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France hardens travel curbs with Britain over Omicron concerns

Published by Reuters By Dominique Vidalon and Christian Lowe PARIS (Reuters) – France announced on Thursday that because of surging COVID-19 cases in Britain only designated categories of people would be allowed to travel between the two countries, and anyone arriving from Britain would have to self-isolate. Truck drivers will though be exempt from the

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U.S. House to vote on contempt charge against ex-Trump chief of staff Meadows

Published by Reuters By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on Tuesday on whether to seek criminal contempt of Congress charges against Mark Meadows, Donald Trump’s chief of staff, for refusing to cooperate with a congressional probe of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The seven Democrats

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British PM Johnson faces revolt in parliament over COVID measures

Published by Reuters By Elizabeth Piper and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces a large rebellion among his Conservative lawmakers on Tuesday in a parliamentary vote over new restrictions to try to curb the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant. The measures, including ordering people to work from home,

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‘God will take revenge’ says Afghan father of US drone strike victim

Published by AFP Kabul (AFP) – An Afghan whose daughter was among 10 relatives killed by a wrongly directed US drone strike expressed anger Tuesday at Washington’s announcement that nobody would be punished for the deadly mishit. “God will take revenge,” said Aimal Ahmadi, 32, who lost his three-year-old daughter Malika and nine other relatives

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UK has 10 people in hospital with Omicron, deputy PM Raab says

Published by Reuters UK (Corrects to show that British Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab misspoke when he said 250 people were in hospital with Omicron. He later said that 10 people were in hospital and that he had misheard the question.) LONDON (Reuters) – (This story officially corrects to show that British Deputy Prime Minister

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‘Phenomenal’ Omicron spread accounts for 40% of London infections

Published by Reuters By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) -Britain said on Monday that the Omicron coronavirus variant was spreading at a “phenomenal rate” and now accounted for about 40% of infections in London, so people should get a booster shot because the double-vaccinated are still vulnerable. Since the first Omicron cases were detected on Nov.

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