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Scientists in South Africa detect new Covid-19 variant that poses ‘major threat’ • FRANCE 24

FRANCE24, 26 Nov 2021
Scientists in South Africa said Thursday they had detected a new Covid-19 variant with multiple mutations, blaming it for a surge in infection numbers.

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CA, 29 Nov 2021
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European countries clamp down on Omicron variant

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FOX, 29 Nov 2021
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Air passengers have new variant in Netherlands

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Switerland votes on COVID-19 restrictions in national referendum

DW, 28 Nov 2021
Swiss voters have turned out in near-record numbers for a referendum on the national COVID-19 restrictions.

Australia to send more personnel to help restore calm

CGTN, 28 Nov 2021
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China-aided satellite TV project helps connect African villages to world

CD, 28 Nov 2021
Some students in Dakar, Senegal, now can watch satellite television

Anti-govt protesters met with TEAR GAR in Burkina Faso

RT, 28 Nov 2021
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Snow delights children, but blocks migrants at Belarus border • FRANCE 24 English

FRANCE24, 28 Nov 2021
At a migrant camp near the Belarusian border with Poland, migrants say they were promised a better life in the EU only to find themselves living in subhuman conditions.

Covid: UK is 'panicking unnecessarily' says doctor who discovered Omicron variant

Telegraph, 28 Nov 2021
The doctor who first discovered the Omicron variant in South Africa told The Andrew Marr show the UK is 'panicking unnecessarily'.

South Africa: 'Variant spreading rapidly' but don't be too alarmed says Prof Barry Schoub

Sky, 28 Nov 2021
South Africa's COVID-19 adviser, Prof Barry Schoub, tells Sky News that the Omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the country.

Writer says non-supporters are using Trump’s lie

CNN, 28 Nov 2021
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Mother in China reunites with missing son after 32-year search

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Storm Arwen: Three people die as gusts of wind of almost 100mph recorded in areas of UK

ITV, 28 Nov 2021
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Mary J. Blige, Michael Rainey Jr. talk new season of ‘Power Book II: Ghost’

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PBS NewsHour Weekend November 27, 2021

PBS, 28 Nov 2021
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Covid-19 Absolutely Not Endemic: Johns Hopkins' Hansoti

Bloomberg, 28 Nov 2021
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