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Australia announces border security measures to combat new COVID-19 variant

Canberra [Australia], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt Saturday announced that the government would implement additional precautionary border security measures in response to the new Omicron COVID-19 variant.

2021-11-27T06:07:48.966635+00:00 IST

Keeping eye on them as they were keeping eye on us: Australia PM on Chinese spy ship

Canberra [Australia], November 27 (ANI): Underlining the security threat from Beijing, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the reports that a Chinese spy ship circled Australia's coast earlier this year highlights the "very serious situation" in the Indo-Pacific region.

2021-11-27T04:43:30.544277+00:00 IST

New Zealand reports 149 new cases of COVID-19

Wellington [New Zealand], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): New Zealand reported 149 new cases of COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health in a statement on Saturday.

2021-11-27T04:32:08.685871+00:00 IST

19 killed in Mexico bus crash

Mexico City [Mexico], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): At least 19 people were killed and around 25 others injured on Friday after their bus crashed into a house in central Mexico due to a brake malfunction, a local official said.

2021-11-27T03:57:01.030074+00:00 IST

WTO postpones 12th Ministerial Conference amid spread of COVID variant Omicron

Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): Amid the spread of new COVID strain 'Omicron', the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on Saturday postponed the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12), that was set to take place in Geneva.

2021-11-27T00:02:22.436509+00:00 IST

South African Health Minister calls travel bans by countries over new COVID variant 'Omicron' as unjustified

Cape Town [South Africa], November 27 (ANI): South African Health Minister Joe Phaahla on Friday termed the countries' decision of imposing restrictions on travellers from the country amid concerns over the detection of 'Omicron' COVID-19 variant as 'unjustified' and said there is no proof that the new COVID variant is more dangerous or resistant to vaccines.

2021-11-26T23:07:56.080678+00:00 IST

Putin praises results of trilateral meeting with Aliyev, Pashinyan on Karabakh

Moscow [Russia], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian President Vladimir Putin praised trilateral talks with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan, saying that it was a deep analysis of the situation.

2021-11-26T17:41:41.182019+00:00 IST

Georgia reports 4,534 new COVID-19 cases

Tbilisi [Georgia], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Georgia on Friday reported 4,534 new COVID-19 cases, raising its total to 831,248, according to the country's National Center for Disease Control and Public Health (NCDC).

2021-11-26T16:56:28.931416+00:00 IST

Denmark authorizes COVID-19 vaccination for 5-11 year-olds

Copenhagen [Denmark], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): The Danish Health Authority has given the go-ahead to the vaccination of children aged 5-11 against COVID-19, Deputy Director General Helene Probst said on Friday.

2021-11-26T16:35:28.276367+00:00 IST

Philippines imposes travel ban on South Africa, Botswana over new COVID-19 variant

Manila [Philippines], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines has imposed travel restrictions on travelers from South Africa, Botswana, and their neighbouring countries "effective immediately" due to concerns over a new COVID-19 variant, a government official said on Friday.

2021-11-26T15:30:08.889932+00:00 IST

Some 1,000 refugees in Belarus ready to return to Iraq

Minsk [Belarus], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): Roughly 1,000 Iraqi refugees in Belarus have expressed their readiness to return home, and a group of refugees returned to Iraq by plane from Minsk airport on Wednesday, reported Belarusian media.

2021-11-26T14:57:30.477746+00:00 IST

Afghan diaspora, Austrians in Vienna hold anti-Taliban protest

Vienna [Austria], November 26 (ANI): A group of Austrians from LINKS (Left) party, Vienna with Afghan diaspora organizations such as AKIS (Afghanische Kultur, Integration und Solidaritat), and KATIB (Hazara diaspora) organized a solidarity event with Afghan women and LGBTQIA plus.

2021-11-26T09:39:37.658695+00:00 IST

New Zealand Police, defence force required to get vaccinated against COVID-19

Wellington [New Zealand], November 26 (ANI/Xinhua): The New Zealand Police and all New Zealand Defense Force staff have become the new groups required to be vaccinated in preparation for the transition to the new COVID-19 Protection Framework on December 3.

2021-11-26T09:23:53.841452+00:00 IST

COVID-19: Saudi Arabia to lift entry ban from six countries, including India, Pakistan

Jeddah [Saudi Arabia], November 26 (ANI): Saudi Arabia has announced that it will lift a travel ban on expats from six countries including India and Pakistan that was introduced to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021-11-26T00:39:20.963373+00:00 IST

UK government says no plans for Ministers to attend Beijing Winter Olympics

London [UK], November 26 (ANI): Jacob Rees-Mogg, the UK Leader of the House of Commons on Thursday confirmed that "no tickets have been booked" for UK government ministers to attend the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

2021-11-25T19:39:49.956191+00:00 IST

Instagram chief to testify in US Congress on harm to youth from platform

Washington [US], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): The CEO of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, will appear before the US Senate, the upper chamber of the Congress, in the second week of December for the first time and testify regarding reports on the negative influence of the social network on teenagers, the New York Times reported, citing the US senator who will lead the hearing.

2021-11-25T17:25:50.273188+00:00 IST

Iran: Execution of juvenile offender 'deeply alarming and shocking', says UN

Tehran [Iran], November 25 (ANI): The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Thursday condemned Iran's execution of a young man who was a minor at the time he was charged with committing a crime.

2021-11-25T16:38:40.515326+00:00 IST

Over 1,000 migrants expressed desire to return from Belarus to Iraq

Minsk [Belarus], November 25 (ANI/Sputnik): More than a thousand migrants have expressed a desire to return from Belarus to Iraq, the Iraqi consul in Russia and Belarus, Majid Kinani, told Sputnik.

2021-11-25T15:30:17.130187+00:00 IST

Philippines logs 975 new COVID-19 cases, 193 more deaths

Manila [Philippines], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The Philippines' Department of Health (DOH) reported 975 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, bringing the total tally to 2,829,618.

2021-11-25T09:50:19.848720+00:00 IST

Brazil sees 12,930 new COVID-19 cases, 273 more deaths

Rio De Janeiro [Brazil], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Brazil on Wednesday reported 12,930 new cases and 273 more deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, bringing the national counts to 22,043,112 and 613,339 respectively, said the country's Health Ministry.

2021-11-25T09:29:42.468112+00:00 IST

Several killed in blast in Somali capital

Mogadishu [Somalia], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): Several people were killed and some others were feared injured in an explosion in Somalia's capital Mogadishu early Thursday, police and witnesses said.

2021-11-25T07:57:39.633240+00:00 IST