bans, while others have renewed lockdowns over...
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Election in Algeria draws little public interest
AL Jazeera :Algerians voted in local elections seen as key in President Abdelmadjid Tebboune’s push to turn the page on the two-decade rule of late...
UK to ban travel from six African countries due to new Covid variant
BSS :Britain on Thursday said it would ban travel from six southern African countries, after South Africa detected a new Covid-19 variant with a large...
Merkel gives stark warning as Germany’s Covid death toll tops 100,000
BSS :German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued an urgent warning on pandemic management on Thursday to the new government coming in to succeed her, imploring it...
Flights cancelled, schools shut over three Covid-19 cases in Shanghai
BSS :Hundreds of flights were cancelled, some schools shut and tour groups suspended on Friday after three corona virus cases were reported in Shanghai, as...
Kyrgyzstan detains 15 in ‘coup plot’ before vote
Al Jazeera :Security services in Kyrgyzstan say they have detained 15 “active members” of a coup plot involving lawmakers and former officials ahead of a...
Serious concern’ as South Africa detects new coronavirus variant
AL Jazeera :South African scientists have expressed concern about a new COVID-19 variant that has been detected in small numbers, and are working to understand...
US legislators meet with Taiwan president in surprise visit
Al Jazeera :Five US legislators have met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a surprise one-day visit intended to reaffirm the United States’ “rock-solid” support...
Ethiopia PM at ‘battlefield’ front to fight rebels: state media
BSS :Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Wednesday reportedly joined the front line where government forces are battling rebels from the Tigray region, prompting US-led...
Five killed in car bombing in Somalia capital: Security official
BSS :Five people were killed and over a dozen injured in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, a security...
Covid mortality by 50 times higher than that of swine flu – expert
BSS :COVID-19 mortality is 50 times as high as that of swine flu, deputy director of the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology,...
US to resume talks with Taliban in Qatar: State Department
Al Jazeera : The United States is set to resume talks with the Taliban next week in Qatar, discussing the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and...