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(CNN) The emergence of the newly identified Omicron coronavirus variant feels like a pandemic gut check. Scientists have long known that the world would see emerging coronavirus variants. Viruses mutate constantly. But when South Africa's health minister announced Thursday the discovery of the...

What are the Covid variants and will vaccines still work? By Michelle Roberts Health editor, BBC News online Published15 hours ago Coronavirus pandemic IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES A new heavily mutated version of coronavirus has been found that scientists say is of "great concern". One of most...

(CNN) British and French leaders have ramped up a war of words over dangerous crossings of the English Channel after at least 27 people died making the sea journey Wednesday, bringing to a head simmering tensions in the migration crisis. Ministers from both sides of the Channel on Thursday laid...

We're back in familiar territory - growing concern about a new variant of coronavirus. The latest is the most heavily mutated version discovered so far - and it has such a long list of mutations that it was described by one scientist as "horrific", while another told me it was the worst variant...

The test flight was aimed at re-validating certain design and technical parameters of the weapon system, said an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) release. — APP ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday conducted the successful test flight of Shaheen-1A surface-to-surface ballistic missile. The...

WASHINGTON – The Biden administration added a dozen Chinese companies to its trade blacklist on Wednesday, citing national security as well as foreign policy concerns. Eight technology entities based in China were added to the list for their alleged role in assisting the Chinese military's...

The head of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tehran continues to refuse to let it replace key monitoring equipment that tracks the country’s nuclear program. BRUSSELS — In what could be an ill omen for the resumption of talks next week on reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, the head of the...

Iraqi Kurdistan After weeks of uncertainty and fear, it is certain for Kurdish returnees: the door to Europe via Belarus is locked. Daphne Wesdorp November 21, 2021 at 9:32 PM On the long black sofa in his home in the northern Iraqi town of Zakho, 40-year-old Kovan Bezihi sits dejected. The...