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Puseletso Lesofi prepares to sequence COVID-19 omicron samples at the Ndlovu Research Centre in Elandsdoorn, South Africa, Dec. 8, 2021.   –   Copyright  AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File The newly discovered Omicron COVID-19 variant likely spreads faster than the Delta variant, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted in a technical brief, adding that vaccines may be less effective against it. […]

A Long March-4B rocket carrying the Shijian-6 05 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Northwest China, on December 10, 2021.  Photo: Xinhua With an unprecedented speed, China’s indigenous Long March rocket family has recently accomplished its fourth 100 launches with 33 months, manifesting high frequency space launch missions by the series […]

  Parents-to-be from Haiti stand at a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border wall after having traveled from South America to the United States, Dec. 10, 2021 in Yuma, Arizona. (AFP Photo)  The death of dozens when a truck packed with migrants crashed in Mexico marked a grim toll: More than 4,470 migrants died globally in […]

MAYFIELD, Ky. — A monstrous tornado, carving a track that could rival the longest on record, ripped through the middle of the U.S. in a stormfront that killed dozens and tore apart a candle factory, crushed a nursing home, derailed a train and smashed an Amazon warehouse. Heavy damage is seen downtown after a tornado […]

Data shows booster jabs offer up to 75% protection against illness from the Omicron strain (Picture: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock) The Omicron variant of coronavirus is expected to become the dominant strain in the UK within days, the Health Security Agency has warned. In a briefing on Friday, it said the number of cases will exceed one […]

Deqa Dhalac has been inaugurated in South Portland a city with a 90% white population. She was selected by the city council after a committee voted for her to assume the position making her the first Somali mayor in the US Deqa Dhalac has been inaugurated in South Portland a city with a 90% white […]

December 9, 2021 (KHARTOUM) – The Foreign Affairs Committee in the U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday unanimously adopted the Sudan Democracy Act and a resolution condemning the military coup of October 25. The Act imposes targeted sanctions including, against those who impede the democratic transition in Sudan, threaten its stability, restricts freedom of expression […]

    Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange hold placards and take part in a march in London.Alberto Pezzali / AP / TASS Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova denounced as “shameful” a London court’s decision that will allow the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States. “This is a shameful verdict in […]

 Nearly two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the origin of the virus tormenting the world remains shrouded in mystery. Most scientists believe it emerged in the wild and jumped from bats to humans, either directly or through another animal. Others theorize it escaped from a Chinese lab. Members of a World Health Organization team are […]

At least 53 people have been killed after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico. An injured migrant woman is moved by rescue personnel from the site of an accident near Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas state, Mexico, Dec. […]