Canada on Tuesday banned travellers from Egypt, Nigeria and Malawi over fears of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, bringing to 10 the number of African countries targeted by the government in Ottawa.
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North Korea has banned leather coats that copy the style of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, multiple sources told Radio Free Asia.
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The announcement of a COVID-19 variant called B.1.1529 this week by scientists in South Africa, where it was first detected, has sent governments and financial markets around the world reeling.
Read More »UK urges citizens to leave Ethiopia immediately
The UK has suspended Covid-19 rules for travellers from Ethiopia to allow British citizens to leave the country as the war between the government and northern Tigray rebels and their allies intensifies.
Read More »Saif Gaddafi blocked from Libya president race
The son of Libya’s late leader Muammar Gaddafi has been excluded from running in the 24 December presidential elections.
Read More »Sweden’s first female PM resigns hours after appointment
Sweden’s first ever female prime minister has resigned just hours after she was appointed.
Read More »Ahmaud Arbery killing: Three white men found guilty of murdering black man as he jogged in Georgia
Three white men who chased and shot a black man in Georgia last February have been convicted of his murder.
Read More »Biden’s first flight on new Presidential helicopter delayed because Pentagon says it is unreliable in emergencies
Joe Biden’s first flight on the new presidential helicopter built by Lockheed Martin Corp. is being delayed after a report by the Pentagon’s testing unit warned that it’s not yet “operationally suitable” or sufficiently reliable — especially in an emergency.
Read More »Afghans ‘marry off’ baby girls for dowries as starvation looms
Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him with a stark choice – marry off his young daughters, or risk the family starving to death.
Read More »Kyle Rittenhouse: Calls for calm after US teen who killed two persons is cleared of murder
There have been calls for calm in the US, following Friday’s court verdict that cleared a US teenager of murder.
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