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UK issues call to arms for Omicron booster drive

LONDON (NNB/Reuters) – Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a “call to get jabs in arms” on Wednesday as Britain stepped…

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India postpones resumption of int’l commercial flights from Dec 15

India today decided not to resume commercial international passenger services from December 15 in the wake of emerging global threat…

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Barbados bids farewell to British monarchy, becomes republic

Barbados stopped pledging allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II on Tuesday as it shed another vestige of its colonial past and…

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Twitter bans sharing of photos without consent

Twitter launched new rules Tuesday blocking users from sharing private images of other people without their consent, in a tightening…

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Biden to review Covid travel ban ‘week to week’

President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he would decide on a weekly basis whether to extend US travel bans on…

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Japan confirms first case of new coronavirus variant

Japan confirmed on Tuesday its first case of the new omicron coronavirus variant, a visitor who recently arrived from Namibia,…

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WHO urges ‘rational’ measures against Omicron Covid variant

GENEVA, Dec 1, 2021 (NNB/AFP) – The World Health Organization called Tuesday for countries to keep calm and take “rational”…

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Prince Harry, Meghan Markle warned as press ‘don’t play by the rules’

It is no secret that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship with the press continues to be strained. Much of…

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Azerbaijan says 14 dead in military helicopter crash

Fourteen people died Tuesday in an Azerbaijani military helicopter crash which went down in the east of the Caucasus country…

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Myanmar court delays verdict in Suu Kyi incitement trial

NAYPYIDAW, Myanmar (NNB/AFP): A Myanmar junta court on Tuesday postponed giving a verdict in the incitement trial of deposed civilian…

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