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'Beasts of the Southern Wild' child star Jonshel Alexander shot dead
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 2 (ANI): Jonshel Alexander, who made her acting debut in the critically acclaimed 2012 drama 'Beasts of the Southern Wild', has died too soon.
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Africa steps up Omicron variant detection as COVID-19 cases rise in south
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Brazzaville [Congo], December 2 (ANI/Xinhua): African countries are stepping up measures to detect and control the spread of the Omicron variant as weekly new COVID-19 cases in the continent rise by 54 percent due to an upsurge in southern Africa, said the World Health Organization in a stat
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Flight bans amount to travel apartheid, says UN Secretary General amid Omi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described widespread travel bans imposed on southern African countries over threats of the Omicron variant as "unacceptable," likening the restrictions to apartheid.
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France to lift ban on Southern Africa flights from Dec 4
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], December 2 (ANI): France has said it will start allowing flights from Southern Africa to land on its territory from Saturday, but with "drastic" restrictions allowing only French and European Union residents to disembark, along with diplomats and flight crews.
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Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi assumes command of Southern Naval Command
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], December 1 (ANI): Vice Admiral MA Hampiholi took over the reins of the Southern Naval Command (SNC) as its 29th Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief succeeding Vice Admiral Anil Kumar Chawla on Tuesday.
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Hong Kong records 3rd case of new COVID-19 variant
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Hong Kong, November 29 (ANI): Hong Kong has recorded its third case of a new coronavirus strain first detected in Southern Africa, health officials said.
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Covid Omicron variant: WHO criticizes travel bans on southern African coun
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland] November 29 (ANI): The World Health Organization has urged countries across the world not to impose travel bans on southern African countries due to the ongoing concerns over the new COVID-19 variant "Omicron".
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First case of Omicron variant confirmed in Italy
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Rome [Italy], November 28 (ANI/Xinhua): The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been identified in a citizen from Italy's southern Campania region, who returned to Milan from Mozambique "some days ago," Italian news agency ANSA reported Sunday.
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France extends travel curbs from 7 southern African countries
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Paris [France], November 28 (ANI): France has extended travel restrictions from seven southern African countries until December 1, amid the spread of the new coronavirus variant called Omicron.
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Mauritius to suspend air traffic from 6 countries in Southern Africa: Fore
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Port Louis [Mauritius], November 28 (ANI/Sputnik): Mauritius will suspend flights from six countries in Southern Africa starting Sunday amid the spreading new Omicron coronavirus variant, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
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Pak restricts travel from 6 South African nations, Hong Kong over new COVI
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 27 (ANI): Pakistan on Saturday restricted travel from six southern African nations and Hong Kong amid rising concerns over the newly detected variant of COVID-19.
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At least one dead in gas explosion in southern Ukraine
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Kiev [Ukraine], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): A woman's body has been discovered at the site of a gas explosion in a five-floor residential building in the Ukrainian city of Nova Odesa, the Ukrainian State Emergency Service (SES) said on Saturday.
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