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Published by Reuters MANILA (Reuters) -The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Asia-Pacific countries on Friday to boost healthcare capacity and fully vaccinate their people to prepare for a surge in COVID-19 cases as the Omicron variant spreads globally despite travel curbs. Despite shutting its borders to travel from high-risk southern African countries, Australia became the […]

Published by Al-Araby Taliban and Iranian forces fought at the border between Afghanistan and the Islamic Republic on Wednesday, The incident happened between the Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan, and Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, Iran’s semi-official Tasnim News Agency reported. “This evening, a dispute between the border residents caused a shooting in the Sistan border

Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, Weatherman on Monday forecast widespread light to moderate snowfall and rains in plains of Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official told GNS that due to “due to snow and freezing temperatures” there is possibility of temporary disruption of traffic over passes like Zojila, Sinthan Top, Razdan Top, Mugal Road. “A Western

Published by Reuters By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -A South African doctor who was one of the first to suspect a different coronavirus strain among patients said on Sunday that symptoms of the Omicron variant were so far mild and could be treated at home. Dr. Angelique Coetzee, a private practitioner and chair of South

Published by AFP Schiphol (Netherlands) (AFP) – Several European nations on Saturday announced their first cases of a highly infectious new coronavirus strain, as governments worldwide began pulling down the shutters to contain the new Omicron variant. Britain, Germany and Italy confirmed their first cases of the new Covid-19 strain, while Dutch authorities quarantined 61

Published by Reuters By Nandita Bose and David Shepardson NANTUCKET, Mass./WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States will bar entry to most travelers from eight southern African countries starting on Monday, after a potentially more-contagious new coronavirus variant was identified in South Africa, President Joe Biden said on Friday. The new variant, dubbed Omicron, poses a new

Published by Reuters By David Shepardson and Stephanie Nebehay WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) – The discovery of a new coronavirus variant named Omicron triggered global alarm on Friday as countries rushed to suspend travel from southern Africa and stock markets on both sides of the Atlantic suffered their biggest falls in more than a year. The World

Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, A day after some respite, mercury dropped to below freezing point across Kashmir Valley with Pahalgam being the coldest at minus 3.3°C on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at minus 1.3°C against previous night’s 0.4°C. On November 23, the mercury settled at minus 2.3°C in city

Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, A militant was killed after an infiltration bid was foiled in Poonch area of Jammu. Army on Friday claimed to have foiled the infiltration attempt by killing a Pakistani militant along Line of Control in Poonch district last night. “On night 25 November 2021, Pak (militant) attempted an infiltration bid along LoC