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Concerns over COVID variant trigger more travel curbs on southern Africa
(Reuters) - Australia and several other countries joined nations imposing restrictions on travel from southern Africa on Saturday after the discovery of a new coronavirus variant called Omicron sparke...
Nov 27, 2021
France detects highly pathogenic bird flu on poultry farm in north - farm ministry
PARIS (Reuters) - France has detected a highly pathogenic bird flu virus on a poultry farm in the north of the country, the farm ministry said on Saturday. The authorities, which said they had yet to ...
Nov 27, 2021
Suspected Omicron case found in Germany - regional minister
BERLIN (Reuters) - A minister in the German state of Hesse said on Saturday that the recently discovered Omicron variant of the coronavirus had very probably arrived in Germany. "Last night several Om...
Nov 27, 2021
India's Modi orders review of reopening on Omicron COVID concerns
By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials on Saturday to review plans to ease travel restrictions as concerns rise over the new Omicron https://www.reuter...
Nov 27, 2021
Burkina Faso police fire tear gas at protest against militant violence
By Thiam Ndiaga OUAGADOUGOU (Reuters) - Police fired tear gas in Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday during a demonstration against the government's failure to stop a wave of violence by Islamist milit...
Nov 27, 2021
Dutch find 61 COVID cases among South Africa passengers, looking for new variant
By Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch health authorities said on Saturday they had detected 61 COVID-19 cases among people who flew from South Africa on Friday and were now c...
Nov 27, 2021
Italy finance police search Juventus offices in player trading probe
ROME (Reuters) - Italian finance police have searched the offices of Serie A club Juventus in Turin and Milan, seeking documents relating to player trading between 2019 and 2021, a prosecutor said. Ju...
Nov 27, 2021
NHL roundup: Alex Ovechkin’s 28th hat trick lifts Capitals
Alex Ovechkin capped his 28th career hat trick by scoring 4:02 into the third period to lead the host Washington Capitals to a 4-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Friday night. Ovechkin, who upped hi...
Nov 27, 2021
Eni agrees to sell Snam 49.9% stake in Algeria gas pipelines for 385 million euros
MILAN (Reuters) - Italian energy group Eni has agreed to sell gas group Snam 49.9% of its stake in strategic pipelines carrying Algerian gas into Italy for 385 million euros ($436 million), the two co...
Nov 27, 2021
Japan tightening border controls on three more African countries - Foreign Ministry
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will tighten border controls for the southern African nations of Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, requiring a 10-day quarantine for any entrants, the Foreign Ministry said on Sat...
Nov 27, 2021
