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The United States said Friday it would next week lift the travel ban imposed on several southern African nations when the Omicron variant of Covid was first detected. Countries around the world restricted travel from southern Africa after…
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The United States will allow its consular officers to waive in-person interviews for H-1B and other certain non-immigrant visa applicants through next year to help reduce visa wait times, the State Department said on Thursday. “The…
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The US on Thursday authorized Merck & Co’s antiviral pill for COVID-19 for certain high-risk adult patients, a day after giving the go-ahead to a similar but more effective treatment from Pfizer Inc. Merck’s drug, molnupiravir,…
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An Israeli hospital on Tuesday confirmed the first known death in the country believed to be caused by Omicron, the latest variant of SARS-CoV-2, which has brought back 2020-like restrictions across the world. With Isreal, now there are…
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China has barred entry to four people from a U.S. commission on religious freedom, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, following U.S. sanctions this month against Chinese people and entities over accusations of human rights abuses in…
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At least eight more countries have been added to the list of ‘high risk’ countries by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to discourage travel to these locations and contain the Covid-19 spread. "Avoid travel…
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India has very clearly conveyed to the US, Russia, France and many of its partner countries that military platforms and equipment required by the Indian armed forces to deal with myriad security challenges have to be manufactured in the…
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Omicron, the ‘variant of concern’, is on its way to become the dominant strain of the coronavirus across the world, as feared by the health experts and world leaders. Since its detection in South Africa three weeks ago, Omicron cases have…
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The Biden administration said Thursday it is imposing new sanctions on several Chinese biotech and surveillance companies and government entities for actions in Xinjiang province. That is the latest step against Beijing over human rights…
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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged China to cease "aggressive actions" in the Indo-Pacific, speaking during a visit to the region, as Washington seeks to bolster alliances against Beijing's rising might. In a speech in…
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