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Israel on Monday added the United States to its "no-fly" list, citing concerns over the spread of the COVID-19 Omicron variant. Under the edict, which goes into effect at 2200 GMT on Tuesday, Israelis would need special permission to fly to the United States,
December, 2021
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20 December
Boric seals Chile leftist revival with election win
Chile is set to have its youngest president ever, after 35-year-old leftist Gabriel Boric won in Sunday's elections.It marks a remarkable rise for Chile's progressive left and ends one of the most divisive contests the country's seen in decades.
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20 December
Truckies warned not to panic buy key fluid
Agriculture minister David Littleproud has warned Australians against panic buying a key diesel exhaust fuel ingredient vital to keeping the country's freight and
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20 December
Iran says drills held near nuclear plant
Iran says sounds heard near its Bushehr nuclear power plant were related to an air defence drill, Iranian state media reported, while warning Tehran would give a
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20 December
Roundup: Cairo gears up for its 2022 celebrations as Islamic world's cultural capital
Celebrations to mark Cairo's designation as the "Capital of Culture in the Islamic World" in 2022 will boost cultural tourism in the Egyptian capital, which is known as "the city of a thousand minarets" for its historic mosques and landmarks,
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20 December
Covid: Germany imposes quarantine on UK travellers as Omicron cases surge
Germany has become the latest European country to impose restrictions on travellers from the UK following a surge in Covid cases sparked by the Omicron variant. Anyone arriving in the country from Britain must provide a negative Covid test and quarantine for two weeks as part of strict new measures.
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20 December
North Korea BANS laughing, drinking and shopping
Kim Jong-Un has decreed that all North Koreans be banned from laughing for 11 days to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of his father, supreme leader Kim Jong Il.
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20 December
India's COVID-19 tally rises to 34,746,838
India's COVID-19 tally on Monday morning rose to 34,746,838 as 6,563 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours across the country, the federal health ministry said. According to the ministry's latest data,
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20 December
Thomas Schreiber to be sentenced for murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton
A man found guilty of the murder of millionaire hotelier Sir Richard Sutton and the attempted murder of his own mother will be sentenced on Monday. Thomas Schreiber was convicted on Friday following a three-week trial at Winchester Crown Court of stabbing the pair at the baronet’s country estate near …
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20 December
Last of 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti are freed
The last 12 missionaries being held hostage in Haiti have now been freed, says Christian Aid Ministries (CAM), the