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World Health Organisation officials in the western Pacific say border closures may buy time to deal with the Omicron coronavirus variant, but measures put in place in dealing with the Delta variant should remain the foundation for fighting…

Britons were today urged to “keep calm and carry on with your Christmas plans” - despite the UK recording its highest cases since July. Oliver Dowden, the Conservative party chair, said people should keep going to pubs and…

Paris Archbishop Michel Aupetit has resigned from his position following reports of an alleged romantic relationship with a woman.Pope Francis accepted the archbishop’s request to resign, the Vatican announced on Thursday.Aupetit, 70,…

Actor Alec Baldwin has given his first interview about the fatal shooting on the set of the film Rust that claimed the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.The actor sat down with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos to detail the moments leading…

A chef has been given a four-month jail sentence after a shepherd’s pie that he prepared for a church harvest supper in England led to the death of one person - a 92-year-old woman - and made 31 others ill.According to the Guardian, the…

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The body of a nine-year-old girl found in a duffle bag in the woods in Oregon last year was identified and two women, including the child’s mother, were arrested and charged with murder, officials said.Shawna Browning, 29, and her…

Unvaccinated people across Germany will soon be excluded from nonessential stores, restaurants and sports and cultural venues, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced Thursday, and parliament will consider a general vaccine mandate as part of…

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A surgeon in Austria has been fined after accidentally amputating the wrong leg.The surgeon marked the incorrect limb on an 82-year-old patient ahead of the operation in May.The 43-year-old surgeon, who carried out the operation in the town…