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Japan to bar new foreign arrivals over virus variant: PM

This comes just weeks after softening of strict entry rules

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As Covid-19 rages in 2021, global tourism takes US$2 tril hit

United Nations regulatory body says sector recovery ‘fragile’, ‘slow’

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S. Africa could top 10,000 daily Covid-19 cases this week due to Omicron: expert

Initial evidence suggests relatively mild symptoms but rapid transmission

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G7 ministers meet as new Covid-19 strain spreads around the globe

Experts race to understand what variant means for fight to end pandemic

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Climate ‘overwhelming’ driver of Australian bushfires: study

Contradicts government stance that bushfires are normal, forest management to blame

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Ghislaine Maxwell goes on trial today for sex crimes

She faces effective life sentence if convicted of trafficking minors for late financier

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Venezuela’s Maduro lashes out at EU vote monitors

‘Delegation of spies’ had no evidence for criticisms of electoral system, says president

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Canada confirms first Omicron infections

New Covid-19 strain detected in two travellers from Nigeria, one of the African countries not on Ottawa’s red list

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7.5-magnitude quake shakes north Peru, parts of Amazon

Lima hit hours before with 5.2-magnitude tremor; neighbouring Ecuador also affected

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Malawi blasts ‘Afrophobic’ virus travel bans

Western panic over new Covid-19 variant seems to run deeper than health concerns, suggests President Lazarus Chakwera

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First look at Omicron shows many more mutations than Delta

Italian researches say new Covid-19 strain not necessarily more dangerous, but more studies needed to determine risk level

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Laos hopes for economic boost from Chinese-built railway

Experts question benefits of development that has caused eviction of thousands of farmers from their lands

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The Netherlands detects 13 air passengers with new Omicron variant

New cases raise fears that strain has spread further in country