The United States praised South Africa for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world -- a barely veiled slap at China's handling of the origi
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Senior US government scientist Anthony Fauci said Washington wanted more data on a worrisome new Covid-19 variant first detected in southern Africa before joining other countries in banning flights f
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia was sending "very dangerous" signals with troop movements on the border, warning that his military was ready to push back any offensive.He also
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Underlining the security threat from Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the reports that a Chinese spy ship circled Australia's coast earlier this year highlights the "very ser
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Saudi Arabia was among countries in the Middle East and North Africa to ban travellers from several African nations due to fears over a new coronavirus variant.The Saudi interior ministry and authori
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Amid the detection of a new coronavirus variant and surge in cases elsewhere, the WHO asked countries in the southeast Asia region to scale up surveillance, strengthen public health and social measur
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