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China, Nicaragua re-establish ties in blow to U.S., Taiwan
China and Nicaragua re-established diplomatic ties on Friday after the country broke relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan, boosting Beijing in a part of ...Migrant truck crashes in Mexico killing 54
Fifty-four mostly Central Americans were killed on Thursday when the truck they were in flipped over in southern Mexico, in one of ...U.N. suspends food distribution in two towns in Ethiopia after looting
The World Food Programme (WFP) has suspended food distribution in Ethiopia’s Kombolcha and Dessie towns after looting of supplies that staff were ...New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations
New Zealand plans to ban young people from ever buying cigarettes in their lifetime in one of the world’s toughest crackdowns on ...Czech government agrees to send troops to Poland-Belarus border
The Czech government on Wednesday approved the deployment of up to 150 soldiers to help Poland stop the flow of migrants seeking ...Pfizer says COVID booster ‘effective’ against Omicron variant
BioNTech and Pfizer (PFE.N) said on Wednesday a three-shot course of their COVID-19 vaccine was able to neutralise the new Omicron variant in a laboratory test and they ...Olaf Scholz takes over as German chancellor, ending Merkel era
Lawmakers elected Social Democrat Olaf Scholz as German chancellor on Wednesday, ending 16 years of conservative rule under Angela Merkel and paving ...India armed forces head among 13 dead in helicopter crash
The head of India’s armed forces, General Bipin Rawat, was among 13 people killed on Wednesday when the military helicopter they were ...Top WHO, US scientists say Omicron no worse than other virus variants
The Omicron variant appears to be no worse than other coronavirus strains, top scientists from the WHO and the United States told ...Vaccines should work against Omicron variant, WHO says
Existing vaccines should still protect people who contract the Omicron variant from severe Covid cases, a World Health Organization (WHO) official says. ...