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Philippine rebels reject terror tag but still open to talks
Associated Press, Published on 22/02/2018
» MANILA: Communist guerrillas say a Philippine government court petition to have them designated as terrorists is a desperate attempt to alienate them from the people and add they're “heaven and earth” different from extremists notorious for beheadings and other atrocities
South Africa calls travel bans 'draconian, unjustified'
AFP, Published on 27/11/2021
» JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's Health Ministry on Friday attacked a global rush to impose travel bans to slow the spread of a new Covid variant as "draconian," unscientific and contrary to WHO advice.
B.1.1.529 declared Covid 'variant of concern', renamed Omicron
Published on 27/11/2021
» The World Health Organization on Friday declared the recently-discovered B.1.1.529 strain of Covid-19, first detected in southern Africa, to be a variant of concern and renamed it Omicron.
Tourists rush to S.Africa airport after travel bans
AFP, Published on 27/11/2021
» JOHANNESBURG - Anxious-looking travellers thronged Johannesburg international airport and stood in long queues on Friday, desperate to squeeze onto the last flights to countries that had just shut their doors to South Africa.
WTO's big conference postponed due to new Covid variant
AFP, Published on 27/11/2021
» GENEVA - Next week's World Trade Organization ministerial conference, the global trade body's biggest gathering in four years, was postponed at the last minute Friday due to the new Omicron Covid-19 variant.
Travel curbs go global: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/11/2021
» The World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said a new strain discovered by South African researchers is a "variant of concern" as global markets swooned at the prospect of a setback in the fight against the coronavirus.
Thailand bans travel from 8 African countries
Online Reporters, Published on 27/11/2021
» Thailand will ban entry of people travelling from eight African countries it designated as high-risk for the new omicron coronavirus variant, a senior health official said on Saturday.
Omicron worries mount worldwide
Published on 27/11/2021
» Dutch authorities scrambled on Saturday to see if 61 passengers from South Africa who tested positive for Covid-19 have the new Omicron strain, as the shutters came down around the world to contain the new variant.
Travel ban on 8 nations tied to new variant
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/11/2021
» Thailand will ban travellers from eight southern African countries where a new Covid-19 strain was found.
In slap at China, US praises SAfrica's detection of new Covid strain
AFP, Published on 28/11/2021
» WASHINGTON - The United States praised South Africa Saturday for quickly identifying the new Covid strain called Omicron and sharing this information with the world -- a barely veiled slap at China's handling of the original outbreak of the novel coronavirus.