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Preliminary data suggests that people with the omicron variant of the coronavirus are 50% to 70% less likely to be hospitalized than those with the delta strain, Britain’s public health agency announced Thursday in a finding that one researcher called “a small ray of sunlight.” … Read More in FoxNews
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed the West for heightened tensions on the Ukrainian border and claimed the Kremlin has not threatened “anyone” despite its military buildup there. … Read More in FoxNews
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An estimated 22 million Ethiopians will require humanitarian assistance in 2022, according to a United Nations report. … Read More in FoxNews
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Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the West on Thursday to move quickly to meet Russia’s demand for security guarantees … Read More in FoxNews
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Pope Francis urged Vatican cardinals, bishops and bureaucrats Thursday to embrace humility this Christmas season, saying their pride, self-interest and the “glitter of our armor” was perverting their spiritual lives and corrupting the church’s mission. … Read More in FoxNews
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A monument at a Hong Kong university that was the best-known public remembrance of the Tiananmen Square massacre on Chinese soil was removed early Thursday, wiping out the city’s last place of public commemoration of the bloody 1989 crackdown. … Read More in FoxNews
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Britain has recorded 106,122 new daily coronavirus infections, the highest total of the pandemic and the first time the figure has topped 100,000. … Read More in FoxNews
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South Africa’s noticeable drop in new COVID-19 cases in recent days may signal that the country’s dramatic omicron-driven surge has passed its peak … Read More in FoxNews
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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez passed a law by decree making it mandatory to wear a mask outdoors amid a surge in COVID-19 cases. … Read More in FoxNews
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Nigeria destroyed more than 1 million expired doses of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine because they could not be used before their expiration date, authorities said. … Read More in FoxNews
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